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SC Math Teacher Accused of Coercing Student Into Having Sex, Changing Grades When He Refused
A South Carolina high school student and his mother filed a lawsuit accusing the boy’s math teacher of coercing him to have sex with her and then changing his grades when the boy would turn down her advances. According to the New York Daily News, Burke High School teacher Jennifer Olajire-Aro was charged with sexual…
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Did Beyoncé Drop More 'Becky' Hints in L.A.?
At her most recent OTR II tour stop in Los Angeles, Beyoncé offered some very juicy ad-libs while singing her go-off anthem, “Resentment”—leaving fans and internet detectives updating their “Becky with the Good Hair” theories. During the song, Beyoncé switched up the lyrics, subbing out “like I couldn’t do it for you / like your…
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But First, Let Me Take a Racist Selfie: Detroit Police Officer Out of a Job After Snapchat Goes Viral
A Snapchat with clear racist undertones has cost a Detroit police officer his job. According to the Detroit News (h/t Washington Post), before starting his shift on Saturday, Sean Bostwick took a selfie (as one does). But doing a little pre-shift duckface in his uniform wasn’t enough for Bostwick, who chose to add the caption,…
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T.I. Will Curate New Atlanta Pop-Up Museum Dedicated to Trap Music
A new pop-up museum in Atlanta will feature an exhibit dedicated exclusively to trap music—and none other than one of Atlanta’s most famous native sons, T.I., will be curating the exhibit. As The Fader reports, the exhibit, which opens September 30, coincides with the 15th anniversary of T.I.’s Trap Muzik album. While Tip “T.I.” Harris’…
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Racist Charged With Stabbing Black Man in Times Square Says It Was 'Practice' for Killing Interracial Couples
In a taped confession, the white man who stands accused of brutally murdering a black man in Times Square with a sword showed no remorse, and explained the killing was just “practice” for a larger spree: killing black men with white women. James Harris Jackson’s confession was played at a pre-trial hearing last Thursday, reports…
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It's Bigger Than a Hip-Hop Exhibit: What the Controversy Around White Curators in Black Spaces Reveals [Updated]
It wasn’t breaking news, by any means: Timothy Ann Burnside, a specialist in Curatorial Affairs at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, had been collecting hip-hop artifacts for the Smithsonian for years. But a discussion about her position and her work dominated parts of the Twittersphere this past weekend, as a long-simmering…
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NJ Sheriff Caught Making Racist Remarks About 'The Blacks' Resigns
A New Jersey sheriff running for reelection this November has resigned after a recording of him making racist remarks about black people and the state’s South Asian attorney general was published by WNYC. As WNYC reports, the recording captures a Jan. 16 conversation in which Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino, a Democrat, reports back to…
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Drake Sues Layla Lace for Fraud, Extortion Over Pregnancy and Rape Claims
On Tuesday, Drake filed a lawsuit against a woman who he claims faked a “baby scam” and falsely accused him of raping her in order to extort money from him. Drake—a.k.a. Aubrey Graham—filed the suit at the Superior Court of California against Laquana Morris, an Instagram model and adult film actress who goes by the…
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Michelle Obama Unveils Text Message Campaign That Makes It Easier to Register to Vote
When We All Vote, the non-profit, non-partisan voting initiative started by Michelle Obama, is gearing up for its National Week of Action in a major way: by helping you get registered to vote. The week kicks off in earnest on Saturday, with the only first lady we acknowledge headlining an event Sunday in Las Vegas.…
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A Man Called Police on a Black Candidate and her Family Campaigning in a White Neighborhood, Suspected Them of Buying Drugs
Getting out the vote means knocking on doors. And that’s what Sheila Stubbs, a 12-year veteran on the Dane County, Wisconsin, Board of Supervisors was doing on August 7. Stubbs, a candidate for State Assembly, representing Wisconsin’s 77th district, was canvassing the neighborhood in anticipation of the Democratic primary, which was to be held the…
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