Gone are the days of Mary, Mark, Luke and John. No more handing down of family names such as Hortense, Beulah Mae, and Chastity. Now, we are at liberty to name our offspring as we see fit, and boy do we love us some vowels. As a matter of fact, I believe that somewhere out there, is […]
Entries from April 2008
Multisyllabic names that end with a vowel
April 24th, 2008 · 14 Comments
Tags: african american · black people · culture · history · popular culture
The Soul Train Line!!
April 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment
A big fist and SOOOUUUULLLL go out to my boy Don Cornelius, creator of the long running hit show “Soul Train”, for making this a “Stuff Black People Love” favorite. Not only has this long standing tradition reached the 70’s funk wild children (our parents), but this phenomenon has reached even today’s hip hopping, R&B’ing […]
Tags: african american · black people · culture · history · popular culture · stuff black people love · traditions
Debate
April 14th, 2008 · 2 Comments
You know us folks love to debate- anytime, anywhere, and loudly! We pontificate on corners, buses, trains, planes, cars, barbershops, beautyshops, grocery stores, you name it. Most Afro-Americans of any age and life station have at some point started or jumped into a heated debate from something as trivial as who is the greatest emcee […]
Tags: african american · black people · politics · popular culture
Jigga What, Jigga Who?
April 12th, 2008 · 6 Comments
The marriage of two of the most lucrative popular culture icons in the country, race notwithstanding, is apparently not news. It’s hard to imagine a figure more ubiquitous than Jay-Z to hip hop or Beyonce to pop, but I guess if Eminem married Britney that would be a big yawn too if they did so […]
Tags: black love · black men · black women · celebrity · culture · love · media · popular culture · racism
Children As Personal Assistants
April 7th, 2008 · 11 Comments
Somebody wrote about how Black Folks like to use their children to change the channel on the TV when the remote is missing, but people have taken this type of helpful advantage to the max! Too many times, I witness kids as young as 8 years old walking alone to a corner store to buy items […]
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Using the “n” word
April 5th, 2008 · 13 Comments
This may ruffle some feathers but, as the song says, “you can hate me now…” It is of this writer’s opinion that we love being able to use the “n” word without, or at least with fewer repercussions than people of other races. Hear me out, I am not justifying it’s use, but I am […]
Tags: Uncategorized · african american · black people · culture · history · racism · slavery · white people
Seeing White People with shorts on when it’s cold outside
April 5th, 2008 · 13 Comments
Oh, my goodness! Black People LOVE to see White People walking around in the cold with shorts on. We talk about those White People so bad in malls, public spaces…on the job…EVERYWHERE. This phenomenon seems especially popular with young, White men. To see the “mighty white man”, “the good ole boy” shivering like he’s not […]
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“BLAUCASIANS”
April 3rd, 2008 · 2 Comments
Are you a member of the Justin Timberlake Fan Club? I almost was, until he let Janet Jackson’s breast fly free in the wind on a cold, windy Superbowl Sunday, (she’s lucky she had that giant nipple piercing weighing that big’un down). Brothas, how many Eminem cds do you own? What about that one white […]
Tags: african american · black men · black people · black women · celebrity · culture · food · hair · history · media · popular culture · racism · stereotypes · trends
Plastic Bags
April 3rd, 2008 · 13 Comments
Our counterparts love recycled, fashionable, brightly-colored (and overpriced) designer plastic bags. But we African Americans love the good old-fashioned plastic grocery bag. Erykah Badu, in her infinite wisdom even sang about it in her song, Bag Lady. Think about it, I know you have a plastic grocery bag collection somewhere in your home. Some of […]
Tags: Uncategorized · addiction · african american · culture · home · popular culture · stuff black people love · traditions
“Chinkiness”
April 2nd, 2008 · 12 Comments
Black people love “chinkiness”, i.e, a non politically correct and supposed likeness of or to something or someone of Asian descent. We frequent Asian beauty supply stores with ferocity, we love that 10 piece rib tip and fries special at the China Kitchen, and God bless the lil’ black child that’s got slanted eyes- she […]
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