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‘The Butler’ and the Pitfalls of Positivity. 17 Aug 2013 | 12:16 am
You know how it goes on Showtime at The Apollo. Some hopeful performer ambles onstage and rubs on the stump of the Tree of Hope for good luck. She then awkwardly banters with the host for a quick minu...
The Military Mindset Behind ‘Stop & Frisk.’ 14 Aug 2013 | 09:53 pm
A Taliban soldier captured during one of the patrols I was on in Afghanistan. Men being stop and questioned by the NYPD. When a judge ruled yesterday that New York City’s police policy referred t...
‘Orange’ Is the New Crack: Two PBers Review the First Season. 31 Jul 2013 | 09:01 pm
They might crack smiles but ain’t a damn thing funny. Perhaps Biggie and Jigga could trade bars without spoiling your favorite television shows, but we can’t. Not that we spoil everything–we’re admir...
Random Midday Hotness: Bringing Da Ruckus, With American Sign Language. 25 Jul 2013 | 09:30 pm
Have you ever been to a Wu-Tang concert? Everyone should have a translator, subtitles or something.
In the Face of Respectability. 24 Jul 2013 | 08:39 pm
Image from allthingsharlem.com Over at Huffington Post, Romany Malco seems to have taken a page from Bill Cosby’s forever in-progress book, How to Completely Miss Every Point Ever Made About Race in ...
A Slice for My Toddler, a Reality Check for Me 23 Jul 2013 | 07:18 pm
Treating our hungry toddler to his favorite meal during a four-hour car ride seemed a pretty easy task: Any decent small town off the Saw Mill Parkway had to have a pizza joint, right? So it was that ...
PostBourgie Is An Army/Better Yet A Navy. 17 Jul 2013 | 11:43 pm
Also, this happened: Page 414 of Chimamanda’s Adichie’s novel, Americanah. Can I take a moment to brag on my PB family right quick? Because this summer has been so, so real. Stacia is running the so...
Black Violence And Concern Fatigue. 17 Jul 2013 | 07:17 pm
An anti-violence rally in Dayton, OH. Over at The Root, Keith Harrison resurrects a tired trope. Where is the outrage in our community about all of those slain blacks, most of whom were male and ...
The Zimmerman Trial Through an Abolitionist Lens 13 Jul 2013 | 01:38 am
George Zimmerman in April 2012. Dead weight seems to hang in the air as we wait for the verdict in the trial of George Zimmerman. My fears and hopes feel hinged on each shallow exhale as I sit at the...
Random Midday Hotness: Karen Cheng Getting It In. 11 Jul 2013 | 11:46 pm
What’s the old saw? Dance like no one is watching. Karen Cheng went all the way in the other direction with it: dance like everybody finna see you. Over the course of a year, Cheng taught herself ho...
