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'The Boondocks' Creator Aaron McGruder Tells Us About 'The Uncle Ruckus Movie'

I chatted with the creator of 'The Boondocks' about a live-action film starring Uncle Ruckus and a bunch of other things like black self-hatred, post-Obama race relations, and why Herman Cain is the real-life Uncle Ruckus. Full story

Getting Fresh with Wilbert

Black Man in a Dress

Being a strong black man (or any man) has nothing to do with what you wear or who you fuck, but whether or not you have the will power to stay true to yourself. If that means wearing a dress, then so be it. Full story

Racism in MMA

In this promotional video spotlighting Rashad Evans before his fight this weekend against Rogerio Nogueira, the voices serving both as the source of Evans’s disenchantment with MMA and his inspiration to improve in it aren’t just criticizing the fighter’s character—they’re critic… Full story

Why Do We Go Bloodlust-Crazy Over Holiday Sales?

Watching humans go batshit on Black Friday is better than most nature shows. Full story

55DSL's "Beyond Mountains, More Mountains" LA Premiere Party

We partied with 55DSL in LA to celebrate their awesome new short film, "Beyond Mountains, More Mountains." Full story

Nerdwatch 2012

I attended the New York Comic Con this year, and it was such a beautiful experience that it dragged me out of a depression that didn't seem to have a foreseeable end. I hung out with friends, met some of my heroes, sold some art, and bought some art. All the while, I was surround… Full story

Li'l Thinks

Witness the Whiteness

America isn’t so white. But because the collective consciousness moves as fast and elegantly as you do jogging in a hot tub following diazepam and margaritas, whiteness remains understood as this abstract, almost-imaginary but deeply embedded dominant paradigm. Full story

The Ju-Ju Magic of the Miners of Afosu

I took a trip out to the Eastern Region of Ghana in 2006 and again in 2009 to paint scenes from a small scale illegal gold and diamond mining complex in a town called New Abriem. It’s a place where 19th century mining methods combine with ancient West African black magic religion… Full story

Filibustin' with Willie D - The NYPD Can Stop-and-Frisk These Nuts

What more proof do we need that this program is basically institutionalized racial profiling? Full story

Is Six Flags Racist Against Dreadlocks?

Do locks really make you too unprofessional to clean up little kid vomit and flip burgers? Full story