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Preferences, Pride and Prejudice (Part 1 of 2)

What does it mean when someone excludes themselves from dating an entire race based on a few personal experiences? Lonnell Williams You may want to watch these videos before you continue reading: The original interview Response from “the community” Follow-up from Zeric Don’t have time right now? I’ll give you the CliffNotes version: Black Cuban [...]

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Looking for Love (In All the Wrong Races)

Boy, boys, all type of boys. Black, White, Puerto Rican, Chinese boys… – Missy Elliott: Work It When I was in first grade I had three best friends: One was Black. One was White. And the other was half Chinese and half Puerto Rican. From a very young age, I have been exposed to other [...]

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Of Boyfriends and Beauty Bias

And think about it this way. Capitalism always trumps beauty—because it trumps everything. -Raina Kelley; Beauty Is Defined, and Not By You Everyone get out a pen and paper! There’s this exercise I like to do with people when talking about attraction. It’s a free-write to a simple question: Describe your ideal partner. No other [...]

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Quotes of the Week – Ending 12.26.10

Are you bad with people and hate money? Consider grad school! Rob Delaney via Twitter My Dad’s all “how’s that job search going?” and I’m all “stop yelling at me” and he’s all “calm down” and I’m all “bye.” White Girl Problems via Twitter You continuing to date strong minded men and not expecting to [...]

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Quotes of the Week – Ending 12.19.10

OMG, Precious is so damn funny the second time through. soulforce84 via Twitter (true story) I wasn’t really feeling the Christmas spirit until I saw this. commenter K.Armakld – gingerbread crackhouse (Flickr) I predict by this time next month, a case of Four Loko’s will be more valuable than a case of Cristal. Jeremy via [...]

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Quotes of the Week – Ending 11.14.10

Dick changes people. D0wJ0nEs via Twitter Joe Jackson looks like Fat Cat from Chip and Dale’s Rescue Rangers. Karsh via Twitter I’m kind of scared of how I know every single line of The Golden Girls. ralphfv via Twitter We still categorize music by race?…wow Urban Prince via Twitter How does one pronounce “Sbarro”? gabebondoc [...]

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Quotes of the Week – Ending 10.31.10

(Latino male and Asian female friends) I know! You should be a geisha for Halloween! Fuck you! You should be a Mariachi band. We can go to the store and get some tape to bound your feet? Asshole. I don’t have sex with white people for political reasons. Wait, what? I’m just trying to raise [...]

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We Don’t Pay You To Think

picture from Trent Jackson’s twitter Admittedly, I’m not trying to get karshed here, but I’d be remiss if I didn’t do a follow-up to Interesting Black Man for Hire. My first year flew by and a lot has happened since I was hired at my current job last October. To be clear I want to [...]

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Quotes of the Week – Ending 10.17.10

I hate typical racist jokes. At least be creative with your racism/ignorance. Urban Prince via Twitter My body is tighter than an Asian girl’s pussy. Thanks Plant Fitness! Ryan Drake via Twitter OMG, you’re so racist. I’m not racist. You always say white people don’t have souls!! (dramatic pause) You’re just bringing that up because [...]

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Quotes of the Week – Ending 8.22.10

We need an open source project to reboot this whole fucking mess. Call it “Humanity 2.0.” Shoq Value via Twitter Michelle Obama and Sigourney Weaver are the same person. hallehberreh via Twitter I wish Whitney Houston was tweeting during the hardcore crack days. RexHennessey via Twitter My asshole is tired of being raped by white [...]

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