I'm Choire Sicha, B***h!

John Lee, who founded the once-trendy industry gossip site urbanexpose.com, lobs charges of racism at the now-trendy industry gossip sites Gawker and Wonkette. John's site was the bomb back in its heyday, and as a general rule I endorse any chastisement of white folks, but this piece struck me as muddled and poorly reasoned. Frankly, it looks like Choire and Ana's humor simply went over John's head.

Buzzmachine seems to agree, as does All About George who sums it up perfectly: "Bulls**t, bulls**t and bulls**t. You're mistaking Lenny Bruce for Trent Lott."

(via Anil)

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Meanwhile back at the ranch, Hua Hsu digs into Kanye West.

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Allafrica.com offers a Rough Guide to African Rap

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While the Shanghai Daily, which has some sort of aversion to <P> and <BR> tags, explores the Chinese Scene.

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Fredro Starr and Kel Mitchell will co-host a talent competition on UPN that pretty much looks like "You Got Served: The Series".

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The battle to save Angel has commenced. But if the forces of good do not prevail, Joss Whedon fans can still look forward to his new X-Men comic.

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Speaking of comics, Neil Gaiman reports on the government's desire to stop deaf people from watching cartoons.

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And George Steinbrenner continues to reenact that Simpsons episode where Mr. Burns loads up the Springfield Isotopes with a squad of all-star ringers. Seems like everybody is salty about it. Personally, I love it. Hate us now, America, HATE US NOW! And that goes double for anybody in Boston.