staying alive: the vsb do’s and dont’s of dealing with the police

gates

“i’ll speak with yo mama outside”

along with being the working title for the sequel to “i’m gonna git you sucka”, this phrase was also apparently uttered by esteemed harvard professor henry louis gates when arrested outside of his home july 16th.

although you can seriously side-eye the strange logic in charging a 58 year old man with a cane, a noticeable limp, and the same izod shirt michael evans rocked in the “love has a spot on his lungs” episode of “good times” with disorderly conduct, there’s no doubt in my mind that dr. gates probably could have handled the situation a bit better. Continue reading

the bad rap: 4 unnecessary and undeserving villains of the black community

tyra

“…and fake b*tches like beyonce and tyra banks need not apply”

–seen on a friend of a friend’s facebook profile last weekend, sandwiched somewhere between a “set it off” movie poster and an excessively airbrushed photo of benjamin bratt.

while we’ve already documented the peculiar feelings born from the idea 0f beyonce, the animus many hold towards tyra banks seems to be just as intense, and i’ve never really understood it. Continue reading