By now I’m sure you guys know how I feel about Michael Jackson – much like the colored race itself I find him both majestic and tragic, grotesque yet distinguished. He is to black pop culture what George Washington…

Halloween is my absolute favorite holiday, which is extra-great for me this year because since the big day falls on a Wednesday there are more acceptable nights to party while wearing a funny hat. This year for one of my…

I love Japan only slightly less than I love the fact that black culture is idolized all over the world. But why am I looking at this geisha’s little pancake booty in Japan’s first Junk in the Trunk contest? When…

Amid furor, DJ cancels party for ‘light-skinned’ black women

‘I made a mistake,’ local party promoter says after Internet backlash.

DETROIT — A local DJ and party promoter retreated Thursday from a plan to sponsor a bash that would…

I actually prefer this to whatever the kids are doing these days.
Hey Harvard Kids: Doesn’t this remind you of Expressions?

Do dat wit’ ya wig Celine!

I’ve realized that the underlying purpose of this blog is going to have to be cataloguing the minutia of black pop culture, which is long overdue. Therefore, I’m starting this new feature, “The Black Version.” If you haven’t seen “the…

The other day my brother told me a joke that started with “I just heard that Michael Jackson died of food poisoning!” and my heart literally started beating at a million miles a minute and a deep sorrow spread through…

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I want to identify all of the little white pre-teen girls who are putting this Obama poster up and put them through Afrophiles Anonymous.

For the record, I had a HUGE crush on Dwayne.

Do You Remember:

5. The one where that guy robs Raj and Rerun’s apartment around Christmas and keeps saying “Right…right…gotcha.”

4. Rerun becomes a page at NBC and dreams that…