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Soon You Can Get a License Plate in Mississippi that Includes a State Flag Without the State's Racism
When confused philosopher king Kanye West rapped, “racism’s still alive, they just be concealing it…” on “Never Let Me Down” from his debut offering, The College Dropout, he was not talking about Mississippi. Or Alabama or South Carolina or, well, you get the point. Regarding Mississippi specifically, it is the last state in the union…
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Buds and Beauty: What Is CBD (Cannabidiol) and Why Is it in Everything?
It’s 4/20 and high time for cannabis-infused beauty. According to a recent WWD report, Google searches for “cannabidiol” (CBD) peaked in March; one of the most frequently asked questions: “What is CBD?” This lack of general consumer awareness, coupled with lax regulations, leaves the door wide open for industry schemes and scams. So let’s get…
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Fox News for Negroes? Upcoming 'Black News Channel' Looks Pretty Conservative
Thursday’s announcement of the launch of a groundbreaking news channel aimed at black audiences set the internet on fire. There would finally be a news organization focused on issues important to the black community. Or maybe it’s a Trojan horse. Upon taking a closer look at the upcoming Black News Channel (BNC), the first thing…
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The 2019 Pulitzer Prize Winners Are Brimming With Black Excellence—and a Posthumous Appearance by Aretha Franklin
A Pulitzer Prize is kind of a big deal. As the most prestigious award in American journalism, literature and music, it’s not quite a BET Hip-Hop Award (word to Iggy Azalea), but it sure as hell warrants an update to your Twitter bio—and your annual salary. Since its auspicious arrival in 1917, this distinction—named after…
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Cory Booker Shares Frustrations Over Presidential Candidates’ Focus on Race When Talking to Black Voters
“I call out racism, not just when I’m running for president. I want those candidates who are in this race who are calling out that racism when they speak to black audiences…to go to white churches and call it out. Not when you’re speaking to black audiences or a black interview. I want you to…
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White Cop to Black Kids: ‘Wait Till Your Asses Turn 18. Then You’re Mine’
The first sentence of this story should read: “A Virginia police officer is under fire after he was captured on video insinuating that he can’t wait to subject a group of black middle school children to the horrors of the criminal justice system.” But that would not be true. In fact, the Richmond, Va., police…
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We've Been Talking About Education All Wrong. Wyatt Cenac Wants to Change That
Wyatt Cenac knows it’s easy to laugh at Aunt Becky. When news broke last month of the college admissions scandal—which saw dozens of the nation’s most privileged parents receive federal indictments for bribing their children’s way into the nation’s top universities—it dominated as many punchlines as it did headlines. Included in the schadenfreude were jokes…
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Trump Wants FBI and the DOJ to Review Jussie Smollett Case Because He's Only President to Rich White Criminals
President Trump has added his voice to the dissenters of those unhappy with the recent dropping of all charges in Empire actor Jussie Smollett’s alleged “MAGA country” beating. In an early morning tweet on Thursday, the president said that the FBI and the U.S. Department of Justice would review the case, calling it “outrageous” and…
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'R&B': This Is Us Unravels the 'Same Fight' Randall and Beth Have Been Having Since They Met
This is it—the moment we reveal what’s behind the wizard’s “relationship goals” curtain. (Warning: Spoilers ahead.) The dichotomy between This Is Us faves Beth Pearson (Susan Kelechi Watson) and Randall Pearson (Sterling K. Brown) has always been apparent, but somehow it worked. Beth was the (overly) practical peanut butter to Randall’s (overly) optimistic jelly. The…
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It’s Becoming More Evident: The Stress of Racism Is Killing Our Babies…and Us
If A=B, and B=C, does A=C? Well, not always, but in the case of stress, racism and preterm birth, one researcher thinks there’s a definitive case to be made. The jarring statistics are already out there: African-American women are three to four times more likely to experience a pregnancy-related death than white women. Additionally, African-American…