Cultural clubs are different. Alpha Kappa Alpha, Delta Sigma Theta, Omega Psi Phi, are historically black sororities and fraternities separate from BSU (Black student Union). It could be that your campus didn’t have any of the divine 9 or you didn’t notice them.

I’m not in one but for many of the other Black students I’ve met during grad experience who were in the Divine 9 (Historically Black Frats/Sororities) they found them critical to their experience and survival at PWIs(primarily White Institutions). I think the mileage really can vary but the traditional panhellenic…

I guess I don’t understand your complaint? This Jezebel article is basically a summary of the Genius article. And a tl;dr of that post is basically “McCarthy is a treasure so why is the NYT picking on her and giving her the poison pen treatment”. Which sounds like an argument you would get behind based on this…

You know what, my last comment was condescending as fuck. I didn’t mean it to be but reading it back it clearly is. This is a topic that’s important to me and I’ve been in spaces with White women trying to define Blackness and tell me about my own Blackness, so sometimes I get too fired up. I realize that’s not the…

I am calm. Black is a wide term, if you choose to specify a very particular group then you should clarify. Otherwise the post-clarification simply reads as convenient. And you simply said “no there aren’t”, which is an all encompassing statement that those who are Black cannot naturally have blonde hair. So even this…

Honestly, my bad for jumping the gun. I try to read entire threads before replying so I'm not adding to a pile on and I didn't do that in this case. I saw later the amount of similar responses you got. Thank you for still replying kindly, I know it's frustrating to get a bunch of the same responses.

You’re doing gods work here. Thank you for explaining the various ways in which people encounter and understand feminism. Sometimes people seem to only be able to discuss feminism from elitist standpoints (which does nothing for the movement). So thank you for honoring and acknowledging the various ways people engage…

For many Black women it doesn’t. That’s why Black Feminism and womanism exists. I’m curious to see if Beyonce has knowingly encountered Black Feminist work, that might help her better understand the "label".

Smh, how are you defining Black? You realize many of the definitions of Black account for mixed ancestry. Thank you, Trans Atlantic Slave Trade! Thank you, Rule of Hypodescent!

There are Black people with blonde hair and straight hair naturally.

They were faux loc extensions, not a wig. It does make care easier, however. Another thing that makes loc look better: having kinky hair to begin with. Literally only need palm oil. It's a protective style. The way many White folk "loc" their hair is through matting and/or an obscene amount of products. It becomes…

In one of the videos I’m pretty sure Khloe says “shemale”. Ugh

Okay or maybe I’m just not concise?and sheesh I was just trying to be chatty. Everyone has their own commenting style. My arse has never been more relaxed but thanks for the concern

Already been addressed, thanks though

Nope, been here since ‘08 or’ 09, formerly starred and everything (on my account on computer, this is my mobile) . I’ve read their comments of course,not interacted with them before though even back when I commented more frequently and I was never really in groupthink either. Like I said, sleep deprivation probably…

I don’t mind really because there are likely others who would seriously say what you said and maybe they will learn something. Sorry last night I was dealing (and still am)sleep deprivation while working on a lesson plan for my Intro to Black Studies course so that definitely influenced my lens while…

Seriously. Smh

Hmm wow. I want to hope you are speaking specifically of new mainstream rap and not hip-hop/rap as a musical genre because it is neither all that new (particularly as we look at the Black Arts Movement which informed it and such artists like Gil Scott-Heron and the Last Poets to name some of the several genitors of…

Kanye doth protest too much

He’s terrifying. This is at least the second time he’s retweeted something from a white supremacist source. Amazing to think people thought he was a joke before, not even too long ago. He’s not funny, he’s goddamn terrifying.