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UNCF Announces First African-American Chair of Its Board; Black Twitter Responds With Surprise and Confusion
On Monday, the United Negro College Fund announced that Milton Jones. Jr, a businessman and civic leader in Atlanta, had been named chairman of the UNCF board. It would have been an interesting, though not that remarkable, bit of news—except that UNCF pointed out in the first line of the press release announcing it, that…
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![Turns Out, Kanye Is Not the Richest Black Man in America [Corrected]](https://assets-server.theroot.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/29120102/bkbxiegeshdrerevutpf-300x168.jpg)
Turns Out, Kanye Is Not the Richest Black Man in America [Corrected]
Correction: 3/18/2021, 12:15 p.m. ET: *record scratch* Laaaaaa, la, la, laaaa wait ‘til we (and a bunch of other media) get our wealth valuations wrong. Kanye West is actually not the richest Black man in the U.S. On Thursday morning, a whole Kanye-kerfuffle erupted including a now-retracted Forbes article stating that the rapper-entrepreneur-former-presidential-candidate had become…
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'He's Going to Have Nightmares': Louisiana State Troopers Accused of Exchanging Text Messages Bragging About Beating Black Suspect
The “back the blue” community would have us all believe that police brutality is a rare occurrence. But if that’s the case, why is it that many police officers appear to be comfortable discussing their own acts of brutality like it was common water cooler talk? Last month, four Louisiana State Police troopers were arrested…
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Capitol Insurrectionist Suspect Flees to Kenya, Is Deported Back to America to Face Justice
The arrogance of white people never ceases to amaze me. You’d think I’d be over it by now, after seeing people who are charged with violently attacking the U.S. government in the name of Trump and white supremacy get permission to vacation in Mexico and the privilege of being served organic food in jail on…
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Students and Staff Rally Behind Black Principal of Massachusetts Middle School After He Faces Racist Backlash for Condemning the Confederate Flag
White folks are so desperate to be oppressed that a simple plea to be considerate of the feelings of others is seen as a slight against their constitutional right to be an asshole. Staff and students at a Massachusetts middle school rallied behind their principal on Wednesday after he faced racist backlash for asking students…
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From Blackest Night to Brightest Day: How the Present Has Seen the Glorious Rise of the Black Superhero
Editor’s Note: The Rise of the Black Superhero is a three-part series breaking down the past, present and future of Black superheroes across comics, film, and tv. This is part 2. Read part 1. Welcome back, true believers! In our last thrilling adventure, the Black superhero was in dire straits. Heroes such as Black Panther…
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That Warm Dr. Hibbert Chuckle We All Know From The Simpsons Will Finally Be a Black Man's Voice
If you’re a fan of The Simpsons, you know the laugh. It’s the laugh of Springfield’s local medical professional, Dr. Hibbert, who always has the propensity to make a warm-hearted pun in the midst of chaos. For over 30 years, that chuckle has come from the voice of actor Harry Shearer. Just in case you…
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Phoenix Cops Caught on Body-Cam Allegedly Upset They Forgot to 'Stomp' and 'Gas' BLM Protesters Who Were 'Leaving'
When it comes to Black Lives Matter protests, a common misconception (among white people) is that the violence that occurs sometimes is always against police officers and it’s never the cops who are willing participants if not the ones who started the violence in the first place. People who believe such “back the blue” nonsense likely…
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2021 SXSW Online Taps Stacey Abrams As Keynote Speaker, Announces Full Speaker Sessions and Film Festival Slate
The annual SXSW festival and conference series has announced the full keynote and featured speaker lineup and film festival slate for 2021. According to SXSW, this year, political icon and best-selling author Stacey Abrams will be joining award-winning writer N.K. Jemisin, author of the New York Times bestselling book The City We Became, for a…
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Students Protest Firing of Arkansas Teacher Who Called Lawmakers Out for Being Fragile AF Over 1619 Project Curriculum
A Rogers, Arkansas, educator has been fired for committing the egregious offense of…calling out Republicans from his state for being the fragile white nationalists that they absolutely are. Specifically, the now-former teacher from the Arkansas Arts Academy was terminated for sending a justifiably angry email to state lawmakers who have proposed a bill barring funding…