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Jay Z to Produce Docuseries and Film About Trayvon Martin
On the heels of Jay Z and the Weinstein Co. telling the story of Kalief Browder, the two are now teaming up to bring Trayvon Martin’s story to life via a TV docuseries and film. According to Variety, the six-part miniseries will delve into Trayvon’s life before he was killed by George Zimmerman, and his…
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Netflix’s Death Note Whitewashed Its Main Character; Social Media Isn’t Here for It
Netflix this week released its trailer for Death Note, a film based on the Japanese manga series written by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata, and people aren’t too pleased with the casting choice for its main character. Death Note stars Nat Wolff, a white man, but the manga comic tells the story of a Japanese…
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Rachel Dolezal Says She Was ‘Too Black’ for Her Black Husband
Rachel Dolezal’s memoir was released last week, and in it, she discusses not only how she knew about blackness at an early age because of her grandmother’s National Geographic magazines, but also that she was treated like an indentured servant by her parents and was too black for her black husband. That pretty much sums…
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Howard University Satellite Campus to Open at Google Headquarters
Google has partnered with Howard University to launch a satellite campus at its Mountainview, Calif., headquarters. The company on Thursday announced its “Howard West” campus, which will offer a three-month residency for juniors and seniors in Howard’s computer science program. Although the students will not receive an internship salary (which averages about $6,600 a month),…
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#BurnBabyBurn: White Supremacist Craig Cobb’s Church Went Up in Flames
Ever wonder what karma looks like? For white supremacist Craig Cobb, it takes on the shape of his “church” going up in flames, with only the steeple left in the rubble. Cobb’s Zion Lutheran Church in Nome, N.D., burned Wednesday night, according to CNN. Cobb purchased the church last year, and one member of the…
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White Woman Jailed After Lying About Being Raped and Kidnapped by 3 Black Men: Police
Eighteen-year-old Breana Harmon Talbott of Denison, Texas, ran into a church and told people she had been kidnapped and raped by three masked black men. Talbott, who was wearing only a bra, T-shirt and underwear, was bloodied and looked battered. News of the incident swept the community and incited racist tweets on social media. One…
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Iron Fist Creator Refers to Asians as ‘Oriental’ and Series Star Jessica Henwick Responds
Netflix’s Iron Fist has received its fair share of horrible reviews. And even I, a fan of all things Marvel, can’t seem to finish the series. The show has been put on blast because it didn’t cast an Asian actor as Danny Rand, and also because it cast a bland white actor, Finn Jones, as…
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White Men Sue Diddy’s Revolt TV, Charging ‘Reverse Discrimination’
Five white men who are former employees of Sean “Diddy” Comb’s Revolt TV have launched a reverse discrimination lawsuit against the network, alleging that they were fired for not being young, hip and black. According to the New York Post’s Page Six, Douglas Goodstein and four producers, who are over the age of 39 and…
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Trump Is Going After Teen’s ‘Kittens Scratch Trump’ Site
Update: March 23, 2017: According to Gizmodo the kitten site appears to be a troll. Earlier: Imagine you’re a teenager and you’re trying to hone your coding skills, so you create a site where kittens are allowed to scratch Donald Trump. Then you receive a cease-and-desist letter from Trump’s attorneys telling you to shut down your…
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Rick Fox Discusses His Transition Into Acting and New Role in Greenleaf
Rick Fox retired from the NBA in 2004, but he’s been keeping busy by honing his acting skills, and on Wednesday night he’s making his debut on OWN’s hit series Greenleaf. Fox, whose foray into acting was a natural progression that started during his childhood, spoke to The Root about his new role. “I did…