Courtney Young
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Courtney Young is a commentator and writer of both fiction and popular culture criticism, having published in arenas such as The Nation, The Grio, and Popmatters.com. She received her Bachelor's Degree in English and Management in 2002 from Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia. While an undergraduate student, she completed the Tuck Business Bridge Program in the summer of 2000 at Dartmouth College and in the summer of 2001 was a research fellow at UCLA's Summer Humanities Institute. In 2004, she graduated from New York University receiving her Master's Degree from the Gallatin School of Individualized Study. She blogs at The Thirty Mile Woman. You can follow her on twitter at: www.twitter.com/cocacy.

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Where's Dave Chappelle When You Need Him?

Posted August 26, 2009 | 13:06:57 (EST)

In 2003, Dave Chappelle debuted his eponymously titled show on Comedy Central and the rest is comedic history. For two seasons, Chappelle entertained audiences with his impressions of musicians such as Lil' Jon, R. Kelly, and Rick James, political satires such as "Black Bush," and commentaries on race i.e. the...

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