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RiPPa is the creator, publisher, and editor-in-chief of The Intersection of Madness & Reality. As a writer, he uses his sense of humor, sarcasm, and sardonic negro wit to convey his opinion. Being the habitual line-stepper and fire-breathing liberal-progressive, whether others agree with him, isn’t his concern. He loves fried chicken, watermelon, and President Barack Obama. Yes, he's Black; yes, he's proud; and yes, he says it loud. As such, he's often misunderstood.
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August 12, 2008 •
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Isn’t it funny how we try to stay young, but feel a stronger sense of entitlement as we get older? I don’t know about you, but I’m looking forward to being able to order from the old people menus as I age. The food might look crappy, but
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August 11, 2008 •
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So by now you’ve had twenty cups of that horrible office coffee to get yourself going. You’re mad because you really wanted to stop at Starbucks on the way to work today. But you have to settle for the coffee that tastes like Shug Avery’s
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July 30, 2008 •
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This year has to probably go down as maybe the best year in Black history. There’s a black man making an impressive run for the presidency, and from the looks of it, dude’s gonna win. The minimum wage went up for the first time in 10yrs. On top of
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July 29, 2008 •
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You know its really funny how people say that Barack Obama isn’t black enough. What the fuck does that exactly mean? What the fuck is black enough? I mean are we talking complextion, as in not black as Wesley Snipes? I mean really what is it?!! Ok so
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July 28, 2008 •
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Apparently gay activists are pissed because of this Mr. T Snickers commercial. Me? I’m no homophobe and I do believe in gay rights because they are people too. But fuck alladat, this commercial is hilarious! I mean, I could see what they see with the
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July 26, 2008 •
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Finally being told that Santa Clause or the Easter Bunny aren’t real has to be devastating to a kid. But what’s a kid to do? For years, they’ve believed in these characters. For years, their behavior has been influenced by the very idea that
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July 25, 2008 •
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Well, summer is definitely winding down. They’ve already started showing back to school commercials for the kids this week. I’m kinda sad because it means that I have to take my oldest back up north to her mother’s for school. I probably
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July 24, 2008 •
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Last year when that Jena 6 thing jumped off, and people took up the cause to fight for justice, I was against it. Not that I’m against justice. No never that! I just felt that the situation or the incident was blown out of proportion. To this day, I
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July 23, 2008 •
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See the girl in the pic? Thats my soon to be 15yr old daughter Dijonna (Dee-jon-Nae). Sometimes she gets on my nerves, but thats probably because she is practically my clone. She’s been a “project” of mine for years now. She’s super
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July 22, 2008 •
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Its definitely summertime alright. There’s currently a heatwave hitting certain parts of trhe country right now. I live in Memphis Tn, and unfortunately for me, its hot extremely hot here every summer. With a “heatwave” its extra hot around
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July 20, 2008 •
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You know what? You niggers kill me! Yeah I said nigger. What? I use the word all the time. Surprised? Well I hope you’re not. Maybe by the end of this blog you won’t feel so bad about it. You see, allegedly Jesse Jackson used the word in reference
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July 19, 2008 •
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You people might look at the guys in the picture and laugh. Well, when I first saw this pic I laughed too. But after a while I saw something that wasn’t funny. Actually, I saw something that could be beneficial to the black community. You look at that
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July 17, 2008 •
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Did you people happen to hear about the 2500 people or so who lined up for Food Stamps in Milwaukee? I was reluctant to blog about this before now. But this week, it seems so appropriate. Yeah, a few weeks ago in Milwaukee, there were a bunch of people who
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July 15, 2008 •
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I’ve been meaning to get Erykah Badu’s latest offering. I like her music, but I love the subject matter of her songs more than anything. She’s a positive force as for the upliftment of the sistas out there. I love her unique style, and her
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July 14, 2008 •
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Remember when back in the day, they had the Scared Straight programs? They would have shows on TV where they’d take teenage kids to prison and have prisoners expose them to the harsh realities of life behind bars. This was supposed to be a deterrent,
