culture
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The Hypocrisy of Sorority Sisters Haters
On Tuesday, VH1 decided to bring an abrupt end to the first season of Sorority Sisters, the reality-TV show that has been surrounded by drama since before it even aired. While the show hasn’t been officially canceled, VH1 will air the remaining three episodes of the show back-to-back Friday night. Coincidentally, the move came on…
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Muslim Human Rights Attorney Thanks Don Lemon for His ‘Dumb-Ass Question’
CNN anchor Don Lemon has been widely criticized for asking Arsalan Iftikhar, a Muslim and a human rights attorney, whether or not Iftikhar supported the jihadist group ISIS—also known as the Islamic State—during a live interview on CNN earlier this month. On Monday Iftikhar joined the chorus of people ridiculing Lemon by writing an open letter in which he…
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Decomposed Body Found in Suitcase in Brooklyn Identified as Kansas Native Erica McDaniel
After almost two years, police have finally identified the skeletal remains of a woman that were found in a burned suitcase in an equally burned-out building in the New York City borough of Brooklyn in 2013, the New York Daily News reports. Erica McDaniel, 30, was identified through DNA testing, and her death was ultimately…
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Raven-Symoné Tanned Multiple Times a Week to Be Darker for That’s So Raven
The new documentary Light Girls has revealed another side to Hollywood—that not only darker-skinned women of color have suffered from discrimination when it comes to getting roles, the Huffington Post reports. In the film, light-skinned black women talk about the colorism they’ve seen, noting the advantages and disadvantages that they can face. “I see a lot of…
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It’s On, Floyd: Manny Pacquiao Agrees to Terms to Fight Mayweather
The mega-fight that the world has been waiting for inches closer to becoming a reality now that Manny “Pacquiao and his promoter Top Rank have agreed to terms for a May 2 bout” with Floyd Mayweather Jr., according to ESPN.com. The deal is still being hammered out, ESPN notes, and Mayweather has not yet agreed…
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Come on, Mike Huckabee. Hating on Beyoncé Is Like Hating on Baseball, Hot Dogs, Apple Pie and Chevrolet
It’s been less than a week since U.S. News & World Report first let us know that recently departed Fox News host and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee was singling out Beyoncé, of all people, for criticism as he explores an outsider-ish 2016 presidential run as the socially conservative alternative to the rest of the…
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Watch: Gay Dads Whose Family Photo Went Viral Star in New Commercial
Atlanta fathers Kaleb and Kordale Lewis didn’t expect to become famous a year ago when they posted a photo of them doing their daughters’ hair, but the photo went viral, and the couple and their three children are now starring in a Nikon commercial as part of the camera company’s I Am Generation Image campaign. “What…
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Fla. Teen to Be Honored for Helping to Save Arresting Officer’s Life
Five months ago Fort Lauderdale, Fla., police arrested Jamal Rutledge—a juvenile defendant—on probation-violation charges involving criminal mischief and burglary. Police took him back to the precinct, where Officer Franklin Foulks began processing Rutledge’s arrest. Foulks suddenly collapsed, but instead of bolting to freedom, Rutledge came to the officer’s aid. Now Rutledge and three officers will…
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Man Breaks 3-Year-Old’s Leg for Eating Last Slice of Cheesecake
A Memphis, Tenn., mother and her boyfriend are both in jail after the boyfriend reportedly beat her 3-year-old son so badly that he broke his thighbone, dislocated a vertebra and bruised his lung, Eyewitness 3 News reports. According to the news station, Anthony Gulledge, 30, arrived home Saturday to find that the little boy had…
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Actress Karen Pittman’s Broadway Play Is a Little Dangerous
Karen Pittman is an actress whose star is on the rise. She is currently burning up the Broadway stage in Ayad Akhtar’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play Disgraced. The play examines the precariousness of power, identity, prestige and race relations in contemporary New York City. The brave narrative tackles subjects like Islamophobia, cultural appropriation, and interracial personal…