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Lee Daniels Puts Some Respect on Damon Dash’s Name and Plans to Pay Him His Money
Don’t let the release of Drake’s new album Scorpion distract you from the fact that Dame Dash walked up to Lee Daniels in the good seats section at the Hollywood Bowl, in the middle of a Diana Ross concert—as Ms. Ross herself was on the stage singing “Reach Out and Touch (Somebody’s Hand)”—and demanded to…
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Cop Caught on Video Firing Taser at a Calm, Nonviolent, Compliant Man Who Was Sitting on a Curb
A viral Facebook video showing a Lancaster, Pa., police officer deploying his Taser on a man who was calm, nonviolent and—most importantly—attempting to comply with orders has resulted in an investigation launched by the city. The video, posted to Facebook early Thursday, shows a man—identified by Lancaster Online as 27-year-old Sean D. Williams—sitting on the…
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Rep. Maxine Waters Says She Is Facing Increased Death Threats
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) said in a statement Thursday that she has seen an increase in the number of threats made against her ever since she encouraged people to openly confront members of Donald Trump’s Cabinet in public spaces. As a result, she has had to cancel some public appearances. CNN reports that the congresswoman…
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Sean Hannity Blames Maxine Waters for the Capital Gazette Shooting
We keep talking about the dangerous rhetoric that is being thrown around by Donald Trump, those in his administration and the right-wing media that supports and enables them—but we keep getting shut down and told that we are the ones with the real problem, not them. Even as they deny peddling propaganda, playing dirty politics…
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#PermitPatty Said She Only ‘Pretended’ to Call the Police. The 911 Recording Says … That Was a Lie
You probably saw this headline and thought to yourself: “Another article about this woman? Again?!” The answer is yes. Another one. Because if you are a grown-ass white woman named Alison Ettel who either threatens, pretends to or actually calls 911 on an 8-year-old black girl for “selling water across from the ballpark” while “not…
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When Will White People Learn That Racist Social Media Posts Will Haunt Them Forever?
Racism in America isn’t new. It is the very foundation that this country was built upon. Open displays of racism aren’t new, either. They have been around just as long as this country has. The bolder and more brazen racists who walk among us have never been afraid to let you know where they stand—and…
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Crazy-Racist White Woman Assaults Black Teens and Insults Them With Racial Slurs at Public Swimming Pool: Report
Add to the list of things you cannot do while black: go swimming with your friends at the community pool and mind your business on a hot weekend day. Meet Stephanie Sebby-Strempel of Dorchester County, S.C. She is currently taking up space in the Dorchester County Jail, facing one count of third-degree assault and two…
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#PermitPatty Resigns From Her Cannabis Company Amid Blowback From Bullying an 8-Year-Old
In a recent interview with NBC News, Alison Ettel—the rogue canine-cannabis dealer who has been dubbed #PermitPatty by the unrelenting and unforgiving internet—said that she regrets how she handled the situation with her 8-year-old black neighbor who was selling bottled water in order to earn money for a trip to Disneyland. Ettel said that if…
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#Flint: Former Inmates Sue Over Lead-Contaminated Water in Michigan City’s Jail
As of Tuesday, the people of Flint, Mich., have gone 1,524 days without a clean and stable water system. In the four years since the water crisis began, there is a segment of the population that has been almost completely overlooked in all the talks about bottled water, filters and the effects of lead poisoning:…
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Dame Dash Wants Lee Daniels to Run Him His 5 Million Coins
Everyone knows that Damon Anthony Dash does not play when it comes to his money, so why do people keep testing him? Not even celebrity status will keep Dame from coming for you, and that is a lesson Lee Daniels is about to find out the hard way. According to TMZ, Dash has filed a…