Justin L. Hill

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August 2, 2011 at 11:36pm

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Take Back Boystown: White vs Right?

“Boystown was built and created by gay whites with hard earned money years back…Its sad that Boystown has been taken advantage by these f***ing savage monkeys.“ “They also happen to be very noticeably out of place!! So why are they not questioned and asked to leave by the police is amazing! Check their ID and [...]

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July 5, 2011 at 3:11pm

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Topics: Abortion, American Values, Anti-Black Racist Structures, Black Identity, Black Politics, Class Privilege, Daughter, Family, Gender, Girls, Patriarchy, Poverty, race, racism, Sexism, Single Black Women, Working Class

Black Women: Baby Makers or Baby Killers?

According to Clenard Childress, “the most dangerous place for an African American to be is in the womb of their African American mother.” From claims of being the least attractive women in the world (Satoshi Kanazawa’s study), to schizophrenically being viewed as both “irresponsible baby makers” and unrepentant “baby killers,” Black women find their roles [...]

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June 21, 2011 at 12:04pm

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Topics: Black Identity, Black Politics, Black Youth Project, Police, police brutality, Politics, racism

Officers who kick ASS (and ask questions, Never)

Can you imagine being five years old and having three cops bend you over a desk, handcuff you and then carry you out of your school in handcuffs? Can you imagine being face down on the floor, hands behind you, some cops knee on your neck; then to have that knee migrate to your back [...]

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May 31, 2011 at 2:00pm

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Topics: Black Boys, Black girls, Black Identity, Class Privilege, Gender, Identity Politics, LGBTQ, Men, Mothers, Patriarchy, Poverty, race, racism, Sexism, Sexuality, White Privilege, Youth

Yo Momma in Black FACE: As seen by certain White Gays

Do you think of your momma or grandma as an “inarticulate black welfare mother with 19 children?” If not you might be surprised to learn that certain–largely white–gays are paying big bucks to have one of their own dress up in drag and black-face as Shirley Q. Liquor, to be the MAMMY they never had [...]

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May 10, 2011 at 12:50pm

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Osama—Obama—Oh say can you see

In this corner stands President Obama and in the opposite corner stands— the specter of —Osama Bin Laden. These two men are the main event this week. A flashing headline: “Osama Bin Laden is dead and buried at sea.” The next moment, cameras are panning through crowds of people in the throes of celebrating this [...]

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April 21, 2011 at 3:44pm

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Topics: Black Identity, Black Politics, democracy, Democracy, democracy remixed, Empowerment, Imperialism, nihilism, Oprah Winfrey, President Barack Obama, race, racism, The Middle East, The Post-colonial world

Youth as the Miner’s Canaries of Democracies!

In Peter Coy’s article the Kids Are Not Alright, he quotes that democracies are “much better at managing large numbers of highly educated people” than are nations with an official leader who has absolute authority (read: autocratic countries). Leaders of autocratic nations face the dilemma of needing an educated work force to grow their country’s [...]

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March 29, 2011 at 12:00pm

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Topics: Aesthetics, American Identity, American Values, capitalism, health, Humor, Masculinity, Men, Money, plastic surgery, technology, Youth

Men who nip, tuck and suc..

If you don’t already know, time is a cruel mistress who demands her “pound of flesh” by yearly ripping away our youth and vitality. Among my close circle of friends, all in our mid-to-late 20s, we have each begun taking action to thwart her evil plan. The telltale signs of aging are starting to become [...]

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March 15, 2011 at 2:04pm

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Topics: American Identity, Black Identity, Black Politics, Community, Court System, Defense of Marriage Act, Gender, Homophobia, Identity Politics, LGBTQ, Patriarchy, race, racism, Sexism, Sexuality, White Privilege

Gay Is the New Black: limitations of identity politics

In 2008, when I first read “Gay is the New Black” on the cover of the Advocate, I CRINGED at its implications. Even as I write, “Gay is the New Black,” it is unsettling because it elides, obfuscates and erases many tensions and concerns. You may be asking, “Why speak about it now, three years [...]

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February 3, 2011 at 4:48pm

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Topics: American Identity, American Values, Hate Crime, Homeless, Human Rights, LYNCHINGS, Multi-Culti, Post-Race, Poverty, race, racism, Violence, White Privilege, Women

The Rubin Stacy Story: A Meditation on lynching in a Post-Racial America

“The faintest ink is better than the best memory” was said to me by a friend’s uncle at Christmas lunch in Barbados. If ink beats memory, then pictures beat the self-induce fantasy of a nation, right? For this black history month, I question the existence of a post-racial America. Yesterday, I began to stare at the photos [...]

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January 25, 2011 at 1:00pm

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Topics: capitalism, health, HIV/AIDS, Money, Porn, Poverty, PUBLIC HEALTH, race

Porn, Poverty, Public Health and the Pursuit of Happiness

For many, it is hard to have open conversations about vaginas, penises, and anuses, especially when ‘beavers,’ ‘one-eyed snakes’ and ‘poop-chutes’ play bump in the [supposed] night. Even when we talk about “them” bumping in the night, many of us create euphemisms to get around the discomfort of talking about sex. So you can imagine [...]

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