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Black women love: Bright, unique nail polish colors

June 21st, 2008 · No Comments

I know there a quite a few black men who may think brightly painted toes are cute on black women, but I’m not going to attribute this beloved thing to both black men and women.  For real, there may be a few brothers (You know I love the KIDS!!  Ooo woo! Ooo WOO!) who paint […]

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Eli Porter

April 27th, 2008 · 7 Comments

I’m the best, Mayne! Only black people can make light of a video like this. Lord Have mercy, another black video phenomenon (move over chocolate rain). The “afrospere” is buzzing with video of this kid, remixes…etc. Is this a program that is being produced at a high school…in someone’s basement…what?? […]

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Tags: african american · black men · black people · celebrity · comedy · internet · media · music · popular culture · video

Multisyllabic names that end with a vowel

April 24th, 2008 · 5 Comments

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 […]

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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 […]

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Debate

April 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment

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 […]

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Tags: african american · black people · politics · popular culture

Children As Personal Assistants

April 7th, 2008 · 8 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 […]

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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 · 10 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 […]

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Plastic Bags

April 3rd, 2008 · 11 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 […]

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