I wondered that, too. Probably a little bit of both.

You’re right. Henriettta Lacks, Charles Drew and Onesimus might be responsible for saving more lives than all the doctors who ever lived, combined. I struggled with whether or not to put them on. The only reason I didn’t was because—and I know it’s splitting hairs—I wanted to stay in the cultural theft arena.…

Bingo. Even if she doesn’t know, it is impossible that NO ONE KNOWS.

Better to keep monsters, old and new, locked in the basement, and to let the conversation upstairs in the living room be as genteel as possible—even hypocritical. In matters of race hate, candor is overrated. Hypocrisy may be the moral way to go—until, as time passes, people become more civilized.

Sorry, “Weaponized Mulatto” is my stripper name.

He’s saying: “ButWhatAboutNY?”

Coincidentally, those are two of the infamous Kwanzaa Dresses

There was a whole story about meeting Tupac at Freaknik ‘94 but it got too long