Tender-headed schools can’t ban cornrows

A London school’s ban on cornrows was ruled “unlawful, indirect racial discrimination which is not justified.” School cited hairstyle promoted “gang” culture…if by “gang” they meant the members of the African Diaspora, I guess they’d be right.

Represent your set.

“X-Men: First Class” Flunkies

Of all the X-men installments from the movie franchise, hands down “X-Men First Class” is its star pupil. It has all the components: vengeance, thrilling action scenes that don’t try to bombard you with all the latest special effects, and quality actors that transform these original 2-D comic book characters into fleshy, multi-faceted beings [...]

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White People Have Gotten Less Crazy.

(Cross-posted from TAPPED) Chris Rock puts our “progress” as a country into proper perspective. Via Sociological Images

Haiti, One Year Later.

via The Big Picture.

Today marks the one year anniversary of the devastating earthquake in Haiti. Conservative estimates put the number of dead around 92,000 — more than three percent of Haiti’s entire population. Though luminaries like Bill Clinton have hoped that Haiti, the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere, [...]

Friday Random Ten: Ho Ho Ho.

In the charitable words of the Ying Yang Twinz, it’s the holidays, show a nigga some love:

1. ”Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow” by Lena Horne. (Nicole)

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Your Tuesday Random-Ass (Late-Ass) Roundup: Don’t Tread on Me.

I don’t have a legitimate excuse for the absences or the tardiness. Just know that I had a good time while I was away.

But now I want my country back. Or at least Florida and Texas.

Since that’s probably not possible anytime soon, I’ll settle for a mid-afternoon train to Georgia, a warm bowl [...]

Kanye West: Romanticism, Media and Race, MJ and Bush