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#MovingInWhileBlack: Former White House Staffer Accused of Breaking Into His Own Apartment
Here’s an updated list of reasons why the cops have been called on black people: #BreathingWhileBlack, #WalkingWhileBlack, #HoldingACellPhoneWhileBlack, #EatingAtTheWaffleHouseWhileBlack, #SittingAtStarbucksWhileBlack … and now you can add #MovingInWhileBlack. And that’s just what happened to former White House staffer Darren Martin as he was moving into his Upper West Side apartment in New York City. Martin, a…
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Some People Are Mad Because a Chapter in Issa Rae’s 3-Year-Old Book Says Black Women and Asian Men Should Date Each Other
Three years ago, Issa Rae’s book, The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl, skyrocketed onto several best-seller lists. It was basically a signal that Rae had “arrived” and wasn’t going anywhere anytime soon. Shortly after the book came her HBO series, Insecure, which, of course, we all know has millions of people sitting in front of their…
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Police Caught on Camera Physically Assaulting Former NFL Player Desmond Marrow
A video from December has surfaced showing former NFL player Desmond Marrow being assaulted by Henry County police officers in McDonough, Ga., after an alleged road rage incident. According to court documents from the lawyer for the Atlanta chapter of Black Lives Matter, which is representing Marrow, the former athlete says a white man threw…
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Bill Cosby Found Guilty of Aggravated Indecent Assault
On Thursday a jury in Norristown, Pa., that consisted of seven men and five women found Bill Cosby guilty of aggravated indecent assault after 14 hours of deliberation. Cosby was on trial for drugging and sexually assaulting former Temple University employee Andrea Constand in 2004. During the trial, five women testified against the 80-year-old comedian…
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Kelis Opens Up About Physical Abuse She Dealt With During Marriage to Nas
During an interview with Hollywood Unlocked, singer-turned-chef Kelis detailed the physical abuse she suffered at the hands of Nas during their marriage. Kelis described the marriage as tumultuous and abusive, so much so that she would walk around with bruises all over her body. “There was a lot of mental and physical abuse,” Kelis said.…
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Here’s What Happened After I Left a 3-Star Yelp Review for a Pizza Parlor
Updated Wednesday, April 25, 2018, 1:55 p.m. EDT: Yelp issued a statement via Twitter and an email about the incident: We’re sorry to hear about your experience following your review of La Porchetta this past weekend and want to ensure that you know we take these types of issues very seriously. We have elevated the…
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From Stand-Up to Broadway: Rick Younger Is the New ‘Mr. Duvall’ in Broadway’s Mean Girls
You’ve probably seen Rick Younger’s face in countless commercials and TV shows. Last year, as I was watching the series finale of HBO’s Girls, I caught him as one of the few black people who made an appearance on the show. Younger was the police officer with Lena Dunham’s character in the last scene, and…
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These Older Black Ladies Aren’t Here for Taylor Swift’s ‘September’
Older women in my family have no clue that Taylor Swift decided to butcher Earth, Wind & Fire’s “September.” But if they did pay attention to the internet and social media and cared to make a video of their reactions, it would go something like this: Alternating between disgust and laughter, the women are the…
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University of North Texas Dining Hall Employee Fired After Labeling Student’s Receipt With N-Word
A University of North Texas dining hall employee will now be standing in the unemployment line after labeling a black student’s receipt with the n-word. Chelsea Shaw posted the receipt she received from the campus’s Krispy Krunchy Chicken to Twitter: According to Bill McNeace, executive director of Retail Dining Services, the student-employee, a cook, was…
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Comedian Gary Owen Enlists Wife’s Help in Calling Black Comedian the N-Word
Comedian Gary Owen is one white person who is proud of his so-called “invitation” to the cookout given to him by some black people who love his “I’m the down white dude” shtick. On a scale from 1 to Michael Rapaport, I would say Owen is about a 7 when it comes to his blaccent…
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