culture
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Professor: Ray J Might Be Messy, But Here’s Why You Can’t Blame His Mother
After Ray J was arrested on Thanksgiving, folks trolled his mother, Sonja Norwood, online. But this professor shares why she isn’t to blame.
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13 Strategic, Powerful Moves Black Folks Are Making Amid Dark Times
Black folks aren’t just surviving, we’re strengthening, and defying marginalization at every turn. Here are 13 powerful examples of our extraordinary growth and rising intelligence, even as we stare adversity square in the face.
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The Tea Behind Tamar and Toni Braxton’s Explosive Clash
What was supposed to be a peaceful family dinner quickly turned into a showdown between Toni and Tamar. We got the tea.
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Jailhouse Call Reveals Charlotte Man’s Strange Motive for Stabbing Ukrainian Woman to Death—It’s Not What You’d Expect
In a jailhouse call shared by his sister, 35-year-old Decarlos Brown Jr. reportedly claimed the government implanted “materials” in his brain before fatally stabbing 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee, Iryna Zarutska, on a Charlotte light rail.
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Why Black Folks Treat Troubling ‘Dr. Umar’ Better Than Talented Amanda Seales
Dr. Umar and Amanda Seales can both be frustrating, but Why Is Black America Harder on Seales?
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You Won’t Believe What Joy Reid Says She Got Paid in Comparison to Her MSNBC Colleagues
“They work less hours and make more than us, get bigger raises, more opportunities and more grace. This is the world we live in,” Joy Red said.
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Why Beyoncé Is Absolutely Not The New Michael Jackson…So Stop!
Mrs. Knowles-Carter can never reach the heights of Mr. Jackson for one simple reason…
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Professor: Why Have Black Women Stayed Silent About Diddy, Other Men For So Long?
The Diddy docuseries does more than expose Sean Combs’s misdeeds. It shows how Black women sometimes hurt themselves in their attempt to protect Black men.
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Playlist: If New York City Had a Soundtrack, It’d Be These Iconic Anthems!
If New York City had a soundtrack, it would include these classic hip-hop and big band anthems that made us fall in love with the Concrete Jungle.
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Professor: Michael Jackson Was Great… But Y’all Know Prince Was Better
People need to stop acting like MJ was something he was not. He was the King of Pop. But Prince blows him out the water artistically.