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  • Black Men Might Turn Their Backs, Literally, on President Biden’s Morehouse Commencement Speech

    Black Men Might Turn Their Backs, Literally, on President Biden’s Morehouse Commencement Speech

    The HBCU’s invitation faces backlash from many students, alum and faculty.

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    Nigel Roberts






    Published

    April 26, 2024
  • Stephen A. Smith Calls Himself Apologizing To Black Folks For His Trump Comment but Made Things Worse

    Stephen A. Smith Calls Himself Apologizing To Black Folks For His Trump Comment but Made Things Worse

    Black folks are insulted by the sports pundit’s non-apology apology.

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    Nigel Roberts






    Published

    April 25, 2024
  • Disturbing Viral Video Shows Troubled Ohio Cop Shooting Black Teen Playing With a Fake Gun, and His Family Demands Answers

    Adding insult to literal injury, the 15-year-old now faces a criminal charge.

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    Nigel Roberts






    Published

    April 24, 2024
  • Why Black Men are Fed Up with Joe Biden and the Democrats

    Why Black Men are Fed Up with Joe Biden and the Democrats

    The Dems are opening the door for the GOP to snatch disgruntled brothers from the Democratic fold.

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    Nigel Roberts






    Published

    April 22, 2024
  • Whoa…What Did Stephen A. Smith Say About Donald Trump To Piss Off Black Folks?

    The ‘First Take’ analyst is getting dragged to the moon and back for his recent comments about Trump.

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    Nigel Roberts






    Published

    April 22, 2024
  • What Black People Say About O.J. Simpson When White People Aren’t Around

    The Juice’s death has social media abuzz about what Black folks really believe.

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    Nigel Roberts






    Published

    April 17, 2024
  • Chicago Police Killed Another Black Driver, and Now It’s Being Labeled a Homicide

    Dexter Reed apparently fired first, but cops with a long history of complaints responded with 96 bullets, including while he was down.

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    Nigel Roberts






    Published

    April 15, 2024
  • Why O.J. Simpson Is A Lesson to Black Men Like Jonathan Majors, Kanye, Who Tried Buying White Privilege Status For Themselves

    Why O.J. Simpson Is A Lesson to Black Men Like Jonathan Majors, Kanye, Who Tried Buying White Privilege Status For Themselves

    Simpson, Tiger Woods, Kanye, and Jonathan Majors have all fallen victim to fame, the mainstream machine, and attempting to buy their way out of Blackness.

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    Nigel Roberts






    Published

    April 14, 2024
  • Cam Newton Wins Pro Football’s MVP Award

    Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton goes into tonight’s Super Bowl match as a winner. On Saturday the NFL named him its most valuable player for the 2015 season, the Charlotte Observer reports. It was a nearly unanimous vote. Newton earned 48 of the 50 possible votes. Arizona Cardinals quarterback Carson Palmer and New England Patriots…

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    Nigel Roberts






    Published

    February 7, 2016
  • Chicago Cop Who Fatally Shot Quintonio LeGrier Sues Teen’s Estate

    The white policeman who fatally shot 19-year-old Quintonio LeGrier and a neighbor claims that the incident traumatized him, and he has filed a $10 million lawsuit Friday against the teen’s estate, the Associated Press reports. In the lawsuit, Officer Robert Rialmo gives his version of the deadly Dec. 26 encounter at a two-family house in…

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    Nigel Roberts






    Published

    February 7, 2016
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