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Wisconsin: Worst State in Nation for Black Children
If you are raising a black child, think twice before moving to Wisconsin. A recent study has found that no state is worse for black children than the Badger State. According to the study “Race for Results: Building a Path to Opportunity for All Children,” from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, Wisconsin has the country’s worst…
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Think of Beyoncé as a Contemporary Mami Wata
Left of Black host Mark Anthony Neal sits down to talk with Ali Colleen Neff about her work with Senegalese praise poets, Mami Wata and sea punk. Neff is a visiting assistant professor at the College of William & Mary in the departments of anthropology and African-American studies. Watch:
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B. Scott Loses Discrimination Lawsuit Against BET
Everyone who knows about B. Scott knows that he has a flair for dressing in glamorous, usually more-feminine, attire. But a California judge ruled Thursday that BET was entitled to make Scott change from his usual garb to something more “masculine” for last year’s BET Awards, TMZ reports. The network ended up pulling the personality…
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Long Island High School Students Indefinitely Suspended for Wearing Confederate Flag
Two seniors at a private Catholic high school in South Huntington, N.Y., were indefinitely suspended for wearing a Confederate flag draped around their shoulders, CBS New York reports. The students, who brought the flag to an after-hours sports event at the Long Island school, have prompted outrage, according to the report. “The African-American students who…
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Study Shows Startling Race Gap in Exposure to Air Pollution
A new study by researchers at the University of Minnesota have uncovered a disquieting racial gap when it comes to exposure to air pollution, the MinnPost reports. Examining air-pollution exposure across racial, economic, educational and other relevant categories, researchers realized that race and income had the greatest impact on exposure, with people of color being…
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Rapper Andre Johnson Severs Penis, Jumps From Building
Rapper Andre Johnson cut off his penis and jumped from a North Hollywood apartment building early Wednesday morning, police told CNN. According to the report, Johnson, who goes by the name “Christ Bearer” as a member of the Wu-Tang Clan-affiliated group Northstar, survived the fall with serious injuries. Johnson was being treated at Cedars-Sinai Medical…
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Report Finds a Resurgence of Segregation 60 Years After Brown v. Board of Education
In many parts of the South, you would never know that the landmark Supreme Court ruling Brown v. Board of Education declared separate schools for blacks and whites unconstitutional and inherently unequal. The resegregation of public schools is widespread and growing. The investigative news website ProPublica, in partnership with The Atlantic, presents a stunning and comprehensive…
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Scandal’s Columbus Short Allegedly Threatened Wife With Murder-Suicide
Actor Columbus Short has been served divorce papers after allegedly threatening to kill his wife, Tuere Short, and then himself, TMZ reports. According to a restraining order that the entertainment news site got ahold of, on April 7 the actor went into Tuere’s room intoxicated, with a wine bottle in hand, acting as if he…
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Biden Celebrates Joining Instagram With a Selfie With Obama
It seems that Vice President Joe Biden has retained selfie privileges with the president. The personable right-hand man celebrated joining the popular photo-sharing site Instagram by sharing, among his photos, a selfie with President Barack Obama. The two men are shown grinning in the back of what seems to be the presidential limo, presumably in…