5 Signs You’re Acting Like a White Guy (Or, How To Not Be Gene Marks)

by W. Kamau Bell on December 19 2011, 9:07AM

You need not be white or a guy to act a fool in public, says stand-up comedian W. Kamau Bell. So here are some warning signals that you might be “getting all Gene Marksy up in here.”

Topics: Media

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Don Cheadle Brings Us the World’s First Black Captain Planet

by Jorge Rivas on August 31 2011, 2:58PM

Cheadle stars in a live-action version of the classic cartoon.

Topics: Arts & Culture, Video

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Black Man Jokes With Harlem to Get Real on Race

by Jorge Rivas on August 18 2011, 2:48PM

Robert Pinderhuze goes out in to the streets and uses humor to make a tough conversation easy.

Topics: Media

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Samuel L. Jackson Gives Sleepy Parents Everywhere a Good Laugh

by Jamilah King on June 17 2011, 1:44PM

The actor took to the David Letterman Show to read portions of Adam Mansbach’s hilarious new children’s book for parents.

Topics: Media

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The Onion: White Girl Sentenced To Trial As Black Adult

by Jamilah King on January 24 2011, 11:05AM

Because sometimes all you can do is laugh.

Topics: Criminal Justice

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ConquistaDora the Explorer’s Columbus Day

by Jamilah King on October 8 2010, 12:08PM

Just in time for Columbus Day.

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Deprofiler.com Ends Racial Profiling, with Printable White-Person Masks

by Channing Kennedy on May 4 2010, 2:02PM

Being brown in Arizona has been tough, at least since the arrival of people relatively less brown. And now, recent Arizona legislation like SB 1070 has moved to make it illegal to be Latino, to look Latino, to sound Latino…

Topics: Immigration

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