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Watch: Dave Chappelle Says Correspondents’ Dinner Comedian Michelle Wolf Was ‘Cathartic to Watch’
There was no shortage of melanin-deficient people wringing their pasty hands over comedian Michelle Wolf’s speech at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner this weekend. Wolf minced no words when addressing the Trump administration’s cadre of complicit white women; she also skewered the press, pointing out the ways that journalists and media institutions have built their…
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University of Texas Campaign Around Healthy Masculinity Plunges Conservative Outlets Deep Into Their Feelings
Another day, another reason for Rush Limbaugh to get Limbaugh-size mad about some fairly innocuous shit. This time the radio talk show host is railing against the University of Texas at Austin for a new program that aims to expand the definition of “what it means to be masculine,” claiming that the initiative treats masculinity…
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Black Woman Says She Wasn’t Allowed in Waffle House as White People Dined Inside; Restaurant Faces Calls for Boycott
It might be time to get those pecan waffles and cheesy eggs someplace else. Activists are targeting Waffle House after the company doubled down on its defense of Saraland, Ala., staffers who called the police on a black woman. The violent arrest, during which three police officers forced 25-year-old Chikesia Clemons to the floor and…
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Toronto Chinatown Restaurant Forced to Pay $10,000 to Black Diner After Making Him Prepay for His Meal
A Toronto restaurant is being forced to cough up some serious cash to a black patron after it required him and three of his friends to pay in advance for their meals. The Ontario Human Rights Tribunal ruled that Hong Shing Chinese Restaurant violated the province’s human rights code and will have to pay Emile…
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Cosby Prosecutor Calls Out Comedian for Smirking at Victims During Trial: ‘This Is Not Your Stage’
In a new interview with the Associated Press, attorney Kristen Feden opened up about the challenges and frustrations she encountered prosecuting one of the world’s most famous men, cultural icon Bill Cosby. Among them was Cosby’s arrogance, which Feden says was on full display during his trial. Cosby was convicted last week on three counts…
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Mother Says Bronx, NY, Teen Stabbed to Death Was Protecting Little Brother From a Bully: Report
A teen killed Saturday in New York City’s Bronx borough was defending his younger brother from bullies, says his mother. Alijay Morgan, 16, was stabbed to death in an encounter with three men at a basketball court in the Morris Heights neighborhood of the Bronx, reports News 12. Police say they found him at 6:30…
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Faculty Leaders Call on Howard University President, Top Administrators to Resign
Howard University’s faculty leaders have joined the chorus of calls for beleaguered President Wayne A.I. Frederick to resign. A letter sent out on April 20 singles out Frederick, HU’s board chairman and two administrators, asking for their resignations following a financial aid scandal and other controversies at the university. The letter, recently publicized by the…
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Exactly 1 Good, Weird Thing Happened on Twitter This Week, and Lakeith Stanfield Was Involved
If you were on Twitter this week, then surely you know that it was a messy tornado hellscape of “Make America Great Again” hats and free thought and Bill Cosby apologists—all of this on top of the nonreading Ye-holes that tend to dominate the site on a daily basis. (If this doesn’t apply to you,…
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Frat Jerks Suspended Over Racist Videos Sue, Say Syracuse Has ‘Threatened Their Academic Success and Survival’
Looks like the white- and white-adjacent-tears cup brimmeth over this week. After a Syracuse University engineering frat was expelled by the school for appearing in videos that showed members using racial slurs, making light of sexual assault and mocking people with disabilities, five of those members are now suing the school for “injury to their…
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Watch: Roomful of Rich, White NYC Parents Get Big Mad at Plan to Diversify Neighborhood’s Schools
Anyone laboring under the delusion that New York City is a progressive bastion need look no further than the city’s school system, which remains among the most segregated in the country. In an effort to fight that trend, which has only gotten worse thanks to gentrification, rising income and wealth inequality throughout the city’s five…
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