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Univision Bosses Incompetent, Staffers Write
Critical Report Appears on Own Websites USA Today Has Its First Publisher of Color Sun-Times Wants R. Kelly to ‘Pay the Price’ From Coates: ‘I’m Not Black, I’m Kanye’ Latest Falsehood: Black Support for Trump Doubled Cox Names Sharon Wilmore Editor in Ohio Elias Lopez Gets International Opinions Post Fatal Police Shootings of Unarmed Citizens…
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‘Street Talk’ From Huckabee Sanders?
Ryan Offended by ‘You Don’t Know Much About Me’ Coates: I Didn’t Have the Luxury of Avoiding Racists Camille Cosby: Media Too Easily Believed Accusers Reporters Link Some White Nationalists to Military Hostility Toward Press Found Worsening in U.S. Pair Create Positive Space for Black Millennials Coping Advice Offered for Career Women of Color Sun-Times…
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3 Times American Slaves Did Rebel
There’s been a lot of talk about slavery lately, and sadly, some of it is wildly misinformed. For the record, enslaved black folks didn’t choose to be shackled, torn from their families, then bought and sold in the U.S., only to be tortured by slave owners. And some of them fought back.At minimum, there were…
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The 1st Date Was Successful. Now What?
Dating in the age of Twitter should really come with a manual or a rulebook or at least some guidelines for what happens after you successfully complete the first date and decide that you want to continue seeing the person. I either like you all the way or I don’t; there is no in-between. This…
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Exclusive: Learn How Black Panther’s Dora Milaje Were Cast
To say the Dora Milaje were one of most fascinating aspects of Black Panther would be an understatement. The bad and bald ladies, led by Danai Gurira’s character, Okoye, were the epitome of strong black women in the film. But where did the producers find the rest of the women to portray the unbeatable and…
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Trump Just Thanked Kanye for Doubling His Poll Numbers; Here’s Why This Has Become Dangerous
To many, Kanye West is merely an egomaniacal rapper. To others, he’s a powerful black force with T’Challa-like abilities to rally those who worship at the altar of Yeezus. I believe the former, but it sounds like President Donald Trump believes the latter, since he just thanked “Make America great again” Ye for doubling his…
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Judge of Characters: We’re Not Laughing at Slavery, We’re Laughing at Kanye
Kanye West’s name has been on most of our lips throughout the last week as he slides from digital rant to in-person rant and back again. Even when you want nothing more than to avoid all that Kanye’s been spewing, it’s tough to do. Perhaps his most damaging statement is simplifying 400 years of slavery…
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Meek Mill Says Because of His Probation, He Would Have Gone to Prison if Philly Starbucks Had Called Police on Him
Meek Mill isn’t a free man. Despite his joyous appearances at Philadelphia 76ers games or his return to Kevin Hart’s Instagram, the Philly native is still navigating the terms of his probation ahead of a hearing in June. “I’m nervous every day being on probation,” he said at a press conference Thursday. During the conference,…
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Philosophizing With Nick Cannon
Nick Cannon may like to make people laugh, but standing up for what you believe in isn’t always funny. “When an artist or individual or an anti-authoritarian as myself chooses to say what he believes and speaks his mind, people get nervous,” Cannon told The Root. The “Fuck Him” singer has been known to speak…
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White Producers Threw W. Kamau Bell to the KKK on Day 1, so He Got Rid of Them
W. Kamau Bell’s United Shades of America became infamous for its first episode, “The New KKK,” in 2016. In the series opener, Bell attends a cross-burning ceremony and interviews hooded Klansmen. At the end of the cross burning, Bell poignantly states, “I actually feel lucky. Unlike most of the black people in this country who…