Candace Owens Pulls This Shady Move Against Erika Kirk That Has Black Folks Giving Side-Eyes
New Alex Pretti Video Exposes the ‘Perfect Victim’ Bias Black Folks Are Used To
Why Staying Up Late at Night Can Be No Good For Black Folks
RHOP’s Karen Huger Reveals Explosive Details About What Led Up to DUI Arrest and Jail Sentence
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Karl-Anthony Towns Loses Mother to COVID-19: 'Her Energy Will Never Be Replaced'
Jacqueline Cruz-Towns, the mother of NBA star Karl-Anthony Towns, died on Monday after a lengthy battle with COVID-19. She was 58. “Jackie was many things to many people—a wife, mother, daughter, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend,” a spokesperson for the Towns family said in a statement. “The matriarch of the Towns family, she was an…
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NASCAR Driver Kyle Larson Suspended for Dropping Hard-R During Virtual Race
Every year, like clockwork, some Twitch streamer has what is called a Heated Gamer Moment. This usually involves said gamer incurring a series of embarrassing losses before inevitably dropping the Hard-R. The focus of tonight’s Heated Gamer Moment is NASCAR driver Kyle Larson. Larson has been indefinitely suspended by NASCAR after saying the N-word in…
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Africans Say Pandemic Has Caused Widespread Anti-Black Racism in China: Report
As reports fill our newsfeeds about the bigotry and discrimination Asian people are facing amid the coronavirus outbreak, in China, African residents are alleging anti-black racism resulting from the pandemic. The Washington Post reports that Africans living in the Chinese city of Guangzhou—home to the largest African diaspora population in Asia—say they have been experiencing…
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Georgia State Senator Nikema Williams Pressures Gov. Brian Kemp to Suspend Jim Crow-Era Mask Law
Whether it’s being more likely to suffer from severe complications, being less able to work from home or being more at risk for losing a job, COVID-19 has had an inordinate effect on the black community. In Georgia, there is an effort to take racial profiling off the list of things to be concerned about…
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Florida Police Chief on Leave After Allegedly Attributing Gay Officer's COVID-19 to 'Homosexual Sexual Events'
Even in the midst of a pandemic, Florida stays finding new ways to be trash. You would think the death of a police officer would inspire a certain level of respect but uh, nah. CBS News reports that Davie, Fl., Police Chief Dale Engle has been put on leave after the Fraternal Order of Police…
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Apple TV+ to Air Oprah Talks COVID-19 – The Deadly Impact on Black America for Free
It’s no secret that Oprah has been using her massively influential platform to create awareness as we navigate the unprecedented world of the coronavirus age. Not only has the media mogul recently donated $10 million dollars toward coronavirus relief, but she has also launched an ongoing series, Oprah Talks COVID-19. During this Apple TV series,…
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Gov. Ralph Northam Signs Bills to Potentially Remove Confederate Monuments and to Protect the LGBTQ Community
Gov. Ralph Northam really flexed his progressive muscles when he signed two measures Saturday—one empowering local governing bodies in Virginia to remove confederate monuments, and another granting comprehensive protections for the state’s LGBTQ community. According to the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Virginia is home to 110 Confederate monuments, making it the state with the second-most racism-enshrining statues…
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Coronavirus Be Damned, Dak Prescott Throws Birthday Bash at Home…And the Cops Might Be Covering for Him
While the rest of us have spent the last month or so trapped inside of our homes trying to escape the wrath of the coronavirus, there are people like Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott who apparently just crack the door open and let the shit right in. In its efforts to curb the spread of…
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#COVIDWhileBlack: Miami Doctor Who Tests Homeless for COVID-19 Handcuffed for No Apparent Reason
Miami Police Chief Jorge Colina announced this weekend that his department was investigating an incident in which a Miami police sergeant handcuffed and detained a black doctor in front of his own home. Dr. Armen Henderson says he was loading up his van with supplies he planned to take to the city’s homeless to help…
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Experts Say Concerts, Sporting Events Should Not Happen Until Fall 2021 to Prevent Spread of COVID-19
While we’ve been loving these Verzuz Instagram Live battles and social media concert sets from our favorite artists amidst all of the bullshit going on in the world, nothing is quite like watching your favorite team win a game or singing along to your favorite musicians with friends and family live and in-person. While we’re…