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I grew up in a Christian household. Both of my parents were raised Baptist, and they raised me as one, but I…
We already know about nigga/nigger, but there are more!
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One of the great disappointments in my life—perhaps the greatest disappointment, really—is that black people in…
In a ceremony televised on Fox News and the Food Network, the New Yorker’s “roving food correspondent” Helen Rosner…
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Of course, this is a question that has been asked (and answered) myriad times already—particularly when another…
My eyes have seen some pretty damn white things.
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Common is killing the game; or, in today’s parlance, Common has secured the bag. I’m almost 40 years old, which…
The search for the perfect slur for white people has been relentless, exhausting and mostly fruitless. There are…
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It’s official: Black Panther is a blockbuster hit, and our feelings will never be done with this film. This movie…