Ciara and Cardi B’s success proves that Black women can be successful without being tethered to toxic relationships and misogynoirist standards of womanhood. By Clarkisha Kent Everybody likes a good Cinderella story. Well, at least that’s what people want you to think. Mostly because to fit the role of the titular heroine, one must have suffered...
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Hoteps: Where Are We With Them Now?
The memes we cackle at which ridicule these hoteps may be hilarious, but the high numbers of followers and subscribers they garner suggest that many of us are still struggling with our “strong Black male” problem. I give Black men a lot of leeway. My mother taught me to. She viewed men as emotionally weaker...
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Dave Chappelle Hasn’t Evolved
Dave Chappelle’s blackness doesn’t excuse his transmisogyny, and punching down isn’t ever funny. Quite frankly, it is boring and cruel. Listen, was I surprised to hear that Dave Chapelle’s new Netflix stand-up series was tailor-made for Hotep Twitter? NOPE. Was I disappointed that he hadn’t evolved and that he just sounded like an old, out of...