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Worth Reading & Watching: 2/20/2012

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Nerd dump. Share and enjoy… Stacy Barthe, “Comfy Little Coffin” Julian Pereira, Complex: “Killer Mike Breaks Down The 2012 Presidential Candidates” “Rick Santorum is the face of white Anglo-Saxon Protestant Republican ideals. He represents that Republican fringe idealism and people who believe the Bible is absolutely true, the playing-field is fair and equal, everyone has [...]

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Worth Reading: 2/17/2012

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Nerd dump. Share & enjoy. The Grio: LA radio hosts suspended for Whitney Houston “crack ho” comments KFI AM 640 suspended John Kobylt and Ken Chiampou, the hosts of the “John and Ken Show,” for “making insensitive and inappropriate comments about the late Whitney Houston,” it said in a statement Thursday. “Management does not condone, [...]

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Moment of Awesome: Jean Grae – Cake or Death

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Jean Grae’s much anticipated new album, Cake or Death, is soon coming and the single, U & Me & Everybody Else, is nothing short of brilliant. Enjoy the Cake or Death trailer, some music from her recent mixtape, and a splash of comedic weirdness South African emcee. Cake or Death trailer Cake or Death Trailer [...]

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The Absurdity of Black Opposition to Marriage Equality

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As the nation turns to Maryland to see whether a southern state will recognize gay marriage, there is renewed focus on whether African Americans will support the legislation. Unlike the seven states where gay marriage is presently legal, proponents in Maryland have to secure votes from African American legislators representing culturally conservative constituents whose clergy [...]

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Worth Reading & Watching: 2/16/2012

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Nerd dump (and my undying adoration for all things Jean Grae…don’t judge me). Share & Enjoy… Sabrina Tavernise, NY Times: Gay Marriage a Tough Sell with Blacks in Maryland Maryland’s Democrats are sharply divided by race on the issue. A Washington Post poll published on Jan. 30 found that 71 percent of white respondents supported [...]

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Moment of Awesome: Geechee Dan the Singing Dragon

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A seminal part of the NYC experience is the omnipresence of subway performers. Dancers, amateur acrobats, musicians, poets and singers of all sorts entertain anonymous faces for a few moments in the doorways of moving trains or on crowded platforms beneath our city. Many are mundane; a few are special. Danny Smalls is among the [...]

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