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Aye Yung: D.C. Corner Store Go-Go Music Show Will Go On Thanks To T-Mobile, No Thanks To Colonizing Cretins

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Aye Yung: D.C. Corner Store Go-Go Music Show Will Go On Thanks To T-Mobile, No Thanks To Colonizing Cretins

La La Land’s White Jazz Narrative

Damien Chazelle likes jazz music. But more than blaming his musical obsession for La La Land, I suppose I can blame Carl Van Vechten. It is, after all, Van Vechten’s 1926 novel Nigger Heaven that fueled white interest in the Harlem Renaissance and led to the gentrification of the neighborhood’s nightclubs and brownstones. White interest… Read more »

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OMG TV: K.Michelle To Track Down Cheaters On New Show

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K.Michelle and Mona Scott-Young may be working on a brand new project for VH1! The “Rebellious Soul” singer is going to be taking her penchant…

OMG TV: K.Michelle To Track Down Cheaters On New Show

YouTube Star Explains Cultural Appropriation & Gentrification While Making Us Laugh

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If you’re still unclear about why it’s not cool to dress up like another culture just for fun, Akilah Obviously is going to explain it…

YouTube Star Explains Cultural Appropriation & Gentrification While Making Us Laugh

A Contract Between the Gay Community and Our Straight Neighbors [The Gays]

The gay community is famous for moving into gritty neighborhoods, sprucing them up, and moving along once wealthy heteros start buying up the real estate. That’s fine, but before we start mourning the gayborhood , let’s get a few things straight. More