I live in a major metro area that has recently seen a lot of gentrification. A whole lot of it! So when I’m walking through some of the historically black neighborhood in the former hood and see remodeled houses with open windows, no blinds and curtains drawn, in the middle of the night…I always assume […]

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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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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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Whether it was the glass top coffee table, end tables, or the glass dining room table, everybody had that one relative (or WAS the relative) with one of these home wreckers in the crib. You can also name the sibling or cousin who got the lights beat out of them for accidentally breaking the […]

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