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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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 […]

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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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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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From “Perspectives: The Status of African-American Women”
by Dr. Julianne Malveaux - Article - Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“Through the lens of the third burden, aspects of African-American women’s depiction in popular culture become partly understandable, though wholly unacceptable. The rap music artists who insist on portraying African-American women as sexual objects, as “-itches” and […]

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Of course all things Obama are very popular with Black Folks right now, so there are lots of Barack related emails forwards going around in African American circles. Here’s an email forward comparing Michelle Obama’s background to other First Ladies.
Subject: “Look at the First Lady’s backgrounds compared to Michelle Obama’”
Michelle Obama
Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama […]

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I love this shirt.

Black women get upset, bothered, and…well…pissed when we go to the store around this time a year (before St. Patrick’s Day) and see all the “Everybody Loves A Irish Girl” shirts. I’ve seen shirts proclaiming that everybody loves a Blonde, a Brunette, a Scottish Girl, even a Jamaican Girl. Jamaican […]

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