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The Digital Double Life: When Pro-Black Performance Masks Anti-Black Fetish

This story goes a little NSFW, but stay with me. You know what a burner account is, right? For the uninitiated, it’s that second social media profile people use to keep certain behaviors away from their main page. Celebrities use them to scroll in peace or clap back at

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Jim Jones vs. Reality: Why His Nas Comparison Proves Ego Is the Worst Drug

Jim Jones wants you to believe he’s outshined Nas. He even dragged Fivio Foreign into the conversation to back him up. But the receipts tell a different story. Billboard, RIAA, and the culture itself have already delivered the verdict: Jimmy’s ego is writing checks his catalog can’t cash.

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The Cookout Conundrum: Why Black Forgiveness Is a Failing Strategy

The central thesis is this: The perception of Black America as endlessly forgiving and inviting is a complex survival strategy born from centuries of placating a hostile majority, but it's also a major character flaw.

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