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Perplexed by the New Video from Ray Ray

Drop the needle at 1:30: Seriously, I don’t know how this video will go over with Ray Ray’s core audience of black women.  And I’m at a loss as to why he’s made such an obvious choice to highlight white … Continue reading

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On the Color Caste, or; Are You Light Enough in Here?

I’ve often said to folks that the biggest thing holding black folks back was not racism or white supremacist thought, but the degree to which we have collectively internalized racism and white supremacist thought. There is a difference. In most … Continue reading

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Beyonce the Annoying; or, Why Blond Hair Does Not a Star Make

My thoughts on why Beyonce Knowles is annoying.
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