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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With the return of Spring, you might already hear your fellow Black employees discussing and deliberating when they will break-out their grills to throw these All-American outdoor events. With BBQ, loud music, and the probability of kicking it with good friends you haven’t seen in a while, the Cookout is most loved for its […]

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Black people love and support their family members who are addicted to drugs (chronic drug users) in a way that is very unique.  We do not celebrate or encourage the addiction (We do Kinda celebrate it in the case of weed, but that’s another post for another day), we work to encourage the person. There is […]

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Classic Black Slang - Definition:  to socialize and chat; to converse with another
Black people love to say “conversate”.  Black people also love to tell other people that “conversate” is NOT a word.  The irony is always that is a word.  It’s slang.
langmaker.com defines it as “Slang term used primarily by under-educated sub-cultures.”  I wonder what “sub-cultures” […]

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Black people LOVE finding out that a criminal discussed in the media is not BLACK!!! There is a collective sigh of relief when you don’t hear the words, “The subject is a Black…”.
Watching television news is a unique experience in the Black community because of how African Americans are portrayed. “The suspect is […]

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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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We love forwarding emails!!! So here at SBPL, we’ll be posting popular emails that are going around black circles just in case you missed them.
Today’s forward - “Obama through the years”
Email text: “Wow, now I know why he can reach ALL people. Anyone who just sees him ONLY as African American has no […]

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Black people love “Yo Mama” Jokes. These offensive, funny, and of course hurtful jokes are part of the tradition of “Playing the Dozens”. Many of us saw the “Different World” episode where the characters learned that the Dozens comes from the selling of sub-prime slaves by the dozen. This practice of verbally […]

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Black People who smoke are fond of Menthol in their cigarettes. 3/4 of Black smokers smoke menthol cigarettes, compared to 1/4 of white smokers. When Dave Chappelle asked the question “Why do black people love menthol cigarettes?” on Chappelle Show, during the skit “I Know Black People” the correct answers included “I don’t […]

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In creating this blog, I’ve come to a crossroads. A list of things that black people like or love is an invitation to controversy. I knew this at the beginning. One of the things that keeps getting mentioned to me is that if I post things like Fried Chicken, Chitterlings, or Rap Music…it’s going […]

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