White Olympic Figure Skater Praised For a Dangerous Backflip — That a Black Woman Was Penalized For Decades Ago
Before Ilia Malinin “made history” with a backflip, Surya Bonaly — a Black Olympic figure skater — risked everything performing the same move in 1998.
Kendrick Lamar Set the Super Bowl Halftime Show Bar, Bad Bunny Just Raised It
Kendrick Lamar and Bad Bunny created back-to-back halftime shows that centered Black and Brown people, not white comfort.
Professor: How Bad Bunny Became Famous By Gentrifying Black Music
OPINION: Go ahead and tweet about representation while the NFL sells you a sanitized remix of a Black sound. It’s heartwarming to watch Afro-Latinx pioneers get sidelined while Benito takes a victory lap on the track they paved.
Professor: Why Black People Should Skip The Super Bowl This Year
On the NFL’s biggest stage, Black labor is everywhere and Black leadership is nowhere.
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Writers Are the Heart of Hollywood and Media. So Why Aren’t They Being Treated Like It?
In light of an impending Hollywood writers’ strike and recent media layoffs, the future of these industries and the people keeping them afloat are in jeopardy.
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The Frustrating Thing About Kwame Appiah of Netflix’s Love is Blind Season 4
Dear Netflix, stop putting self-hating Black people on our television screens
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Why These AI Images of Trump Should Make African Americans Nervous!
White supremacists love a conspiracy theory, deep fakes aren’t helping.
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Buying Drake or Queen Bey Concert Tickets Should Not Be This Difficult —Or Expensive
Beyoncé tickets may cost as much as $500 or more–blame Ticketmaster not the Queen.
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Will Republicans Put Senator Tim Scott in the White House?
Can a Black Senator become the Republican nominee for President?
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Is Colorism The Reason Dominicans Are Treating Haitians So Horribly?
Colorism is revealing the anti-Blackness that is embedded in the Latino Community.
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Black Twitter: Chris Rock Used Netflix Special to Pander to White People
Rock’s final joke to end his Netflix special, Selective Outrage, has people claiming he used the show to pander to white people.