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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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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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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Stuffed Animal Memorials are the Stuffed Animal “sculptures” you’ll see on street corners around urban neighborhoods dedicated to murdered children (and sometimes young adults). The practice of leaving items at a crime scene is something you’ll see in many cultures (think about all the pictures, flowers, and various items left at Buckingham palace in […]

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Oh, if I had a dime for every home, flea market, African American heritage festival, and church that I’ve seen this image or similar images in…I’d be wealthy. Very, very wealthy.
Black people love Black Jesus. This might be better stated as “Black people who love Jesus love Black Jesus”, but I don’t have […]

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Here is the top 5 list of Red Beverages Black people are fond of.

“Red” Kool-Aid - Fruit Punch, Cherry, Strawberry
Red Wine
Hawaiian Punch
Big Red
Cranberry Juice

I can remember time and time again, being down south in soul food restaurants and bar-b-que spots and hearing people just ask for “Red” as their beverage.  “Red” Kool-Aid and Church Punch […]

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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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