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Yara Shahidi’s Black-ish Spinoff to Be Called Grown-ish
Grown-ish will be the name of the Black-ish spinoff that follows Zoey, Yara Shahidi’s character, to the University of Southern California for college. Chris Parnell, Trevor Jackson and Emily Arlook will join Shahidi and Deon Cole in the Grown-ish cast, Entertainment Weekly reports. Creator Kenya Barris wrote in a statement, “Grown-ish reflects what we’ll be…
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Fla. Women Trash Chick-fil-A Over Cold Chicken Nuggets
On Monday, a Chick-fil-A restaurant in the River City neighborhood of Jacksonville, Fla., was trashed because two women were up in arms over a cold chicken-nugget meal that had been given to their brother. Facebook user Allison Music witnessed the event and subsequently posted about it, commenting that she was waiting for the meal she…
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Woman Goes on Racist Tirade in Target, Starts Throwing Merchandise at Customers
A new video of a woman yelling racial slurs and throwing merchandise at other customers in a Target has gone viral on social media. In the video, the woman can be heard screaming, “You fucking sand niggers! Fucking pieces of shit, fuck all of you … all of you are shit.” The video was posted…
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Court Rules for Redistricting in NC to Address Racial Discrimination
On Monday, three federal judges in North Carolina ordered the state Legislature to draw up new legislative-district boundaries within a month. The current boundaries drawn by Republicans are considered unacceptable, The Hill reports. The ruling, which was unanimous, affects 28 of the state’s 170 General Assembly districts. The court has ruled that the current boundaries…
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Rihanna Meets With French President to Discuss Education Fund
Weeks after tweeting to her millions of Twitter followers, “bonjour @EmmanuelMacron, will France commit to #FundEducation?,” Grammy Award-winning singer Rihanna met Wednesday with recently elected French President Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée Palace in Paris. French first lady Brigette Macron welcomed Rihanna at the palace, where the president of France resides, before she was set…
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Laverne Cox Responds to Trump’s Transgender Military Ban
Celebrities and trans-rights activists are not having it since y’all’s president declared that the U.S. military will not allow transgender people to serve in “any capacity”: Donald Trump’s announcement via Twitter sparked outrage, as well as a slew of responses from celebrities who sought to defend those transgender people who are already serving in the…
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Detroit Deputy Chief to Become 1st Black Female Chief of Police in Dallas
The deputy chief of the Detroit Police Department will be moving on and up to become the first black woman to become chief of police in the Dallas Police Department. Ulysha Renee Hall will begin her new position Sept. 5, the Detroit News reports. Hall has served as a member of the Detroit Police Department…
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White Nationalist Pleads Guilty to Physically Harassing Black Woman Protesting at Trump Rally
The leader of a white nationalist group has pleaded guilty to physically harassing a black woman during a March 2016 Donald Trump rally in Louisville, Ky. According to the Courier-Journal, 26-year-old Matthew Heimbach pleaded guilty to a charge of second-degree disorderly conduct and has been banned from contacting the victim and ordered to take anger-management…
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3 Black Sergeants Sue St. Louis Police Department Over Alleged Discriminatory Promotion Practices
Three black sergeants and the Ethical Society of Police are suing the St. Louis Police Department, alleging discriminatory promotion practices. On Friday, Sgts. Reginald Davis, Ja-Mes Davis and Heather Taylor filed a suit against the department, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. Taylor is the president of the Ethical Society of Police, which represents around 250,…
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New Judge Appointed in Laquan McDonald Cover-Up Case
A new judge will hear the case involving three Chicago police officers who allegedly covered up for Officer Jason Van Dyke in the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Chief Criminal Court Judge Leroy Martin Jr. has stated that Cook County Judge Domenica Stephenson will manage the case against Officers…
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