“I lifted every lick he ever played.”

Well, you know, this is the joint where someone said that Luther Vandross peaked after his first solo album, so it doesn’t surprise me that the Rolling Stones would be accused of cultural jacking.

Oh, I got one! The theory of intersectionality. Kimberle Crenshaw’s original theory has been folded, stapled and mutilated by white people.

They stole that shit. 

The life-giving cells of Mrs. Henrietta Lacks.

I would say I can’t believe I had never heard about Onesimus before, but I can believe it. It just sucks that the story isn’t better known. 

I wonder if they created a museum dedicated solely to things that were stolen from Black Americans, would White people open a knock off one down the road? Excellent article as always, Michael.

I have an idea. First, to hell with Mexico, let’s wall off the deep South. Second, for anyone stuck in the South whose financial situation prevents them from leaving, perhaps we can offer a resettlement program to help folks escape.  Third, sit back and watch the South eat itself.

• Camping is stupid: That’s why the ancient Egyptians invented a thing called “inside.” I go camping at hotels.

Also: no lye.

When I lived in Chicago there was an actual salon named Curl Up & Dye. No lie.

Safe spaces for us are getting smaller for just merely existing. The Greenbook needs to come back for the digital age both domestic and international.

Large Marge is a trucker ghost. There’s no evidence that she is/was a racist. She just likes to pick up hitchhikers who look harmless (i.e. PeeWee) and give ‘em a bit of a scare so they stop hitchhiking.

That would be funny if there weren’t so much truth in the statement.

I kept waiting for the part where it says she’s only 37 years old...

So much for respecting the troops. 

Yeah, when Tennessee is “the bright one” in your local neighborhood, you’re probably in a lot of trouble...

In Mississippi, you “tote” pistols, you don’t “carry” them

Tiffany Boone and Ayanna Floyd were, basically stepped over like dead climbers on Mt. Everest because Jason Mitchell was the star and everyone, including Lena Waithe, was cool with this dude being a monster to the women on set, until it became a PR nightmare