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  • Southwest Flight Diverted After Passenger Tried to Join the Mile-High Weed Club

    A Southwest Airlines flight from San Francisco to Los Angeles was diverted Wednesday afternoon after a passenger decided to join the mile-high club. No, they weren’t in the bathroom getting it on with another passenger—they were getting it on with some marijuana. According to CBS affiliate KCAL-TV, the plane made an emergency landing at Mineta…

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    Yesha Callahan






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    May 31, 2018
  • Pennsylvania High School Students Under Fire for Playing N-Word Hangman

    The young wypipo are at it again, and this time a school district in Pennsylvania has gotten a lesson in just how racist some of its students can be once a teacher leaves the classroom. A group of high school students in the Hollidaysburg Area School District thought it would be a great idea to…

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    Yesha Callahan






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    May 31, 2018
  • Drake Explains Blackface Photo From Pusha T’s ‘Story of Adidon’

    Shortly after being revived back to life after being slaughtered by Pusha T on “The Story of Adidon,” Drake has issued a statement about the blackface photo Pusha used as artwork for the diss track. The photo, which was taken by David Leyes and removed from his own site, shows Drake in full blackface and…

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    Yesha Callahan






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    May 31, 2018
  • Ambien Manufacturer Responds to Roseanne Barr for Blaming Her Racism on Its Drug [Updated]

    Updated: Wednesday, May 30, 2018, 10:15 a.m. EDT: Earlier this morning, The Root reached out to drug manufacturer Sanofi, the company behind Ambien, to ask what it thought about the fact that Roseanne Barr blamed her racism on its sleep aid. Ashleigh Koss, head of media relations, had this to say: People of all races,…

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    Yesha Callahan






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    May 30, 2018
  • Prison-Reform Expert Kim Kardashian to Meet With Reality-TV Show Host at White House to Discuss Prison Reform

    You can’t make this stuff up, folks. Although Meek Mill has declined to meet with Donald Trump during his pseudo prison-reform summit Wednesday, the next-best person has stepped up to the plate. Yes, the queen of contouring and Spanx, Kim Kardashian, is making her way to the White House to discuss prison reform with the…

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    Yesha Callahan






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    May 30, 2018
  • Raccoon to Memphis, Tenn., Family: ‘Look at Me, I’m the Renter Now’

    A family of raccoons has invaded a Memphis, Tenn., family’s house and terrorized Karlyn Shamley and her two daughters. Not only have the raccoons ransacked the house, but the home’s landlord doesn’t seem to care about the problem the Shamleys are having. According to Shamley, there’s a hole in the roof of her house and…

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    Yesha Callahan






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    May 30, 2018
  • ABC Cancels Roseanne After Racist Tweet [Updated]

    Updated: Tuesday, May 29, 2018, 3:08 p.m. EDT: And Roseanne Barr has been dropped by her talent agency! Earlier: Looks like Roseanne Barr is out of a job after getting the boot from ABC. The network canceled her show, Roseanne, after Barr send out a tweet comparing former presidential adviser Valerie Jarrett to an ape.…

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    Yesha Callahan






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    May 29, 2018
  • Wanda Sykes Says She’s Not Returning to Roseanne After Roseanne Barr Racist Twitter Tirade

    On the heels of yet another racist rant from Roseanne Barr, comedian Wanda Sykes, a consulting producer on Roseanne, says that she will not be returning. On Tuesday, Barr compared former presidential adviser Valerie Jarrett to a Planet of the Apes monkey and someone from the Muslim Brotherhood; she eventually issued an apology after facing…

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    Yesha Callahan






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    May 29, 2018
  • Morgan Freeman’s Lawyer Demands That CNN Retract Sexual Harassment Story

    Morgan Freeman’s lawyer has issued a statement to CNN demanding that it retract and apologize for its recent story about his client’s alleged sexual harassment, or the network will have to deal with a lawsuit. Robert M. Schwartz, Freeman’s attorney, says that CNN’s May 24 story, in which eight women alleged they had been sexually…

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    Yesha Callahan






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    May 29, 2018
  • Roseanne Barr Says Valerie Jarrett Is the Result of ‘Muslim Brotherhood and Planet of the Apes’

    Updated: Tuesday, May 29, 2018, 10:42 a.m. EDT: Of course Roseanne Barr issued an apology after yet another show of her racist slip, and wanted people to know that it was just a joke, just like the status of her career. Earlier: Roseanne Barr took time off from attacking Barack Obama on Twitter and took…

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    Yesha Callahan






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    May 29, 2018
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