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'Being Fly Is An Act Of Community' : Code Switch

When 'Soul Train' first aired in 1971, there had never been a show like it. Fifty years later, that's still true. So this week, we're passin

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How Ariana Grande uses “Black Cool” in her incremental appropriation game - The Black Youth Project

To many, Ariana does not appear to appropriate Black sound and aesthetics because she has utilized an incremental strategy as opposed to introductory or overnight turnaround into Blackness.

This was really interesting. It’s been fun to talk with lots of different people about this as an issue, but everyone comes to a very similar conclusion of “ohhhhhhh noooooo -_-” 

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How Ariana Grande uses “Black Cool” in her incremental appropriation game

How Ariana Grande uses “Black Cool” in her incremental appropriation game

by Ayika Tshimanga

Ariana Grande recently released a music video for her song, “7 Rings”, a repetitive pop-trap&B tune with all the necessary ingredients to bring out your innermost bad bitch. The bouncy trap beat, braggadocious lyrics, and an attempt to ooze the kind of confidence radiating from pop stars like Beyoncé on “Apeshit”, or Rihanna on “Bitch Better Have My Money”, or and Kelis on…

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Hood Love: Loving, Leaving, and Learning Embattled Communities

NEW POST | Hood Love: On Loving, Leaving, and Learning Embattled Communities

My mother turned nine years old the day after Detroit stopped burning. A three-day race riot had sparked 15 minutes from where she lived. She was old enough to throw bottles (she didn’t) but young enough to be told to stay indoors where it was safe (she did). From her family’s home in the Charles Terrace housing projects, she watched her city smolder, watched rage sizzle into ash, watched nothing…

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Write on Time: Part 3

Write on Time: Part 3

Although this is my last piece inspired by 4:44, the topics I will address have been on my mind for a long time, but I put it on the back burner in another kitchen somewhere in Brooklyn. However, when I heard “Smile,” it added fuel to a few lowly lit ideas that were waiting to turn up. For me, Ms. Carter’s outing was more than revealing her sexuality. It was about her being comfortable in her own…

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Portrait of us

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So, you’ve worked hard all month and you want to treat yo’self. Here’s how we would spend our $100.

Eian:

I feel like $100 can take you a long way nowadays, if you’re looking in the right place. One of my favorite companies that’s out right now is Lords of Gastown. They are a Canadian based motorcycle/ lifestyle fashion company. On their site you can find items for men, women, and children. Even though it’s not yet riding season here in New York I still like to rock some dope motorcycle gear year round. Now, I’m only getting one purchase so it has to be this dope ass Vintage BDU shirt they have out right now. I think this is a good choice for more than one reason. Not only is it a super dope shirt with the old school vintage camo, but they also have it for women as well. There is a large patch on the back for men it has the “Pray 4 death” design. And for women they have the company logo on the back,  which I believe  is one of the best logos out there today. The way I would rock this shirt if it’s not that cold outside is by putting on a heavy long john shirt underneath (simple but does the job). Man or woman with this cop you can have some extra cash to put aside for maybe next month’s cop. Now you get to bump that one up to $120 possibly.

Lords of Gastown: Mens “Pray 4 Death Vintage BDU shirt” $84/ Womens “Vintage BDU Shirt” $84

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Front for both

Back for men

Back for women

  Eric:

Starting last year I decided to dress down once a week to work. With my dress down comes a fresh pair of sneakers (does not take much to impress middle school students) and a pretty basic ensemble of jeans and shirt but the focus is on the sneakers. One month into the school year I decided that I would also use this time to send a message or use what I was wearing to educate/ inform additionally I like wearing t-shirts and sweatshirts to work at times. My collection of message bearing shirts includes shirts that say, “this is what a feminist looks like”, “NMAAHC” (“The Blacksonian”), “Sometimes you have to sit in order to stand”, and “Black Girl Magic”, all of these t-shirts I have worn to work and most of them I bought from the dope company Served Fresh. About one month before Christmas 2016 I read about Nas’ clothing company, HSTRY, which at the time was selling “kneeling Santa” sweatshirts (I copped) and just decided to keep an eye on what he was putting out into the world. This site just recently released its 2017 Black History Month collection and I’m loving the pieces. So here’s what I would spend my $100 treat yo’self cash on:

Served Fresh: Two t-shirts – “When Doves Cry” Tee $40        “Pres. Clown” Tee $40

“When Doves Cry”

“Pres. Clown”

  HSTRY – T-Shirt & Hat – “Black Panther” Tee $40       “X-Hat” $30

“Black Panther”

“X-Hat”

Each option leaves me with $20 – $30 what I would do is either throwing it into a savings account, adding to next month’s “Treat yo’self” cash, or donate it to a charity doing good work in the world. Here are my two suggestions the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union Fountdation) and NBCDI (National Black Child Development Institute) both are highly rated by Charity Navigator. Your Choice. Until next time S.Y.Nners, try to be better than you were yesterday.

  Treat Yo’Self 1.24.17 So, you’ve worked hard all month and you want to treat yo’self. Here’s how we would spend our $100.