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“Nigger,” says Berend McKenzie and unfurls his right arm away from his body, palm slightly open.

“Fag,” he says in the same matter-of-fact tone, this time uncoiling his left arm.

“I know. They make me uncomfortable. They make me angry. Welcome to my world.”

“As a child,” he explains, “I realized I had [these] two things working against me, and both would determine the course I took in life.”

With that quietly explosive prologue, the slightly built McKenzie-as-Buddy relentlessly unleashes his lifelong collision with the historical power that the words nigger and fag have been infused.

Nggrfg is a one-man, hour-long performance of four vignettes — Liner; Oh, Brother; Father, by the way; and Tassles. They mark pivotal periods in McKenzie’s life when those two words, either separately or together, have elicited deep shame, grief and terror of the private and public kind.

He weaves the tale non-linearly, morphing seamlessly and assertively into the different personae that make up his life’s trajectory. At first, he’s a 16-year-old mouse of a teen desperately trying to be anything but his obviously gay self, as he vies for the affection of the edgy, mohawk-sporting girlfriend of his high school dreams. With her on his arm, he thinks, his street cred would skyrocket. His predatory schoolmates won’t call him fag anymore.

Fast forward, and he’s 40, a frustrated actor battling entertainment industry stereotypes — and the grating ignorance of his own agent — about the roles black men can play and how they should play them.

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Taken From Extra.ca “Nigger,” says Berend McKenzie and unfurls his right arm away from his body, palm slightly open. “Fag,” he says in the same matter-of-fact tone, this time uncoiling his left arm. “I know. They make me uncomfortable. They make me angry. Welcome to my world.” “As a child,” he explains, “I realized I [...]

David Beckham, football icon, gay icon and fashion icon, can now add a new string to his bow – he’s Britain’s most famous black man.A C4 documentary claims that the Manchester United star is the British black community’s greatest icon.
The programme, Black Like Beckham, cites his “bling bling” taste in clothes, cars and music as evidence that he is black in all but looks.

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David Beckham, football icon, gay icon and fashion icon, can now add a new string to his bow – he’s Britain’s most famous black man.A C4 documentary claims that the Manchester United star is the British black community’s greatest icon. The programme, Black Like Beckham, cites his “bling bling” taste in clothes, cars and music [...]

Michael Jackson homicide case will be presented to District Attorney ‘in weeks’.

The homicide investigation into the death of Michael Jackson is almost complete and will be presented to the Los Angeles County District Attorney in three to four weeks, it has been claimed.

Jackson’s King of Collagen: I Didn’t Help Kill Michael!

Dr. Arnold Klein might have done some work on Michael Jackson, but the so-called King of Collagen swears he didn’t off the King of Pop.
And he’s got a brand-new lawsuit to back him up.
Klein has sued a fellow physician for slander, claiming Dr. Steven Hoefflin passed himself off as spokesman for Katherine Jackson and made comments to Britain’s Sun tabloid that opened up Klein to “contempt, ridicule and shame” and caused him to be “shunned and avoided and have injured his reputation as a person.”

Michael Jackson’s dermatologist sues another celebrity doctor for alleged slander

Given all the sensational allegations and conspiracy theories advanced over the last few months about Michael Jackson and the circumstances of his death, perhaps the only thing surprising about the slander suit that landed in Superior Court this week was that it took so long.

In court papers filed Monday, Jackson’s longtime dermatologist and friend, Dr. Arnold Klein, accused a cosmetic surgeon who boasts his own decades-long relationship with the singer of making false statements to a British tabloid about Klein in an attempt to wreck his reputation and celebrity-studded Beverly Hills practice.

Michael Jackson homicide case will be presented to District Attorney ‘in weeks’. The homicide investigation into the death of Michael Jackson is almost complete and will be presented to the Los Angeles County District Attorney in three to four weeks, it has been claimed. Jackson’s King of Collagen: I Didn’t Help Kill Michael! Dr. Arnold [...]

Bestselling novelist wrote about lives of gay black men

E. Lynn Harris, an African-American writer who wrote about the lives of gay and bisexual black men, has died. He was 54.

His publicist, Laura Gilmore, said Harris died Thursday night after being stricken while at the Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif.

A cause of death has yet to be determined. He was on a West Coast book tour to promote his latest novel, Basketball Jones.

Harris has had 10 books on the New York Times bestseller list, including Abide with Me (1999), Not A Day Goes By (2000), Any Way the Wind Blows (2001), A Love of My Own (2002), I Say A Little Prayer (2006) and Just Too Good To Be True (2008), all published by Doubleday.

Bestselling novelist wrote about lives of gay black men E. Lynn Harris, an African-American writer who wrote about the lives of gay and bisexual black men, has died. He was 54. His publicist, Laura Gilmore, said Harris died Thursday night after being stricken while at the Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. A cause of [...]

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A porn star has pleaded guilty to acting as a lookout while his twin brother and sometime co-star cut holes through the roofs of Philadelphia businesses to break inside.

Twenty-seven-year-old Keyontyli Goffney, of Arlington, N.J., pleaded guilty to burglary and criminal conspiracy Thursday. He was sentenced to time served

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Picture taken from manhuntdaily.com Story Taken from Chicagotribune.com PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A porn star has pleaded guilty to acting as a lookout while his twin brother and sometime co-star cut holes through the roofs of Philadelphia businesses to break inside. Twenty-seven-year-old Keyontyli Goffney, of Arlington, N.J., pleaded guilty to burglary and criminal conspiracy Thursday. He [...]

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Audiences have certainly connected with sexy True Blood star Mehcad Brooks, who plays the character Eggs in the series, but the oft-shirtless actor says he wants to be known as more than a pretty face. And why shouldn’t he? The film buff is livid over Prop. 8 and has a crush on Rachel Maddow’s brain.

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By Advocate.com Editors Audiences have certainly connected with sexy True Blood star Mehcad Brooks, who plays the character Eggs in the series, but the oft-shirtless actor says he wants to be known as more than a pretty face. And why shouldn’t he? The film buff is livid over Prop. 8 and has a crush on [...]

The ATL was crazy this weekend for Black Gay Pride… Everyone who was anyone came out to show love and take part in the festivities. Lil Kim I have to say gave her all as she performed for a crowd of over 4,000 women at “The GA Feight Depot” (Lesbian Club)

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The ATL was crazy this weekend for Black Gay Pride… Everyone who was anyone came out to show love and take part in the festivities. Lil Kim I have to say gave her all as she performed for a crowd of over 4,000 women at “The GA Feight Depot” (Lesbian Club) Click Here For More [...]