Potentially dumb question: I see Macklemore referenced when discussing white appropriation of traditional rap/hip-hop. (Does seem ultra not cool/suspicious that he wins Best Rap Album over Kendrick Lamar.) Is the appropriation due to the genre, or does he have the same “voice” problem as Iggy and Trainor?
I ask…

yep yep yep. that is THE fucking key. i’ve said it time and time again on this site. black people love giving white people props even if they’re just good, and not great, at whatever black cultural expression they’re doing. go to an hbcu and see a white girl with some rhythm. Black people will gas her THEE fuck up. Go…

I remember when the song “Never Gonna Give You Up” came out. Everyone who heard it on the radio assumed he was black. Then we saw the video.

Two words: Janis Joplin

Meghan Trainor is the whitest-sounding white singer on radio except maybe T-Swift.

I just read that they found a buyer for Gawker for $90 million and that the money will sit in escrow and if the judgement against Gawker is upheld, the money will go to Hogan. If not, the money goes to Denton and the other investors. In the meantime, they’ll continue publishing.

Don’t bumbitch me right now, I’m distraught.

I love this place. I’ve been here for years and I intend to be here no matter what happens. This whole thing just makes me ill. I feel legitimately nauseous.

It’s happening in the comments :p

Yeah and they claim white privilege doesn't exist! What a wonderful, glorious lie.

ugggggggh

with its underlying and deeply uncomfortable fact that many people believe in educational equality theoretically but, in practice, increase inequality in the public school system in the interest of securing advantages for their own kids

Hanna-Jones is amazing. Please listen to the This American Life episode she was on last summer. It’s a two part episode titled “the problem we live with” which deals with segregation in school districts in and near Ferguson,MO.

At this point I’m actually REALLY hoping they bring Jill back. I actually liked her — I know, I’m in the minority. But she was entertaining!

I’ve been saying for a while that Trump comes off as SOO DUMB and SOOO RACIST that people feel like they’ve outsmarted the way he talks and project what they want to hear (since there is no substance besides hate) and it really is a smart move. You have people who maybe don’t normally feel that smart thinking they’ve…

Seriously fuck Doug stanhope

Just did — http://www.britannica.com/event/Srebreni…