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‘The Universe Is Wide Open’: Ava DuVernay’s Wrinkle in Time Trailer Is Pure Black-Girl Delight
Around here in Nerdlandia (them more than me), we love comic books, Marvel reboots and some other weird shit. I myself am more into classic sci-fi and fantasy on the geekdom spectrum: Harry Potter. Lord of the Rings. Star Wars. So when I saw the trailer for Disney’s big-screen adaptation of Madeleine L’Engle’s science fantasy…
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The Palace Goes Black … Will It Ever Go Back? (No, We’re Not Talking About Prince Harry and Meghan Markle)
No, we are talking about the new personal assistant selected by Queen Elizabeth Ii: the first black equerry in British history. Maj. Nana Kofi Twumasi-Ankrah, a 38-year-old officer who fought in the Afghanistan War, will fill one of the most important roles in the royal household, according to reports. “I would have never imagined that…
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British MP Suspended After Dropping N-Word in Brexit Discussion
If you think the n-word is an American tradition/phenomenon/slur, think again. A British lawmaker has been suspended after a recording surfaced of her using the racial slur to describe the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union without a deal. Anne Marie Morris, the ruling Conservative Party’s chief whip, made the remark Monday during a…
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NJ Sheriff’s Office Under Investigation for Illegal Vehicle Search Caught on Video
On Friday morning, a video was floating around cyberspace in which a plainclothes police officer in New Jersey was confronted by a man for what looks like a blatantly illegal search of his car. The video has garnered more than half a million views. On Saturday the Passaic County Sheriff’s Office is under fire for…
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Mel B Has to Pay Allegedly Abusive Ex-Hubby $40,000 a Month
Looks like Mel B got the same treatment as Mary J. Blige, but a little worse. Both women are being sued by their ex-husbands for what some would deem exorbitant spousal support, and both had to cough up quite a few thousands per month for these dudes. TMZ reports that Mel has to pay her…
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Rio Wharf, Where More Than 900,000 Enslaved Africans Came to New World, Becomes UNESCO Heritage Site
We know that the largest number of black people in the Western Hemisphere— and the most outside of Africa—live in the country of Brazil, because of slavery. But did you know that nearly 1 million Africans came through a recently discovered site in Rio de Janeiro—Valongo Wharf—also known as “Slave Wharf”? The area was recently…
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Twitter Scratches Its Collective Scalp After Seeing Klansman With Dreadlocks
Lawd a mussy, I must be getting old, because I think I’ve seen it all. At a recent Ku Klux Klan rally in Charlottesville, Va., at which hundreds of protesters dwarfed the 50 or so bigots bitching about a Robert E. Lee statue, a photo emerged of a young Klansman with locs. The BBC reports…
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Miss South Africa Dragged for Wearing Gloves With HIV-Positive Orphans
I can’t roll my eyes hard enough over this one. Miss South Africa has sparked the ire of the internet after images emerged of her wearing gloves while visiting an orphanage for HIV-positive children in Johannesburg. Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters, whom the Daily Mail identifies as mixed race, posted a photo of herself wearing white medical gloves…
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Family of True Blood’s Nelsan Ellis Says His Death Was Due to Alcohol Withdrawal
Nelsan Ellis, the actor best known for his portrayal of the flamboyant character Lafayette Reynolds on HBO’s True Blood, died Saturday from complications related to heart failure. On Monday, however, his family released a statement, going more in depth into the circumstances of his death, including the fact that the 39-year-old tried to withdraw from…
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Guess Who’s Bizzack? Obama to Host Gerrymandering-Busting Fundraiser in DC This Week
He’s baaaaack. And not a moment too soon. Former President Barack Obama is coming around after about six months of detoxing from his eight years of wypipo hell in office and will host a fundraiser in Washington, D.C., this week. The Washington Post reports that Obama will appear at a closed-door event for the National…
