Light skinned points is the concept that people will find more favor with someone because they are lighter skinned. It isn’t fair, but that’s life.

Agreed. A convenience store and a bodega serve similar needs, but are two completely different vibes.

It comes from Puerto Rican Spanish. In other dialects, they use the term tiendita.

The government of the City of New York would like to have a word with you over bodega. It’s now used in city policy for regulation and outreach purposes. There’s even whole bodega coordinators who communicate with them for interests of health, nutrition, land planning and more. Otherwise, I’m with you. Though I’m…

It’s a good PR move for the app, and a great situation for the students. Hopefully, they’ll get the money situation together and get those students to graduate.

The homeless shelter thing could have been seen a mile away though. I was wondering why someone would go to a motel in the middle of a residential neighborhood when there’s 50-11 of them by Kennedy. That said, the residential towers aren’t that bad. They’re being built on what was empty lots. We’ll see about the…

Like someone else said, it keeps her from getting benefits and allows her union to legally wash their hands of her. A simple Google search should keep her out of the classroom moving forward.

That’s nuts. I had a partial scholarship, and all I had to do was sign the paperwork (with the rest of my financial aid, like student loans), submit it by the deadline, and move on with life. This seems nuts.

Morehouse School of Medicine is technically independent from the college, even though Morehouse College founded the school.

Unless you’re going to ban racists from Congress unilaterally, there’s always going to be some risk of defunding. No institution can remain stagnant forever. Also, I think the larger HBCUs should be more aggressive in developing research and venture capital instead of sending their best and brightest to PWIs in order…

If not now, when though? There’s always going to be something going on. Howard can’t control who the president is. There’s always some risk of drama. Besides, being conservative is what got Howard into this mess in the first place. Maybe they should take a few chances.

First of all, well said about Howard. IIRC, it’s the second largest HBCU by enrollment after Florida A&M, and has a deep academic reputation and pedigree that few other institutions, PWI and HBCU, can match. There’s a reason there’s a long tradition of ties between Howard and the Ivies that started long before…

I’m shocked that you’re shocked. I’ve seen women throw each other under the bus with a Kool Aid smile. Life has taught be that rape culture is rape CULTURE, and it ain’t just the dude openly trashing women that’s behind it all.

Well said. Even though actual suicidal behavior has gone up among young Black people over the past 20-30 years, it is a form of suicide that’s socially acceptable.

I’d get mad at them, but I remember the crack wave. Think of how many in that era ended up dead or in prison for a fly whip and sick gold chains. That’s just youth.

That’s been kids from time immemorial. Let’s not retcon our youth.

I love the Onyx comparison, because they showed a way out of just pure mayhem rap. All We Got Iz Us is actually somewhat political and emotionally dark, compared to the hard as hell Bacdafucup. Though it is funny knowing that they all started off as a group of barbers in South Jamaica just soaking up the crack wave as…

If you said that impeaching Trump was guaranteed to get Caillou off the air, parents would wear their MAGA hats to call their congressperson and support impeachment. It’s one of the few things that bipartisan in the USA, and I’m not really joking. :)

Caillou is a little annoying bitch of a kid. I just wanna see him jumped. He’s White suburban parenting distilled into one animated package, and I could see grown up Caillou joining the alt-right after getting fired for complaining about not being spoiled at work. Don’t support future racists! Damn Caillou!

Word. Whatever you really want to do, just say that. Plain speaking isn’t a crime. I’d rather some simplistic shit that cuts to the chase than inspiring words that mean nothing at the end.