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Y’all Nasty: CDC Confirms People Aren’t Washing Their Hands After Using the Bathroom
It’s cold and flu season, which means entire offices are being taken down by the germs and bugs that people pass around because they are not exercising even the most basic office and germ prevention etiquette. I’m talking about you, people who go into the restroom, use it, then walk out without washing your hands.…
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The Disrespect: GOP Street Artist Replaces Michael Myers With Maxine Waters on a Halloween Billboard
The latest iteration of Halloween is in theaters right now, and billboards advertising the film are spread across cities everywhere—including Los Angeles. One Los Angeles billboard was taken over by conservative street artist Sabo who, according to the Hollywood Reporter, wanted to send a message to “uncivil Democrats.” Sabo chose a billboard on Pico Boulevard,…
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Republicans Pimp Black Women’s Voices in Racist Radio Political Ad Pandering for Black Votes
We are fully into the political season for the 2018 midterm elections, and the political ads in which candidates take swipes at each other, boast about their accomplishments and say anything that will help them get votes are in full swing. The black vote is of particular concern during this election. We have already seen…
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Cardi B Says There Is No Nicki Minaj Diss Record Coming
Prior to her confrontation with Nicki Minaj at the Harper’s Bazaar ICONS party, Cardi B had recorded a song with the “Chun-Li” rapper’s ex, Meek Mill. Whether that song contains any shots thrown at Minaj remains a mystery, but TMZ reported Thursday that Cardi had recorded new music of her own that did include a…
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White Woman Who Blocked Black Neighbor From Entering Apartment Building Speaks Out
What do you do if you are a white woman who suddenly becomes the star of a viral video on social media which shows you harassing a black man who lives in your building and was just trying to get home to his apartment one Friday night—especially if that video leads to you being fired…
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Ebony Still Owes. Damn
I spent a good amount of the Saturdays of my formative years sitting in beauty salons with my mother, thumbing through issues of Ebony and Jet magazines while I waited in between services. Those magazines represented everything about blackness and black media to me. They were “for us by us” as the motto goes. That…
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#NetNeutrality: Turns Out 99.7 Percent of Unique FCC Comments Wanted to Keep the Internet Open
As the Federal Communications Commission prepared to repeal the laws of net neutrality last year, 22 million comments were left on its website expressing arguments either for or against keeping the open internet protected and in place. A new report says that 99.7 percent of the unique comments left on the agency’s site were pro-net…
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#BadThingsToTellPolice Is Trending on Twitter Right Now
You know what’s a bad thing to tell the police? “Hello, police? There’s a black person standing/sitting/talking/living (in other words, minding their own business) here, and I’m scared/uncomfortable/suspicious of why they are here (because I don’t believe black people belong in otherwise white spaces). Send help.”
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Why Do White People Feel Entitled to Police Black People?
By now you have probably heard the story of what happened to D’Arreion Toles—a black man living in St. Louis—Friday night when he returned home to the luxury apartment building he lives in. In case you haven’t, here is a brief rundown: Toles returned home and was stopped by his neighbor—now identified as Hilary Brooke…
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Pay Attention: They Are Trying to Keep You From Voting
Are you registered to vote? Have you confirmed that your voter registration is valid and ready to go for Election Day? Even if you think you are positively sure everything is OK with your registration, double-check it again—it’s imperative that you do. According to a report by Salon, voters in Georgia stand a 1 in…
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