Angela Bassett is Simone, a upper crust widow who rents out rooms in her New Orleans mansion
Samuel L Jackson is Bo “the Jokeman” Jones, a foul-mouthed comedian whose career is declining
Keke Palmer is Lizzy, a scammer-turned-hairstylist competing in the Bronner Bros convention
Damson Idris plays Simone’s nephew Herman Kittle II, a music prodigy who grew up in New Orleans’ Black Elite.
Simone hasn’t seen Deuce in years when he pops up in town and asks if his production company’s “artist” —a rapper named Trap Nigga the Plug—can crash for a few days
They’ll all be living in the same AirBnB for a week but they don’t sweat it because they each have different daytime missions.
The 4 eventually begin sharing their stories in the common room every night when they realize they share 1 mutual love:
Spades
Can Lizzy become the Queen of Bronner Bros.?
Can Bo renew his career by playing clubs?
Can a classically-trained musician recognize a diamond in the rough?
Most importantly…
What can 4 improbable roommates teach Simone about Spades…
And life?
Find out on the Hallmark Channel’s Real Ni**a Movie of the Week:
“Joker Deuce Ace King”
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According to the new definition in some of the recently passed legislation, I found a few examples of schools and textbooks that promote Critical Race Theory in schools.
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First, let's agree that we shouldn't even argue about the 1800s. According to the CDC, the average life expectancy in the US is 78 years old, which means a 78-year-old would've entered school in 1949. But let's skip the 40s. In fact, let's skip the 1950s too.
Instead, every one of these examples of CRT is from the 1960s forward, which means the people who learned these lessons are statistically still living, most are still in the workforce, in fact, NO ONE who learned any of these CRT lessons are even old enough to get Social Security
Ok, let’s not call it Critical Race Theory. We won’t even call it “Black History.” Instead, let’s accept the premise they propose.
So, how does American history look if K-12 social studies & history teachers don’t teach kids about racism white supremacy.
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In 1607, 104 Englishmen arrive in North America and almost starve to death.
Why did they come here?
Umm… We can’t let kids read the Jamestown Charter because they might see the ACTUAL WORDS describing the natives who already had a government & religion here as people who:
In 1619, some more people arrived. They weren’t quite indentured servants and they weren’t free.
What was the difference?
Well... If I showed you the ACTUAL LAWS, you might start to believe that America started out as a racist country. So let’s move on.
One time, there was this guy named Jon who was a coach for the Oakland Raiders. He was not racist. He worked with an executive named Bruce. Bruce was not racist, either. They were part of the NFL, which is also not racist.
But then Jon left and moved to Tampa and won a super bowl with the players from the previous coach’s team. The previous coach was Black.
When Jon started coaching his own players after the Super Bowl, his team was terrible. So he hired his executive friend who was not racist
First of all, we have to understand the difference between what these programs are SUPPOSED to do and what they actually do.
If there was a program that identified and challenged students who are actually gifted and/or talented, that would be a great thing… MAYBE
But these programs don’t do that. What they actually do is take a set of privileged kids and give them an educational advantage that lasts their entire life.
How?
First, let’sask ourselves: “who are these so-called ‘gifted and talented’ students?”
When I was a kid, the head usher at my church was Sister Wilene, who was also a registered nurse. So, naturally, I assumed that–besides passing out fans & doling out seats–becoming a certified usher required some kind of medical training.
Why are you laughing? I'm dead serious?
First of all, they wear all white. I've seen white gloves and white dresses in stores, but I have NEVER seen an usher section in Footlocker or a Pastors' Anniversary sale at Rack Room! Where else would one buy white, thick-soled usher loafers except at nursing supply stores?
Plus, whenever there was a Holy Ghost fainting episode or if the mother of the church's "sugar" got low, Sister Wilene would spring into action. It mostly involved waving a fan until couldn't tell MLK's face on the front of the fan from Hines Funeral Home ad on the back