Yes. Yes it was that negatively received. There are entire articles dedicated to Damon right now. And YouTube videos. And Podcasts. None of them in a positive light. Well, 95 percent of them are in a negative light.

Was it that negatively received? I mean the title was controversial, sure, but the point still holds. There’s more than one kind of discrimination on the world and it just happens that groups that are marginalized in one area, might be privileged in another.

There was nothing in the article that hasn’t been asserted before by Damon on the old VSB site. The lack of empathy and amounts of whatabouterry after Hill’s retweet was crazy to extent that dudes just refuse to concede the point.

I thought the original article was the bomb. It didn’t apply to me or my circle of friends so it didn’t warrant a response from me. But on the whole, most of what’s known as African American culture is still influenced by Slavery. That culture taught us that we wasn’t shit and many African men continue to act that…

There was one very important silver lining to the entire affair. See, what happens often in online discourse is that folks say things like, “Why are you focused on THIS when THAT is so much more important?” For some reason, people think that it’s difficult for people to do more than one thing at the same time. Well,…

I wondered the same thing. This was a specific and intended action with historical context.

I just think that, you know, he’s not a very sophisticated man

“ I just think that, you know, he’s not a very sophisticated man, especially when it comes to the idea of ‘until everyone is free, no one is free.’ Period. That’s just a fact. We are all linked some kind of way. So if you oppress a certain people, everyone is in danger. That’s just ... karmically and in real life.”

Well, Solange certainly elevated things for him.

Nailed it. Solange has always been THE ONE.

He has grown and matured nicely. (Solange accelerated things, imho).

Full disclosure: I don’t listen to Jay Z, or much hip hop at all, but dude dropped some serious fucking wisdom right there.

Today I learned that I am actually a Jay-Z fan.

“With All Disrespect” would make a great album title…

White people love a Black Athlete till he tangles with a white one or speaks his mind.

Still waiting for those that were so offended that Obama sullied the office of the presidency be wearing a tan suit to call out Trump for using such language at a public event.

Always...ALWAYS! To quote Gradient Lair: all the blacks are men, all the women are white

It’s not a criminal violation, it’s a civil one: http://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2017/mar/15/florida-conference-catholic-bishops/being-united-states-unlawfully-crime/

“Why do we only care about separating families as a result of a crime being committed is illegal immigration?”

For starters, Stop telling black women to focus on racism and not sexism. Stop being sexist, try to see thing under black women’s perspective. Call out your friends and brothers when you see/ hear them do something sexist