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Bill Cosby and the Black Male Image
It’s easy to say that men ain’t shit. A lot of them aren’t. Bill Cosby, Kanye West , Nas, R. Kelly and too many other names fall into that category. Still, that isn’t the message of today’s sermon. Maybe a few verses but I want to uplift those who are a service to the…
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#WHCD Crying (Michelle) Wolf
The annual White House Correspondents Dinner was held over the weekend and everyone’s got something to say. Here’s my pocket change into the pot. Michelle Wolf took no prisoners and for lack of a better phrase, called the mainstream press out on their bullshit. So much of what many reporters do is performative. To…
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#RIP Dad
My father is dead. Fritz is no longer going to be a phone call away. It’s no longer going to be a big deal that I call him that instead of Dad. He’s never going to take me to the airport again or drive us here and there. No more exaggerated Fanfane (Stephanie in…
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Bigotry, that don’t impress me much
Shania Twain decided to keep it all the way real and co-sign Donald Trump, declaring she would’ve voted for him. She’s Canadian and couldn’t join the ranks of the 53% of white women who did in the 2016 election. After the inevitable backlash and threats to stop playing Still The One in the morning…
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Mute R Kelly and Listen to Black Women Instead
(Jerhonda Pace: Pic courtesy of Kristen Zeis for BuzzFeed News) An unfiltered Vince Staples discussing R Kelly. pic.twitter.com/OU9AS53dhW — Karen Civil (@KarenCivil) April 16, 2018 No lies detected. Since Vince Staples let that ether flow, R. Kelly’s inner circle has dropped him. His lawyer, publicist and assistant have all quit. The recent BBC3 documenting…
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Daytime’s #MeToo Reckoning
(Photos courtesy of Google) I watch soap operas as a form of escapism. There’s so much going on in the world that scripted affairs, folks coming back from the dead and aliens named Casey coming to earth seem normal. Still, my suspension of disbelief has its limits and daytime treating the #MeToo Movement as…
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Happy #420
If Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year, 4/20 takes the honors as the most chill. Or at the very least, it’s the day set aside for celebrating cannabis. Set aside those milk and cookies for Snoop Dog. I’m from the school of Bill Clinton. Just like 42, I didn’t inhale when…
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This n That & the BBC
BBC Interview Yesterday, I woke up. That’s grace right there. But it was just another day. When you’re a freelance journalist like I am, you make your own hours. There’s no set time to be in the office. I miss that kind of structure. I really do want to be back…
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In the Beginning
I used to have my own site a lifetime ago. I hope this latest reincarnation of my online presence will keep you all up to date.