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Dear Kylie Jenner: Kindly Shut the Hell Up When It’s Black-Girl Time
Updated Monday, Sept. 11, 2017, 10:27 p.m. EDT: So, apparently I was wrong, and Kylie’s line that is allegedly for black girls came out a year ago. She was simply promoting it again in light of Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty debut. She can still shut the fuck up, though. Earlier: The Kardashian-Jenner girls are nothing if…
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Character Assassination of Michael Bennett Continues: LVMPD Investigating Alleged Altercation That Happened Before His Encounter With Police
Updated Friday, Sept. 8, 2017, 9:30 p.m. EDT: Because the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is looking for ways to prove that Michael Bennett somehow deserved the treatment he got from its officers 12 days ago, the department now says that it is investigating whether or not he was involved in an altercation earlier in…
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Prosecutor Seeks to Lock Up a Mother for Crimes Allegedly Committed by Her Children
A mother of two in Shreveport, La., is facing criminal charges and could be locked up for crimes she did not commit if Caddo Parish, La., District Attorney James E. Stewart Sr. has his way. He wants to punish her for a series of crimes allegedly committed by her children. Latonya L. Dillard was arrested…
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Sending Unsolicited Pictures of Your Penis Is a Form of Sexual Harassment. Please Stop Doing This
The other day, I got a notification on Snapchat that a man I wasn’t sure I knew added me. It said that he had added me by my user name, and his user name looked somewhat familiar, so, thinking it was possible we were already connected via social media, I added him back. Yesterday morning,…
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All Black Girl Everything: Sloane Stephens and Madison Keys to Face Off in US Open
Saturday’s final in the U.S. Open’s women’s singles matchup will be an athletic display of all black, everything black girl as two beautiful black American women compete in a grand-slam final that is likely to break records for black viewership because it’s our time to shine now, son. (*Cackles in #BlackGirlMagic.*) Sloane Stephens, 24, and…
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#EbonyOwes: Freelancers Sue Historic Black Magazine for $70,000 in Unpaid Invoices
A little over two months after Ebony magazine missed its self-imposed deadline for paying the thousands of dollars it owes its writers, a group of 38 freelancers filed a lawsuit in Illinois’ Cook County Circuit Court on Tuesday alleging that they are collectively owed more than $70,000 for their work. Ebony Media and its owner,…
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Fla. Sheriff Promises to Arrest Anyone With a Warrant Who Comes Looking for Shelter During Hurricane Irma
While the rest of the world watched on in horror, Hurricane Irma swept through the Caribbean, leveling entire islands as she made her way toward the United States. As many in the state of Florida prepared to evacuate and find safety and shelter, some residents there may have a storm of a different type to…
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Betsy DeVos Wants to Rewrite Obama-Era Campus Sexual Assault Policy to Add More Protections for the Accused
Betsy DeVos, head of the U.S. Department of Education, said Thursday that she plans to rewrite the Obama administration’s guidance for how colleges and universities handle sexual assaults on campus so that it better protects students who have been accused of committing assault. (Insert needle scratching the record here.) DeVos made her announcement while speaking…
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NYC Public Schools Announces Free Lunch for All Students
The New York City Department of Education announced Wednesday that it will be providing free lunch to all public school students in the city during the 2017-2018 school year, which is a good thing, because no child in this country should be hungry, no matter his or her circumstance. WABC-TV reports that schools Chancellor Carmen…
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Robert E. Lee Descendant Who Spoke Out Against Racism Quits Church After Being Criticized for Supporting Black Lives Matter
The Rev. Robert W. Lee IV, a direct descendant of the Civil War general whose name has become synonymous with the Confederacy, appeared on television and spoke out against racism and the riots in Charlottesville, Va., that happened during protests about the removal of a statue of his famous ancestor. Now Lee says that appearance…
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