Hereâs what you call a game-changer: For the first time in its 66-year history, Miss Universe Great Britainâthe qualifying pageant for the Miss Universe competitionâgave the crown to a black woman.
If you think the n-word is an American tradition/phenomenon/slur, think again. A British lawmaker has been suspended after a recording surfaced of her using the racial slur to describe the United Kingdomâs withdrawal from the European Union without a deal.
While Americans were riveted by the James Comey Senate hearings Thursday, another event, almost as important to our democracy, was happening across the pond. The British had a general election that pretty much upended the political order of the United Kingdom, the United States and Europe for the next several years.
There are many subtle, and not so subtle, ways to let somebody know, âYou can stay here, but I donât really want you here.â Like, letting someone stay at your house, but making them leave when you go to work because you âdonât have another key.â Or constantly asking someone sleeping on your pullout couch, âWhen doesâŚ
âSup with ya manâs?â
Today is the election, and like millions of other African Americans, Iâm headed to the polls to cast my vote. I canât really say who Iâm voting for, but letâs just say that Iâm voting for a woman, and her party symbol is a jackass donkey.
Marc Lamont HillâMorehouse College Distinguished Professor of African-American Studies, New York Times best-selling author of Nobody, VH1 talk show host and a much-sought-after political and cultural commentatorâswung by 105.1's The Breakfast Club to chop it up with D.J. Envy, Charlamagne tha God and Angela Yee.
#Blaxit was last weekâs Twitter reality check as folks explained the realities of what American culture would lose if African Americans, indeed, returned to âAfrica.â (In quotes because most of us wouldnât really know to which part of Africa to go.) But, beyond that, the conversation about moving out of the U.S. hasâŚ
What is Brexit?
The last 72 hours have been a whirlwind of news in the United StatesâSupreme Court rulings, the Freddie Gray case and the Democratsâ House of Representatives sit-in for starters. Across the pond, however, there was a vote that not only is horribly instructive for what could happen in America this fall but, worse,âŚ
The United Kingdom will no longer remain in the European Union, voting 51.9 percent to 48.1 percent in favor of the "Brexit" referendum.
