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Trump Reportedly Called Deaf Apprentice Star Marlee Matlin ‘Retarded’
A new day, and new claims of inappropriateness have been leveled against Donald Trump. According to a Daily Beast report, during the 2011 taping of NBC’s The Apprentice, Trump called Academy Award-winning actress Marlee Matlin “retarded.” Matlin would come in second place on the show and earn on-air compliments from Trump, but three people who…
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GOP Candidate's Black Outreach: Kool-Aid, Watermelon and KFC
As many of us politicos have come to know, the Grand Old Party is overflowing with stupid white men. In this campaign season, though, Donald J. Trump has been sucking up so much of the election coverage, the rest of those of that dumb-dumb-diddy demo have been overlooked. That’s why I am so grateful to…
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All Films Matter: The Birth of a Nation and the Vilification of Black Feminism
Before you read this, there are two things you should know: I paid to see The Birth of a Nation. I reviewed it. I liked it. I wish more people had seen it. I believe Nate Parker is a despicable human being. I don’t believe those two facts negate each other. Intelligent people understand that…
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What Conservatives Really Mean When They Talk About Rap
What you say about somebody else reveals you. What I think of you as being is dictated by my own necessities, my own psychology, my own fears and desires. I’m not describing you when I talk about you; I’m describing me. —James Baldwin Donald Trump supporters have continually found new, improbable ways to rationalize the…
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Beyhive Swarms Former Politician’s Facebook Page After She Compares Beyoncé’s Music to Donald Trump’s P–sy Comments
Editor’s note: This post contains a tweet that some may find offensive. A former New York politician is learning a hard lesson when it comes to talking sideways about Beyoncé. Betsy McCaughey, a former lieutenant governor of New York, appeared on CNN Monday evening and attempted to rationalize Donald Trump’s comments on a 2005 videotape…
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Afrika Bambaataa's Alleged Sexual Assault Victims Speak Out in Exposé
Earlier this year, Ronald Savage gave accounts of the sexual abuse he says he suffered at the hands of the “founder” of hip-hop, Afrika Bambaataa. Savage alleged that the abuse started when he was 15 years old and said that he didn’t go to the police because he felt embarrassed and ashamed. “It [f—ked] me…
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A Plan to Change the Negative Narrative About Black Boys and Men
On Feb. 26, 2012, a 17-year-old boy wearing a hoodie and carrying a bag of Skittles and some iced tea was profiled, targeted, stalked and killed for no other reason than “walking while black” in his own neighborhood. In the weeks and months following his death, the name “Trayvon Martin” would become synonymous with what…
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Ben Carson: Trump’s Lewd Tape a Progressive Conspiracy
Dr. Ben Carson, who with boxing promoter Don King and Theresa “Omarosa” Manigault is vying for the title of Donald J. Trump’s most conspicuous African American supporter, wrote Saturday that the release of lewd comments by Trump is part of a conspiracy by progressives. The surgeon and former GOP presidential primary contender said he believes…
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Video Shows Donald Trump Having Lewd Conversation About Women in 2005
A 2005 video obtained by the Washington Post shows Donald Trump having a sexist, lewd conversation about women on a hot mic while riding a bus to a soap opera appearance. In the video, Trump and Billy Bush, then of Access Hollywood, are riding a bus with the show’s logo on the side to the…