Racialicious

Oscar Winner Fantasia Barrino loading 🗣️ twitter.com/overdramatique…

The way we’re gonna be tap dancing on that white lady’s grave. Six feet won’t be enough for rest.

The white woman at the center of the Emmett Till saga, Carolyn Bryant Donham, has died. The 88-year-old was suffering from cancer and was receiving end-of-life hospice care. mississippitoday.org/2023/04/27/car…

Sad to report that Eastwind Books, one of the first Asian American bookstores in the country, is closing after 41 years. Thank you to owner and legendary activist Harvey Dong for sharing your story with me. Berkeley won’t be the same. berkeleyside.org/2023/03/21/eas…

I find this 'debate' infuriating. The return of the land which allowed the family the opportunity to make their own decision on *how* they would be able to benefit financially is exactly how reparations should work. nytimes.com/2023/02/19/us/…

“I’m gonna tell you right now, Matilda gonna get you hurt… Matilda gonna have you out here in these streets.”

"Jeanette Lee Vs.," a new ESPN "30 for 30" documentary featuring pool player Jeanette Lee, will debut tomorrow, December 13. bit.ly/3W8uikC

Always…

We live in hell

column: Dusty Baker is a prime example of what the world gets when black men have the opportunity to grow old. andscape.com/features/why-d…

“If hip-hop is to survive, then the art must do so. And if the art is to survive, then artists have to live" - @JustinTinsley on Takeoff's murder and the all-too familiar occurrence in hip-hop 💔 andscape.com/features/takeo…

Posting this on the heels of tragedy and gossip fueled conversations in this moment is nasty.

Also, I wish people would stop continuously pointing out that Donda Academy was Unaccredited. Of course it was. It had existed for under two years. That's how these things work.

Nah, sorry, this one’s on the parents for sending their children to a school run by the former Sunday service choir director. I can’t even say y’all got got, bc this was obvious from the beginning.

MY GIRL MADE IT TO STACEY!!!

Inside Shaun King’s Shadowy $6.7 Million Nonprofit Grassroots Law Project Formed After George Floyd’s Death Again? Who is STILL giving him money? thedailybeast.com/inside-shaun-k…

(The clients are mostly entertainment and high profile-comedians, musicians, actors-and you will probably never talk to them because they look for me, so you're here to make sure they never call me mad or have to fix things while I'm on vacation/weekend.)

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ADMISSIONS: A MEMOIR OF SURVIVING BOARDING SCHOOL is going on a back to school tour from 9/11-9/23! (And so am I.) If you're a school or edu org in the North East, and you're interested in jumping aboard, please feel free to reach out to admissionsmemoir@gmail.com!

Built around an extraordinary performance from Denzel Washington, MALCOLM X is an epic of impeccable craft—made with Lee’s closest creative collaborators—and a passionate monument to a man whose life continues to serve as a model of principled resistance.