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Russell Simmons Is Creating His Own Movie-Award Show and Will Honor Will Smith
Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons is doing something that black Americans have been talking about doing for some time, especially recently, in light of the #OscarsSoWhite issue: not paying the mainstream award shows any mind and continuing to support and create our own platforms to honor black artists. According to Page Six, Simmons has created the All…
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Aww, Shucks. Tampa, Fla., Police Tweet That They’re in ‘Formation’ for the Beyhive
Never mind the reports saying that off-duty Tampa, Fla., police officers weren’t signing up to work Beyoncé’s concert—allegedly because they were upset about her Super Bowl performance, which some people found to be anti-cop. The Tampa Police Department responded to all of that chatter with the cutest tweet: What?! @TampaPD officers have been in #formation…
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Black Contestants on The Bachelor and Bachelorette Reveal What It Was Like Being ‘the Token’
Fusion rounded up most of the black people who were contestants on ABC’s The Bachelor and The Bachelorette to find out what it was like being one of a handful of black people—if not the only black person—in a particular season of the two popular ABC reality shows about finding love. Another black man had a moment…
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Is Sex With an Uncircumcised Man Really Better?
I am a 28-year-old married man and I am about to have a son. When we were told that we were having a boy, my wife and I discussed whether he should be circumcised or not. It brought up a touchy subject. I’m circumcised, but my wife has often said that she has experienced more…
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Why Is My White Ancestor Listed as Black in the Census?
Growing up, I saw a picture of my great-great-grandparents, and it has fascinated me. My great-great-grandfather John Dow was a white man born in Arkansas. He left Arkansas around age 11 in search of his father, Samuel Ward, in Mississippi. He eventually married Eddie Smith, a black woman, and had 10 children. I can’t find…
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Must-Watch: Steve Harvey Gives the Lecture of a Lifetime to a Young Woman Who Sexts Too Much
Steve Harvey wants women to know their worth and that they can train men (whom they deem worthy of training) to treat them like the ladies they are. During a segment of his show that addressed the topic of sexting—engaging in sexual talk over text—Harvey lectured a young lady about her value. It was a…
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Rachel Dolezal Named Her New Baby Boy Langston
Rachel Dolezal has named her new baby boy Langston Attickus Dolezal, according to TMZ. Dolezal apparently put up a photo of her son—her third—on Instagram. Dolezal didn’t reveal the identity, or the ethnicity, of the baby’s father. It’s not a stretch to presume that Langston might have been named after the African-American poet and writer…
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No, Sexism Is Not the Main Reason Beyoncé Was Criticized and Kendrick Lamar Wasn’t
It’s been almost a full three days since Kendrick Lamar unleashed holy blackness on the Grammy stage, performing “The Blacker the Berry,” “Alright” and a verse from an untitled song that didn’t make the final cut of his Grammy-winning album, To Pimp a Butterfly. It was a powerful, defiant statement about the state of black…
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Tampa, Fla., Police Aren’t Signing Up to Work Beyoncé’s Concert
Usually, off-duty police officers sign up to work concerts in droves because the overtime is extra cash in their pockets, but according to Fox 13 News, not one Tampa, Fla., police officer has signed up so far to provide security for Beyoncé’s concert there April 29. A spokesman for the Tampa Police Department says that…
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5 Reasons You Should Be Obsessed With Audre Lorde
Audre Lorde was a bad-ass poet, a feminist and a woman ahead of her time. She was born on Feb. 18, 1934, in Harlem to parents from Barbados and Carriacou. At an early age, Lorde knew her calling. She started reading at the age of 4 and was writing poems by the time she was 5. Throughout her…
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