culture
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Donald Sterling Reportedly ‘Jealous’ of ‘Black Guys’
Beleaguered Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling’s racist tirade was spurred by jealousy of black men whom he viewed as competition for the affection of V. Stiviano, the New York Post reports, citing a new recording obtained by Radar Online. Explaining the rant that got him banned for life from the NBA, a man who…
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The Daily Show’s Larry Wilmore to Replace Stephen Colbert
Larry Wilmore, known for his role as the “Senior Black Correspondent” on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, is scheduled to replace Stephen Colbert on Comedy Central’s hit show, The Colbert Report, according to the Los Angeles Times. Wilmore will become Comedy Central’s first African-American late night host in January as host of The Minority Report…
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Dr. Dre Poised to Become Hip-Hop’s 1st Billionaire With $3,200,000,000 Apple Deal
Dr. Dre is poised to become hip-hop’s first billionaire after striking a $3.2 billion deal with Apple to sell Beats Electronics, an audio equipment and music-streaming service that he co-created, according to the Washington Post. The deal, on which Apple and Beats declined to comment, is reportedly the largest acquisition for the consumer electronics company,…
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Short Films Soar at the African Film Festival
The African Film Festival is under way in New York, and two of its short films explore timely topics in unusual ways. Soko Sonko Mother’s Day is this Sunday in the United States, and in just 22 minutes, the comedic film Soko Sonko (The Market King, in English) shows the mayhem that can ensue when…
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Chris Brown Sentenced to 131 Days in Jail
Los Angeles Superior Judge James R. Brandlin on Friday sentenced Chris Brown to serve 365 days in jail after the beleaguered R&B singer admitted that he violated probation last year, the Daily News reports. He was given credit for 234 days that he already served in jail and rehab, leaving him with 131 days to…
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Mother’s Day: The Resilience of Black Breast-Feeding
It was out of love, compassion and the promise of better opportunities that my mother fed me baby formula. Being new to America and struggling to breast-feed so soon after her cesarean section, my mother made desperate phone calls to my grandmother back home in Jamaica for support. The international calling cards (remember, this was…
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Meet the 19-Year-Old Whose Racism Prank Fooled the Net
When the video broke it shook the Internet. It was an unbelievably horrifying depiction of overt racism with a white man insisting that a black woman move to the back of the bus where she belonged, much to the horror of everyone else on the Brooklyn, N.Y., bus. In cellphone footage posted online, the white…
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Dick Parsons Appointed Interim CEO of Los Angeles Clippers
The new interim CEO of the Los Angeles Clippers is Dick Parsons. The appointment of the former chair of Citigroup and Time Warner was announced by commissioner Adam Silver on Friday, USA Today reports. Parsons, who is black, was chosen to help with the Clippers after its current owner, Donald Sterling, was stripped of his…
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Okla. Death Row Inmate Gets 6-Month Stay After Botched Execution
An Oklahoma death row inmate has been given a six-month stay of execution while officials investigate how the lethal injection of a different inmate, Clayton Lockett, went horribly wrong, the New York Daily News reports. Charles Warner was to have been executed the same day as Lockett in what would have been Oklahoma’s first double…
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Arrest of 9-Year-Old Girl Sparks Push For Policy Change
It’s been over a year, but the outrage is still there. Last May, Latoya Harris’ 9-year old daughter was arrested after a fight with another 9-year girl at a local Boys and Girls Club. According to The Oregonian, the incident occurred on April 26th, 2013. Harris’ daughter entered an argument between two other girls, who…