Nick Cannon In Whiteface: It Ain’t Racist
On a personal level, I never really “cared” for Nick Cannon. While he does have his moments of being funny, he never came off as overall…
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Rep. Elijah Cummings: Speak Brother Speak!
Washington Post reported that: Darrell Issa, chairman of the House committee leading numerous investigations of the Obama administration, found a new way to silence Democratic critics…
12 Years A Slave Should Inspire Us and Hollywood
As reported on the Root, “the brilliant, yet brutal 12 Years A Slave made history Sunday night as the first film directed by a black man,…
Spike Lee and His Gentrification Rant
Spike Lee sure knows how to catch headlines. This time, it has to do with something besides Kickstarter campaigns and making strange movies: gentrification. Spike Lee…
Spike Lee Confirms “School Daze” Sequel as HBCUs Struggle
Word on the street is that there’s a “School Daze” sequel in the works: Spike Lee’s classic Black college film School Daze turned 25 in…
Jurors 4 and 8 Are Wrong: The Michael Dunn Trial Was All About Race
I listened to the interviews of jurors 4 and 8 on Nightline and CNN, respectively. Both jurors stated that they voted to convict Michael Dunn…
Clarence Thomas HNIC (House Negro In Charge)
It is all a figment of our collective imagination. We dreamed it. The water coming out of our fountain was the same water that white…
Clarence Thomas: Americans Too ‘Sensitive’ About Race
Justice Clarence Thomas rarely says anything. In fact, if I didn’t know any better, I’d think that Clarence Thomas being on permanent mute was part…
Madness & Reality Radio: The Weekly Blackout (2/6/2014)
In this episode of Madness & Reality Radio:: Super Bowl XLVIII; Richard Sherman Controversy; Coca Cola Super Bowl Commercial Controversy; George Zimmerman vs. DMX Celebrity…
A White Guy Says the War On Drugs is Racist, And…
So, let’s talk about the racist War On Drugs, shall we? Yes, for the unpteenth time in recent years, let’s talk about how our drug…