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GirlTrek Takes Over The Root’s Instagram in Celebration of Black Women Coming Together in the Rocky Mountains for a #StressProtest
GirlTrek, the largest national public health nonprofit and movement for black women and girls, continues to offer a balm in a world that clearly still doesn’t recognize the beauty, badness and innovative brilliance of black women. More than 400 black women from around the country will gather in the Rocky Mountains for a weekend dedicated…
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Video Shows Detroit Cop Beating a Naked Black Woman Who May Have Been Mentally Ill
An unnamed Detroit police officer who was captured on video viciously pummeling a naked black woman in a hospital has been suspended without pay. Chief James Craig confirmed at a Thursday press conference that the officer, an 18-year veteran, and a corporal, has never had a “category one” use of force incident (when force leaves…
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11 Republican Congressmen File Articles of Impeachment Against Rod Rosenstein, Proving That U.S. Democracy Is Indeed on Its Deathbed
Eleven House Republicans have taken their hypocritical, self-serving indignation to the floor once again, in a clear effort to try to get rid of the man who may make their leader’s presidency go bye-bye. On Wednesday, North Carolina Rep. Mark Meadows and Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan filed articles of impeachment against Deputy Attorney General Rod…
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O Canada! White Canuck Detains, Calls Police on Black Man He Deems an ‘Illegal Alien’
Well, it looks like one of the things our largest trading partner is importing from the USA is good old xenophobic racism. In a recent video in which a white man can be seen berating a person of color, saying the man is an “illegal alien,” if you blink, you might think that the incident…
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Wait—Did Mr. All-American Tom Brady Tell Oprah He Has ‘Respect’ for Players Taking a Knee?
I begrudgingly have to admit that Tom Brady, the New England Patriots quarterback I love to hate, is now less hated in the cockles of my heart because of a recent comment Mr. All-American made about the NFL protests. The pretty boy, who was at least at one time friendly with President Donald Trump—but who…
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#HouseHuntingWhileBlack: Ex-NFL Player Arrested in California After ‘Overreactive’ Neighbor Calls Police
An ex-NFL player who was looking to help his mother-in-law find a new home was not only stopped but also arrested by police in Southern California. Kellen Winslow Jr., 34, who was chosen in the first round of the NFL draft in 2004 and played for several pro teams, was arrested Thursday afternoon in the…
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Restaurants Boycott Brooklyn, NY, Army Base After Guard Called ICE on Deliveryman
After Pablo Villavicencio, a 35-year-old immigrant from Ecuador, was detained and then turned over to immigration agents after delivering pizza to a Brooklyn, N.Y., military base last week, many restaurants and delivery services in the area began a boycott of the Army garrison. This act serves not only as a form of protection for those…
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Food Truck Worker Hurls Bottle, Racial Epithet at Black Woman After She Tries to Pay With Change: Report
The disrespect of black folk continues. And it continues to be captured on video. A black woman in Oregon was allegedly called out of her name and assaulted by a food truck owner, all because she tried to pay for her food with change. According to Willamette Week, Carlotta Washington says she was called a…
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Mellody Hobson Will Become Starbucks’ No. 2 When Howard Schultz Steps Down
Well, looks like Starbucks is doing quite a bit more than Race Relations 101 for its employees after that Philadelphia debacle in April; the chain is actually placing a black woman in its leadership ranks. Mellody Hobson, currently president of Ariel Investments, which manages over $13 billion in assets, will become vice chair at Starbucks…
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Pusha T Forced to Remove Drake Blackface Pic From Instagram
The latest in the Drake-Pusha T rap throwdown is that Push had to take down a photo of Drake in blackface after the photographer said that the GOOD Music artist had no right to use the image. Pusha’s response to Drake’s “Duppy Freestyle,” “The Story of Adidon” (itself a response to Pusha’s “Infrared”), has been…
