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This Black Miss Utah State University Contestant Got Real About Microaggressions—and Won
Utah State University junior Alexis Cooper knew that performing her spoken-word poem for the crowd at the Miss USU pageant was a risk. She had considered a more traditional performance for the talent portion of the competition—dancing, or playing the viola or piano. Still, Cooper wanted to make a statement at last week’s competition, for…
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TV Network Bounces Cosby Show From Lineup Following Guilty Verdict
Bounce TV, a network geared toward African-American viewers, has removed reruns of The Cosby Show from its lineup following Bill Cosby’s conviction on three counts of aggravated indecent sexual assault Thursday afternoon. Deadline reports that the move to drop the classic 1980s sitcom was announced by the digital network in a statement Thursday. “Effective immediately,…
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Spelman Student Says She and Her Transgender Partner Were Targeted With Hate Speech on Campus: Report
Spelman senior Amber Warren says she got the first hateful note at the announcement of Pride Week on campus. “Keep your [transgender slur] out of our bathrooms. Thanks!” read the note, scribbled on notebook paper and left at her door. The hateful message referred to Warren’s partner, a transgender man and fellow student who also…
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Family Sues American Airlines for Wrongful Death After 25-Year-Old Nurse Dies on Board
The family of a black South Carolina woman who died in April 2016 on a Dallas-bound American Airlines flight has filed a wrongful death suit against the airline. The parents of Brittany Oswell, who was only 25 at the time of her death, allege that the airline refused to divert the plane for an emergency…
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Kanye Is ‘Free Thought’-ing Again, Posts Text Messages From John Legend
The inconceivably long train wreck that is Kanye West’s Twitter account just hit a new level of messiness Thursday afternoon, when Yeezy shared a screenshot of an exchange between himself and longtime friend and collaborator John Legend. In the screenshot of the text exchange, Legend sent a check-in text to Kanye at about 9:16 a.m.…
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Janelle Monáe Confirms She’s a ‘Queer Black Woman in America’
In the lead-up to her new album, Dirty Computer, which drops this Friday, Janelle Monáe has more than hinted at her sexual identity. “Make Me Feel”—which channels her mentor Prince and features a synth line written by him—references both Black Mirror’s “San Junipero” episode, a queer utopian fantasy in which two women find each other…
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Cardi B Cancels Tour Dates, Will Finally Be Pregnant in Peace
Cardi B has been going full throttle throughout her pregnancy, dropping her first studio album, Invasion of Privacy, and performing seemingly nonstop. Now the rapper and breakout star has announced that she’ll be canceling her performances until the fall. In an Instagram post Wednesday night, Cardi said that this weekend’s Broccoli City Festival in Washington,…
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Did Kanye West Lose Millions of Twitter Followers After His ‘MAGA’-Trump Lovefest?
If you looked at the numbers Wednesday, it appeared that millions of Kanye West’s Twitter followers felt that they had been putting up with Kanye’s shit just way too long—hitting that unfollow button after the rapper and producer declared his “love” for Donald Trump. Tweets from Yeezy’s account Wednesday afternoon showed the rapper sporting a…
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Sorry, Not Sorry? Golf Club That Called Cops on Golfing Black Women Apologizes Then Changes Its Tune
A Pennsylvania golf club that called the police on five black female golfers on Saturday is defending itself after initially apologizing—somewhat—for making the women feel “uncomfortable.” Grandview Golf Club attempted to kick the women out of the club and called the police in order to help them do so after accusing the women of not…
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Michael Brown’s Mother, Lezley McSpadden, Says She Will Run for Ferguson, Mo., City Council: Report
In the years following the death of her son Michael Brown at the hands of Ferguson, Mo., police, Lezley McSpadden has completed her high school diploma, written a book, campaigned for social justice and joined Hillary Clinton on her 2016 bid for the presidency. Now McSpadden says she is considering running for Ferguson’s City Council.…
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