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Feb 8, 2012, 7:25 pm
So what do you do when the economy starts showing positive signs of recovery after yelling that president Obama has failed and that the country is heading in the wrong direction? Well, you do what any Republican running for the highest office in the land would do: you create a wedge issue. Yeah, it... Comment - Like
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Feb 8, 2012, 3:09 pm
OK, so why don’t they just go ahead and say it? Yeah, forget about FCC fines and a loss of advertisers like Glen Beck did. Just go ahead and call president Obama a “nigger,” and get it over with. Surely those assholes on that network are dying to say it; yep, you can’t convince me oth4rwise ... Comment - Like
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Feb 7, 2012, 12:28 pm
I don’t watch football; I will neither confirm nor deny whether my reasoning for disinterest is based on my capacity to understand that game. While many of you were enjoying the big sporting event of the year yesterday, I was working (and missing out on festivities that included alcohol and party ... Comment - Like
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Feb 6, 2012, 4:35 pm
Don’t tell Ron Paul supporters that he has become all but an afterthought in the current GOP race. That said, I don’t think his recent comments in an interview with Piers Morgan may come back to bite him in the ass. In last Friday’s interview, Paul said he would be supportive of a woman’... Comment - Like
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Feb 6, 2012, 12:58 pm
The past twenty four hours have been really rough after the unexpected news of the passing of my wife’s sister. That said, I suppose the racial comedy Gods saw it fit to bring to my attention the following story. I must admit, I did get a chuckle out of it; however, since I’m not trying to get d... Comment - Like
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Feb 3, 2012, 12:16 pm
This GOP primary season is reminding me of a few things from a while back in my past…
Rewind with me, the year is 1985 and location Frazier Elementary School in Greensboro, NC. A young Phlip, swathed in silly little shirts that he hated at the time and would surely beat his mother for showing you... Comment - Like
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Feb 2, 2012, 3:28 pm
Oh gee; I have some more systemic racism to tell you about. Apparently there’s a study just released that suggests that Black folks are negatively impacted by racial bias when it comes to filing for bankruptcy. Not surprising, really; especially when you consider that it costs more to be Black in ... Comment - Like
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Feb 2, 2012, 12:26 pm
So it’s Groundhog Day and I heard Puxatawney Phil looked out and saw the GOP field. Yep, four more years of Obama. Of course this might be great news for Democrats or anyone riding the anti-Romney train; but, I’m not sure if four more years of president Obama really means anything. Oh no, not t... Comment - Like
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Feb 1, 2012, 8:04 pm
I’ll admit that I’ve not always been a huge fan of the Komen for the Cure foundation. Through the years, we’ve had a rocky relationship; I even tried to be patient with the latent misogyny in the entire “Save the TaTas” campaign because I hoped that in making their message more appealing t... Comment - Like
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Feb 1, 2012, 12:21 pm
I have yet to see the new George Lucas film Red Tails. From what I’ve heard, it’s a pretty awesome movie which captures the struggle of the Tuskegee Airmen in a pre post-racial America. You know, back in the days when Black folk were just animals fresh off the plantation destined for failure d... Comment - Like
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Feb 1, 2012, 8:43 am
Following last week’s media firestorm for his derogatory taco comment, East Haven, CT’s Mayor Joseph Maturo appeared on this past Sunday’s Face the State in hopes of repairing his and his town’s damaged reputation. However, rather than using the opportunity to fully expound on the question h... Comment - Like
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Jan 30, 2012, 5:00 pm
Well, here we are with another Post-Racial America update, folks. I gotta tell you, things here are getting better and better with each passing year. Lemme see, I think this is year number three, no? Yes, it’s funny how far we’ve come in such a short period of time. Today, we have a Republican C... Comment - Like
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Jan 30, 2012, 12:13 pm
Have you noticed just how the GOP establishment has been rallying around Mitt Romney? They’ve pretty much settled on Mitt being that ugly girl they’re taking to the prom. So seriously, they’re doing all they can to sink the tugboat that is Newt Gingrich. All the while, said establishment hasn... Comment - Like
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Jan 28, 2012, 3:08 pm
I’ve really been cracking up this week at just how Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney have been both fighting over Ronald Reagan’s legacy; or, which one of them Reagan would choose today to give him a blowjob. OK, so that may be a little bit extremist of me; lord knows the 12th commandment forbids a... Comment - Like
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Jan 28, 2012, 12:08 pm
While some might be quick to cite the failures to right the ship that is America as all the more reasoning to get that ni–… uh, let’s not go there today… “Marxist” out of office this coming November, I am happen to prescribe to a different line of thinking personally…
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Jan 27, 2012, 3:43 pm
I really got a kick out of Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney’s exchange on, well, everything in last night’s GOP debate. But what really made me laugh was that they brought up Newt’s idea of building a colony on the moon; an “American” colony at that. No word yet as to whether English would be... Comment - Like
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Jan 27, 2012, 2:13 pm
At this very moment in time as I type this, I feel like I’m in the twilight zone. I recently wrote about fellow Tennesseans who just so happen to be members of the Tea party and their presentation of a list of demands to our state lawmakers. Among the requests was the demand to remove any mention ... Comment - Like
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Jan 27, 2012, 11:59 am
By now, everyone knows about the arrest of four East Haven police officers following a federal investigation into years of profiling and brutality. And anyone with half a brain can see that this situation is not simply about a few “rogue” officers who got “out of line”. No, this is a result ... Comment - Like
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Jan 26, 2012, 4:31 pm
Racism and bigotry… This year, political hopefuls and elected officials seem to be wearing the ignorant tags like an expensive, well-tailored suit and my home state of Connecticut offers no exceptions.
After the FBI arrested four East Haven, CT police officers for gross instances of racial pr... Comment - Like
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Jan 26, 2012, 2:52 pm
Pariah (puh-rayh-uh) noun: 1) a person without status 2) a rejected member of society 3) an outcast
I will never forget the first time my mother called me a faggot. It was Thanksgiving 2004. We had just gotten home from visiting my grandfather in the hospital. My mother and I had gotten into a figh... Comment - Like
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Jan 25, 2012, 6:45 pm
Recently I mentioned how the state of Tennessee has become more of a “red state” since 2010′s midterm elections. I’ve told you about the new Voter ID law, and a couple other changes. Changes that, well, would be disadvantageous to people of color. Well, let’s just say that if you ever need... Comment - Like
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Jan 25, 2012, 4:00 pm
So I see that my right-wing friends are running around today like hit dogs. Oh that’s right, president Obama hurt their po’ lil’ feelings in last night’s State of the Union speech to the joint session of Congress. It Kinda makes sense that they’d be talking all this shit today. Of course y... Comment - Like
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Jan 25, 2012, 12:48 pm
Sometimes, I wonder what it’s like to wake up in the morning, and be so entrenched in my own privilege and prejudices that I attempt with all my might to assert my beliefs on people with whom I have absolutely nothing in common. As a person who faces multiple lines of marginalization, the thought ... Comment - Like
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Jan 24, 2012, 5:16 pm
I came across the following video on YouTube a few days ago. It was uploaded on January 10th, and since then it has received more than 16 million views. Yeah, it’s hotter than Lindsey Lohan’s crotch. The name of the cat who did it is Jefferson Bethke, and it’s an awesome piece of spoken word. ... Comment - Like
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Jan 24, 2012, 2:25 pm
You know what: I’m really sick of the emergence of this “angry white man” thingy that has emerged singe president Obama has stepped on the scene. It’s like all of a sudden white men everywhere are full of resentment. Wife burnt the toast? Ugh, it’s that Kenyan bastard Barack Hussein Obam... Comment - Like
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Jan 23, 2012, 8:48 pm
I know we’re post-racial and all that but while we’re still discussing shit people say, I thought I’d take some time and discuss the racist rhetoric used (always but mostly recently) by politicians. Recently, I was discussing the politics of language used by Republicans in the media with my de... Comment - Like
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Jan 23, 2012, 2:35 pm
So Massa Newt won the South Carolina Primary. Yep, take a bow White Supremacy… oops, I meant to say racist GOP enablers. I know, it’s not exactly surprising that he would win South Carolina; at least not to those of us who have been paying attention to the racist vitriol over the past few weeks.... Comment - Like
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Jan 21, 2012, 3:13 pm
Games People Play
The one absolute in the study of human behavior is that people do things because they get something out of it. People’s actions, however seemingly ridiculous, serve a purpose.
I once had a therapist tell me I had to learn how to parent myself. It may not sound particularly ea... Comment - Like
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Jan 20, 2012, 2:56 pm
In the wake of all of the media attention aimed at Black women, which included but wasn’t limited to; ill-advised dating advice from comedians turned quasi-relationship experts, speculation about why we’re single and unmarried, No Wedding No Womb baby-mama campaign, why we are supposedly threate... Comment - Like
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Jan 20, 2012, 11:16 am
I’m pretty sure that when Barack broke out into his rendition of Al Green’s “Let’s Stay Together” up in Harlem last night, there was a Sister who thought about throwing her draws on the stage. What?!! The brotha plays basketball, takes care of his kids, AND he can sing? Hell yeah Barack ge... Comment - Like
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Nov 1, 2011, 6:35 pm
Folks were up in arms with two women yesterday . First Kim Kardashian decides to throw in the towel and file for divorce and then Ann Coulter decides to go on air and exclaim and I quote “ Our blacks are better than THEIR blacks”. Wait for it because the ire against both is totally Comment - Like
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Nov 1, 2011, 1:59 pm
So, did you know there’s a 5-year-old girl missing in America? Did you know she’s been missing for three weeks? If you didn’t, don’t feel bad because it’s not your fault. You see, 5-year-old Jhessye Shockley is Black; and, as expected, there’s very little media coverage of her disappeara... Comment - Like
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Oct 31, 2011, 4:28 pm
By now I’m sure you folks know how I feel about those not-so-new but racist Voter ID laws; yep, no need to rehash that today. However, I do want to take a minute to show you how every brother ain’t a brother. Yes, I know, some people are of the opinion that all Black folks Comment - Like
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Oct 31, 2011, 11:00 am
I am so damn sick and tired of Occupy Wall Street. Every so called “progressive” I know of is riding the #OWS dick like it is going out of style. Me? I can’t stand the shit. For the most part, I see most of the protests that have been inspired by Occupy Wall Street to Comment - Like
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Oct 30, 2011, 1:30 am
Wiki says: Emetophilia is a paraphilia in which an individual is aroused by vomiting or observing others vomit. When emetophiles put emetophilia into practice by actually vomiting, especially on a partner, it is called a Roman shower, after the commonly-supposed (but mistaken) belief in the f... Comment - Like
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Oct 29, 2011, 6:00 pm
I’d love to take this opportunity to discuss SlutWalk and the dual (and often dueling) marginalization faced by Black women in any mainstream movement. I know that, as usual, I’m fashionably late to the party, because careful consideration is very typical of my type-A personality. SlutWalk, like... Comment - Like
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Oct 29, 2011, 3:34 pm
Last Friday, 34-year-old Zurana Horton’s instincts prompted her to throw herself on top of a group of children in front of a Brownsville public school and shield them from gunfire coming from a rooftop. As a result, Zurana was fatally shot in the head… dying instantly. Later, 18-year-old Andre... Comment - Like
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Oct 27, 2011, 9:55 pm
Yes, yes….I knew the #Occupy #Movement would make it’s way to the West Coast. I counted the days until it did, you see, I realize that we are close now. Close to what, you ask? Close to our melt down. California is a unique wok of cultures and races, and if nobody else knows how Comment - Like
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Oct 27, 2011, 9:45 pm
Funny, I often feel like I’m chained to the internet. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Goodreads, Podomatic, and now here. I think there’s even a Myspace page out there somewhere with my name on it. Yet, I know I’m not nearly as connected as a lot of you out there. And, to be completely honest, I ... Comment - Like
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Oct 26, 2011, 1:17 pm
After seeing Herman Cain ripped to shreds by his opponents in the last Republican debate. I couldn’t help but to think that he’d be going down like a crack whore in a parked car. But lo and behold, according to polls, he has surged more than ever. Even more surprising to me was the fact Comment - Like
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Oct 18, 2011, 2:10 pm
Ok white folks, lemme let you in on a lil’ secret. You remember how mad y’all were at Michael Vick and what he did to those pit-bulls? Yeah, y’all were mad as hell about the dogfighting, and him killing those poor innocent pit-bulls, remember? Well, I’m not sure if anybody ever told y’all,... Comment - Like
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Oct 17, 2011, 3:47 pm
“I’m in trouble need bail money, shit!” – Cam’ron (Ft. Juelz Santana), “Oh Boy” I don’t know about you, but I have received a few calls from jail in my time. A few of them were calls placed within a few minutes of being booked. Of course these were calls from friends and not stranger... Comment - Like
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Oct 17, 2011, 1:34 pm
Now you may be wondering ‘what the hell did Thomas Ryan do to you, TRJ’? Well, our friend Mr. Ryan was outed by the online magazine Gawker as having played the part of spy while posing as an #OccupyWallStreet protester. His objective was to gather intelligence and bring down the movement. His mo... Comment - Like
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Oct 16, 2011, 6:42 am
…So quiet now. Soften yourself and listen. Connected and motionless.To the symphonic pulsing of our blood, the crash of an eyelid,the joyous trickle of a bead of sweat. Sooner or later, no matter how much you try to deny it, this moment will be your last. It’s the only punch line to this grand ... Comment - Like
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Oct 16, 2011, 6:27 am
¡Hola! Everybody… I stayed late into the night over at the #OccupyWallStreet protest (OWS). For one, everybody felt today would be a huge challenge/ hurdle for the movement. Essentially, using the false pretext of cleaning the park, the Bloomberg administration was looking to evict the protestors... Comment - Like
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Oct 13, 2011, 9:49 pm
Each generation must, out of relative obscurity, discover its mission, fulfill it, or betray it. – Frantz Fanon It is said that Louis XVI, at the end of the day the Bastille fell, wrote in his diary, “Nothing happened today.” People rarely understand or even notice great historical transition... Comment - Like
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Oct 13, 2011, 3:00 pm
Beyonce… love her or hate her; for better or for worse, she’s part of an elite breed of super-pop stars who seem as if they’re bred strictly to entertain and generate massive amounts of cash-moolah. They’re well oiled automatons, with giant PR machines behind them helping generate hype. The... Comment - Like
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Oct 13, 2011, 10:00 am
I wonder if black Democrats consider Herman Cain a blessing or an embarrassment. No, really. Think about it. Conservative Republicans are counting on Cain to siphon off enough black votes – they estimate 20 to 30 percent — to crush President Obama’s reelection hopes. I rolled my eyes when I fi... Comment - Like
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Oct 13, 2011, 1:31 am
I used to watch Bill O’Reilly’s show regularly several years ago. I watched it because I saw it as pure comedy to me. Add to that the fact that I knew there were a host of people watching who took this guy seriously. However, somewhere along the line it got old, and my interest in Comment - Like
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