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Movie Reviews: Fantastic Four
Fantastic Fourdirected by Josh TrankWhen the director tweets out (and later deletes) that the final film product is not what he originally intended or indeed created it's not the best sign. This could...
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Book Reviews: Brothers in Arms
Brothers in Armsby Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Anthony WaltonIt's not as widely known as it should be but former NBA great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (KAJ) is something of a Renaissance Man. He's not just a...
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Watch: Stevie Wonder and Jazmine Sullivan 'Riff It Up' In Philly
Yesterday afternoon Stevie Wonder surprised Philadelphia with a free concert in Dillworth Park. Despite the obnoxious heat, swarms of fans flocked to city hall, while city government workers gazed on...
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Movie Reviews: Straight Outta Compton
Straight Outta Comptondirected by F. Gary GrayIt was the late eighties. I was temporarily home from college for some reason or the other. My younger brother, bless his heart, had wasted no time turning...
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Mel Farr and Old Commercials
Mel Farr recently passed away. He was a former Detroit Lions football player who was a little before my time. I never saw him play football. He also sang backup on Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On"....
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Buzz Feed Asks the Uncomfortable Questions About Race
Three years ago I unequivocally declared that an honest conversation about race is never and will never be possible between Black folks and White folks in this country. Fast forward three years later...
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Black Folks, #BlackLivesMatter and Black on Black Crime
Today in Blackness, Black folks call out the hypocrisy of #BlackLivesMatter in the face of Black on Black crime. Many arguments have been made that protesting police brutality against Black people has...
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Donald Trump Scares Me: The Politics of Money, Power and Fame.
Photo: Larry MaranoRemember the conversation you used to have, or may even still have, about what characteristic or trait you'd rather have: Money, Power, or Fame, and what you'd do if you had one over...
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Book Reviews: The Cartel
The Cartel by Don WinslowDon Winslow is among other things the author of such books as The Death and Life of Bobby Z, Savages, The Winter of Frankie Machine, and The Power of The Dog. The last title...
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Hurricane Katrina 10 Years Later
It's been 10 year since Hurricane Katrina made landfall in New Orleans as a Category 3 hurricane. It's been 10 years since 175 mile per hour winds and storm surge of up to 15 feet ripped apart cities...
View Article10 Things I'd Like to See from a Kanye West Presidency
Last night at the VMAs Kanye West announced he's running for President in 2020. While the excited utterance was made while he was high on that good good, and basking in the limelight of his favorite...
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Cemeteries, Mosques and Anti-Muslim bigotry
An ugly fact of the human condition is that the negative generalizations that we are so quick to detect and oppose when used against us we often eagerly apply to the other. Few of us completely lack...
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Reclaiming Black Womanhood
I ended my work day with a co-worker showing me a headline on her phone that screamed in bold faced font that our favorite fake black woman is pregnant with a baby. I gagged and then looked up the...
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Huckabee Dead Wrong About Supreme Court & Constitution (and Life in General)
So I just watched Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee debate with Joe Scarborough this morning on Morning Joe about the "fact" that he (Huckabee) doesn't have to respect the recent Supreme...
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Movie Reviews: Zipper, Taken 3, Northmen: A Viking Saga
Zipperdirected by Mora StephensWhat makes a man go crazy when a woman wears her dress so tight/ It must be the same thing that makes a tomcat fight all night -Muddy Waters "The Same Thing"Why must I...
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The Intersection of Religion and Politics: The Case of Kim Davis
An appeal has been filed on behalf of Kentucky Court Clerk Kim Davis who refuses to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples despite June's landmark Supreme Court decision. The appeal is of Davis's...
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Rape-Apologist Damon Wayans Defends Bill Cosby
Comedian Damon Wayans has come out in support of embattled comedian Bill Cosby. Wayans says Cosby wasn’t raping the women who accuse him of various levels of sexual assault. Wayans says the women...
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Music Reviews: Freddie King: Going Down at Onkel Po's
Freddie KingGoing Down at Onkel Po'sLate great Texas born bluesman Freddie King was one of my favorite musicians. He was a huge man at 6-6. King had a literally larger than life expressive baritone...
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Who is a girl: Lila Perry, Tolerance and Acceptance
I don't really care how a person chooses to live their life. That's their business, not mine. I tend to be a live and let live kind of person. I don't know what happens after we die but I figure that...
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NYPD Assaults James Blake
As you may have heard former tennis star James Blake was wrongly detained by the NYPD when he was mistaken for a suspect in an identity theft ring. That in and of itself is not a big issue. Police and...
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