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Bill Cosby’s Name and Statue Have Been Removed From the Television Academy Hall of Fame
Bill Cosby was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 1992 in a ceremony at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla., but a week after he was found guilty of sexual assault by a jury in Norristown, Pa., his name and likeness have been removed from the Hall of Fame. According to the…
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Kanye, Words Matter!
On Wednesday morning I appeared on CNN with John Berman and Poppy Harlow to discuss Kanye West’s comments about how slavery was a “choice” for black people. My take is that Kanye’s remarks were wholly irresponsible, lacked good judgment and came from an uneducated stance. With his broad reach and appeal, Kanye should be more…
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#IfSlaveryWasAChoice Is the Funniest Thing on Twitter Right Now
Unless you’ve been under a rock, you have probably heard all about how Kanye West went on TMZ Live Tuesday morning and declared that blacks being enslaved by whites in America for over 400 years was a choice. He was promptly gathered up by TMZ newsroom staffer Van Lathan, but that didn’t stop his random…
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#StephonClark: Sacramento County, Calif., Coroner Releases Autopsy Report
On Tuesday afternoon, police released the Sacramento County, Calif., coroner’s official report from the autopsy on 22-year-old Stephon Clark, who was shot by police in his grandmother’s backyard March 18. County Coroner Kimberly Gin disputed the March 30 findings of Dr. Bennet Omalu, the noted pathologist who was hired by the Clark family to conduct…
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#Flint: Mayor Seeks EPA’s Help in Restoring Bottled-Water-Distribution Service
As of Tuesday, the people of Flint, Mich., have been without clean water for 1,468 days. Last week marked the four-year anniversary of the water switch that began the contamination that has left city residents dependent on bottled water and water filters. Earlier this month, the state ended the bottled-water-distribution program, citing testing that showed…
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Kanye West Says Slavery Was a Choice, Gets Shut Down by TMZ Staffer
During an appearance on TMZ Live Tuesday morning, Kanye West made the bold and misguided proclamation that the 400 years black Americans spent being enslaved were a choice—much to the ire of one TMZ staffer. Kanye made the appearance with Candace Owens, and the pair explained their definition of “free thought” and how coming from…
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Can You Blame Him?
A black attorney in Arizona had a package mistakenly delivered to his home by UPS last week. Although the package is addressed to someone who lives just on the next block, he is waiting for UPS to come get the package and take it to the right house instead of taking it to his neighbor…
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Roy Moore Believes He’s the Victim of a ‘Political Conspiracy,’ Sues His Accusers
Roy Moore, the former chief justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama, just cannot seem to let go of the fact that he lost his bid for a seat in the U.S. Senate to Doug Jones in a special election on Dec. 12. After previously refusing to concede his loss in the hope that there…
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Congressional Black Caucus to Host Twitter Town Hall on Community Policing and Police Accountability
On Tuesday, May 8, the Congressional Black Caucus will be hosting a Twitter town hall focused on community policing and police accountability, during which members will be responding to questions and comments from constituents, celebrities, activists and advocates alike. In the wake of the recent police shootings of Diante Yarber, Saheed Vassell and Stephon Clark—shooting…
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I Binge-Watched Call the Midwife, and It Got Me All in My Feelings
If you had told me that I would become hooked on a public television series about midwives in the ’50s and ’60s, I would have told you that you were off your rocker—but as it stands, I have recently become very addicted to Call the Midwife. The PBS series is based on the memoirs of…
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