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The Erosion of Meaning: On Foe and ’Nem, Maverick City, and the Sound of the Sanctuary

The Erosion of Meaning: On Foe and ’Nem, Maverick City, and the Sound of the Sanctuary

pierrekeys2 August 19, 2025

I don’t like how we’ve normalized the phrase “On Foe and ’Nem.” I come from an era...

Losing Malcolm Jamal Warner Today Feels Like Losing Kinfolk

Losing Malcolm Jamal Warner Today Feels Like Losing Kinfolk

pierrekeys2 July 21, 2025

Malcolm Jamal-Warner was the first cool Black teen of the 80’s, he definitely gave kinfolk and cousin...

10 Dope Juneteenth Gifts That Celebrate Community, Culture, and Commerce Black With No Chaser Juneteenth Collection

Black With No Chaser Juneteenth Collection

10 Dope Juneteenth Gifts That Celebrate Community, Culture, and Commerce

George Chuck Patterson May 21, 2025

Every Juneteenth, I think about legacy—what we inherit, what we create, and what we leave behind. For...

To the Ones Without a Deion: Rooting for Shedeur — Mourning for Us img_4470-1

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To the Ones Without a Deion: Rooting for Shedeur — Mourning for Us

Ra Shad Frazier-Gaines May 1, 2025

Like so many others, I am rooting for Shedeur Sanders. Rooting for his gifts, his brilliance, his...

Drafted, Not Defeated: How Shedeur Sanders Exposed the NFL’s Uneasy Relationship With Black Excellence Shedeur Sanders posing with a group young meeraaaaaaaaaarrrff

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Drafted, Not Defeated: How Shedeur Sanders Exposed the NFL’s Uneasy Relationship With Black Excellence

George Chuck Patterson April 27, 2025

When Shedeur Sanders’ name was finally “called” in the fifth round of the NFL Draft, it didn’t...