culture
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Mannequin Wearing Obama Mask Hung From Overpass Near Kansas City, Mo.
Police were called in on Monday to investigate a fully clothed mannequin hanging from a highway overpass a few miles outside of Kansas City, Mo., that was wearing a Barack Obama mask, Reuters reports. Interstate 70 was closed down for a short time as a bomb squad investigated the mannequin, which hung from a bridge…
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Cotton Gin Boss Threatens to ‘Hang’ Black Workers Who Drink From ‘White’ Water Fountain
African-American workers at a cotton gin in Memphis, Tenn., have filed a federal discrimination complaint claiming that they were subjected to racism and Jim Crow conditions that included a supervisor longing for the old days when they could “hang” black men who drank out of the wrong water fountain, Raw Story reports. According to…
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Man Accused of Attacking V. Stiviano Arrested, Charged With Hate Crime
Police arrested a Long Island, N.Y., man on Tuesday for allegedly assaulting V. Stiviano, who became the center of media attention following her recordings of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling allegedly making racist comments about black people, which ultimately led to his lifelong ban from the NBA, Reuters reports. Dominick Dorio, a resident of…
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New Video Shows Justin Bieber Singing About Killing a ‘N–ger’ and Joining the KKK
Justin Bieber’s publicist has to be working overtime considering that the pop singer just apologized Sunday for a 2009 video that surfaced showing him telling a racist joke that included repeated use of the n-word in its punch line. Now a new video has surfaced allegedly showing the Biebs singing about killing a “n—ger” and…
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LeVar Burton Plans to Take Reading Rainbow Even Further
Overjoyed, ecstatic. These words could be used to describe LeVar Burton’s current emotions, inefficient and near nondescriptive as they may be in comparison to the star’s real feelings in light of the success of his Kickstarter campaign to bring back the popular reading show Reading Rainbow as a digital app. “It’s still a bit overwhelming…
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Art Mixed With the KKK Leaves a Bad Aftertaste
I’d gone to Montreal for a conference and, because I fell in love with the city, decided to stay a few more days to explore it. I was with my travel companion, a woman who’s working on a start-up site about art, and she asked me to tag along with her to check out Montreal’s…
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Think You Know the Dropout Rates for Black Males? You’re Probably Wrong
On Bladensburg Road along the border of Prince George’s County, Md., and Washington, D.C., a billboard reads, “57% of District of Columbia students drop out.” The billboard is large and imposing, with an orange backdrop and bold diagonal dashes on each side to mimic a road-hazard sign. Many would find the content of the sign to…
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Canadian Couple Finds Lost $50M Lotto Ticket 3 Months Later
A Canadian couple won a $50 million lottery jackpot, and all they needed to do was cash the ticket. Hakeem Nosiru signed the back of the Jan. 17 winning Lotto Max lottery ticket and taped it to the inside of his wife’s purse before they went off to church. After returning home, they realized that…
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Tenn. Bride Defends Dragging 1-Month-Old Down Aisle on Wedding Dress
Tennessee bride Shona Carter-Brooks put the finishing touches on her wedding dress by altering the train—to fit her infant daughter. According to Jezebel, Carter-Brooks had the dress altered so she could attach her 1-month-old daughter, Aubrey, to the train as she walked down the aisle last month. According to Buzzfeed, Carter-Brooks says she wore a…
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Nigerian Officials Ban ‘Bring Back Our Girls’ Protests
When more than 200 girls were kidnapped from a village in Nigeria in April, a social media campaign went viral. The #BringBackOurGirls became a movement that included first lady Michelle Obama posing for the campaign. That campaign grew internationally and has become a rallying cry for protesters outside Nigeria’s capital. Now, police in Nigeria say…