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Steve Harvey Said Asian Men Are Not Attractive
Yes, that Steve Harvey. During a recent episode of The Steve Harvey Show, the relationship-advice peddler and ruiner of Family Feud didn’t have too many nice things to say about Asian men. As he held up the book How to Date a White Woman: A Practical Guide for Asian Men, he asked his audience a…
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Tracee Ellis Ross, Donald Glover, Viola Davis, Moonlight Win Big at the Golden Globes
Not only did black Hollywood shine during Sunday night’s Golden Globes, but one actress also made history. Black-ish star Tracee Ellis Ross won a Golden Globe Sunday for Best Actress—Television Series Musical or Comedy and became the first black woman to win in that category since 1983, when Debbie Allen won it for Fame. Ross’ acceptance speech…
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Here's What Happened When Yahoo! Finance Tweeted, ‘Trump Wants a Much N–ger Navy’
The person who runs Yahoo! Finance’s Twitter account should probably learn how to proofread the tweets before either scheduling them or sending them out live. In a tweet that was simply supposed to state that Donald Trump wants a bigger Navy, it actually said something totally different: Yeah, we’re pretty sure Trump would want anything…
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President Obama's Last White House Party Will Include Beyoncé, Oprah and Jay Z
Ain’t no party like a White House party … well, that’s been the case for the last eight years; I’m not quite sure what’s going to happen during the next four. If you haven’t had the privilege to attend one of the Obamas’ White House soirees, well, you’ve definitely missed out, and if you’re not…
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Shirley Caesar Defends Kim Burrell
Editor’s note: This post contains tweets that some may find offensive. These church ladies are downright hilarious. First, there was Kim Burrell’s sermon about how gay people were all going to die and go to hell, and now, her compadre in Holy Ghost, Shirley Caesar, is oddly defending Burrell and blaming President Barack Obama for making…
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Kim Burrell's Ellen Appearance Canceled
Ellen DeGeneres has spoken. And after going on a homophobic rant during a sermon, Kim Burrell will not be appearing on DeGeneres’ talk show. In her rant, Burrell referred to “the perverted homosexual spirit,” and that didn’t sit well with plenty of people, including Pharrell Williams and DeGeneres. Burrell was supposed to appear on Ellen: The…
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KKK Members Say A&E Paid Them to Fake Scenes in Canceled Series
Ku Klux Klan leaders are now speaking out against A&E after the network canceled its controversial docuseries, Escaping the KKK: A Documentary Series Exposing Hate in America. The series, which was supposed to air Jan. 10, was canceled, not because of the backlash it received for normalizing hate, but because it was disclosed that some participants…
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Singer George Michael Dead of Heart Failure at 53
Updated Monday, Dec. 26, 2016, at 9:15 a.m. ET: George Michael died of heart failure and passed away peacefully in his sleep, according to his longtime manager. “I’m devastated,” Michael Lippman said Sunday, according to the Hollywood Reporter. He said that he received a call Christmas morning notifying him that Michael had been found “in bed,…
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A&E Cancels KKK Series
The A&E network has pulled the plug on its controversial Ku Klux Klan show, Escaping the KKK, a docuseries that was going to follow people attempting to extricate themselves from the KKK. Although the series received massive criticism, it was canceled only because the network discovered that participants were paid, a violation of the network’s policies. The…
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State Farm Upsets Racists by Using Interracial Stock Photo in Tweet
State Farm just wanted to remind people when they’re getting down on one knee during their proposal that they should protect their investments with insurance. But what they failed to realize is that in 2016, there are still people who have issues with interracial couples. Even if it’s just a stock photo. On Dec. 21,…
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