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Before news broke about Shannon Lee’s issues with the way Quentin Tarantino depicts her father in his latest film, Dominic and Keith recorded this episode in which they reexamine the auteur’s less than ideal treatment of race in his films. http://traffic.libsyn.com/thenerdsofcolor/HNL155.mp3 Though he is rightly regarded as one of the preeminent independent film directors of […]

Recently, The Nerds of Color was honored to be able to interview some of the cast and filmmakers of Blinded by the Light, an excellent movie about how music can inspire us to chase our dreams and overcome the hardships of growing up. To countdown to the movie’s release on August 16, we are releasing a series […]

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Lamar Odom recently revealed on Instagram that he has a love in his life. Under a picture of his new lady, personal trainer and life coach Sabrina Parr, he saluted her with a Malcolm X quote.

“It’s just like when you’ve got some coffee that’s too black, which means it’s too strong, what do you do? You integrate it with cream… But if you pour too much cream in it, you won’t even know you ever had coffee. It used to be hot, it becomes cool. It used to be strong, it becomes weak It used to wake you up, now it puts you to sleep.”

The former NBA star was then accused of bashing his ex-wife Khloe Kardashian. Some seemed to think that he was putting Kardashian down while lifting his new lady up. The 39-year-old took to Instagram to clarify that that was not his intention and that he was taken aback by the backlash he received for praising a black woman.

“I’m a bit disappointed to read that people are using my words to enforce their own perceptions and assumptions pointing towards things that are not MY TRUTH OR REALITY,” he captioned under another beautiful picture of Parr. “This post isn’t against anyone including my ex wife that I still respect deeply. I am just PRO love. Can I do that without people feeling offended? Why does that make you mad? Our black women have been held down for centuries! I am now deciding to send them and my NEW WOMAN a lot of love.”

Kardashian and Odom married back in 2009 one month after they met. They divorced in 2016.

Odom has had a tumultuous time during the past decade, battling drug abuse, losing his NBA career and his wife. So it’s heartwarming to see him find love again despite what naysayers feel.

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“It’s just like when you’ve got some coffee that’s too black, which means it’s too strong, what do you do? You integrate it with cream… But if you pour too much cream in it, you won’t even know you ever had coffee. It used to be hot, it becomes cool. It used to be strong, it becomes weak. It used to wake you up, now it puts you to sleep.” – MALCOLM X @getuptoparr #blackroyalty

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Im a bit disappointed to read that people are using my words to enforce their own perceptions and assumptions pointing towards things that just are not MY TRUTH OR REALITY. This post isn’t against anyone including my ex wife that I still respect deeply. I am just PRO love. Can I do that without people feeling offended? Why does that make you mad? Our black women have been held down for centuries ! I am now deciding to send them and my NEW WOMAN a lot of love. My post goes out to the new leading woman in my life, that I’m gonna tell everyday how beautiful she is, from the inside out. Thanks @getuptoparr for teaching me what real self value means. It changed my entire mindset. #woke

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We might never fully recover from Daenerys Targaryen’s decision to destroy King’s Landing in Game of Thrones‘ penultimate episode, “The Bells.” She had already taken the city and Westeros, but in her moment of ultimate glory she decided to become the very thing she had always promised not to – a monster. To paraphrase Pulp Fiction‘s Marcellus Wallace, she went “medieval” on the capital’s as. So it’s only fitting a show full of swords, knights, castles, and peasants suffering at the hands of their high lords and ladies has now received it’s very own painting of that infamous moment done in traditional Medieval style.

[SPOILERS]Spent the last couple of months painting this medieval style manuscript. Enjoy! from r/gameofthrones

This portrait (which we first came across at Winter is Coming) that looks like it came right out of the Middle Ages was made by Reddit User u/bchris17, who said he “spent the last couple of months painting” it. If not for the lady atop a dragon flipping off those below her, as well the hilarious text at the bottom (which includes an amazing reference to an old internet meme), this could pass for an actual Medieval manuscript.

We love it though for all of the great references to the episode itself. The Clegane Bowl, with “excuse me, pardon me” Cersei sneaking by, dominates the center of the image, as King’s Landing burns around their epic battle. At the brothers’ feet lies Qyburn, whose smashed brain sits next to him on the stairs. Below Lannister soldiers are consumed by the flames, while Grey Worm stabs one for good measure.

The highlight of the whole painting though are the Northern forces in the lower right hand corner. The faces of Jon Snow, Davos Seaworth, Arya Stark, Tyrion Lannister, and the rest are comedy gold. Not only do their expressions perfectly capture the sadness and confusion of the characters in the moment, they represent how we felt watching the episode.

We still can’t believe Daenerys went medieval on the whole city.

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