American Identity

NICKI MINAJ and THE FREAKY BOIS: Raunch-Rap As A Weapon

WHY EVERYBODY HATES DRAKE, and Why They're Wrong…

NYPD Falsely Charges Black Man: "I Fried Another Nigger"

Is It Ever OK For White People To Say NIGGER?

Maya Rupert's "Is Marriage Equality for White People?"

Nas Brings Back THE REAL With "Nasty" Music Video

A Message To Black LBGT Youth On National Coming Out Day

Are Black People Willing To Call Eminem The Greatest Rapper Of All Time?

How Racism Is Destroying America's Political Discourse

Why You Should Be Taking Tyler, the Creator and Kreayshawn Seriously

THE WEEKND Continues To Astound With New Mixtape "THURSDAY"

WATCH THE THRONE, And Why Jay-Z and Mitt Romney Have A LOT In Common

With More Color Comes More Responsibility

Not Even Black Toddlers Are Safe From Media Slander

Xclusive Interview with Tazz Daddy, the DJ that Checked Kreayshawn Over the N-Word

Jay-Z and Kanye's Out-Of-Touch, Wealth-Obsessed, Culturally-Irrelevant "Otis"

On This Day We Declare Independence From Glenn Beck

The Enduring Power of Tupac Shakur

Lady Gaga's "Born This Way": The Review

"Slave" Marketing

Men who nip, tuck and suc..

Gay Is the New Black: limitations of identity politics

Some of My Best Friends Give CPAC Speeches

The Rubin Stacy Story: A Meditation on lynching in a Post-Racial America

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