culture
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Help! My White Husband Came With a Racist Teenage Stepdaughter
I married a wonderful man two years ago. We each have three children from prior marriages. I am a black woman and he is white. My 17-year-old stepdaughter recently thought it would be amusing to post racial slurs (the n-word) on social media. She refused to take responsibility for this, saying that she shouldn’t have…
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Hobby Lobby Ruling Denies Black Women Reproductive Justice
Throughout our history, black women across the country have felt the enduring sting of men controlling their reproductive freedom, infringing on their right to have or not have a child and access to birth control, and using religion as a basis for that control. A long history of denial of the right of black women…
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Michelle Howard Becomes 1st Female 4-Star Officer in the Navy
Adm. Michelle Janine Howard became the first female four-star officer in the history of the U.S. Navy, according to a press release. Howard, who was promoted at the Women in Military Service for America Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, is expected to relieve Adm. Mark Ferguson II as the 38th vice chief of naval…
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Watch: SC Trooper Threatens to Use Taser on Bengals’ Lineman
The South Carolina state trooper who reportedly threatened to use a Taser on Cincinnati Bengals defensive end Sam Montgomery during a traffic stop on June 25, despite his efforts to cooperate, was suspended by the South Carolina Department of Public Safety on Thursday, the Associated Press reports. The conduct by the trooper, whom AP identifies…
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Black Former Employee Sues Benjamin Moore Over Paint Names
A New Jersey resident who is suing Benjamin Moore says that the company discriminated against him when it named two of its colors clinton brown and tucker chocolate, NJ.com reports. Clinton Tucker, a former employee of the paint company who identifies himself as African American, according to the website, claims that after he was hired in…
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FBI to Question Detroit Boy Found in Basement
The FBI has “scheduled a forensic interview” on Tuesday with the 12-year-old Detroit boy who was found in his own basement after going missing for more than a week, Fox News reports. “Based on the outcome of this interview, the Detroit Police Department may be submitting a package to the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office as…
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Black NJ Prep School Student President Stripped of Office for Mocking White Male Peers
The photo was meant as a joke—and a little dig at the white male “Lawrenceville boi.” However, Lawrenceville School Student Body President Maya Peterson’s Instagram post of her dressed in L.L. Bean boots and a Yale University sweatshirt, casually holding a hockey stick, did not go over so well, BuzzFeed reports. “You’re the student body…
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Woman Surrenders in Brutal Beating of Mother in Front of 2-Year-Old
The two women worked at a New Jersey McDonald’s. They didn’t get along. Their beef allegedly turned violent after Latia Harris, 25, heard rumors that Catherine Ferreira had made jokes about her being romantically involved with another co-worker. Harris is charged with confronting Ferreira on June 24 while still dressed in her work uniform and…
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Texas Tech Cuts Football Player After He Reportedly Punches Woman in Face
Texas Tech has cut ties with football freshman defensive back Nigel Bethel II after ” … he allegedly punched a female athlete in the face so hard that she will need surgery,” Raw Story reports. Bethel II reportedly punched Texas Tech basketball star Amber Battle over the weekend during a pickup game at a campus…
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Florida Church Dedicates Service to Keeping LeBron James in Miami
Bands may or may not persuade LeBron James to stay in Miami, and we’re not talking about Juicy J’s bands. A group of fans desperate for James to continue his career with the Miami Heat has created a Twitter account (@BandForBron) to get the four-time NBA Most Valuable Player to keep his talents in South Beach,…