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The White House Wants ESPN’s Jemele Hill Fired for Stating Facts
Because 53 percent of white women decided to turn their collective backs on America, Donald Trump is in office, and since then, I haven’t been able to figure out which side is up anymore. On Monday, ESPN’s Jemele Hill dropped some jewels on Twitter in which she called the president of the United States a…
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Black Public Figures Are Being Silenced for Calling Out White Supremacy
Blackness is a box. Its sides are close enough that if you spread your arms out far enough, you can touch them with both hands. While its ceiling may be tall, if you fly high enough or long enough, you will eventually crash into it. It is an inescapable boundary that every black person in…
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ESPN Takes Asian Announcer off UVA Game Because His Name Is Robert Lee
Oh, I see what you did there. Because Robert Lee, an Asian announcer for ESPN, happens to share the same name as the Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, ESPN thought it was a good move to take him off a University of Virginia home-opener football game because, well, awkward. CNN reports that Lee—the announcer, not…
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ESPN Televises Slave Auction for NFL Players and Wait, Are We Sure the Confederates Actually Lost?
After watching a clip of an ESPN fantasy football bit where a group of white men “buy” black players from an (also white) auctioneer, I couldn’t help but ask: If this was the idea that received the go-ahead to produce, what the fuck else was on that producers’ meeting whiteboard? A tongue-in-cheek skit where Odell…
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Wait, NBC Sports Announcer Mike Tirico Isn’t Black?
Wait … hol’ up. Normally when we wade into these blackness waters, it’s because some fair-skinned pop star is refusing to accept that the back of her hair—you know, the area above the neck; the area that old folks call the “kitchen”; the area that used to make my sisters cry when my mom really…
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Seattle Seahawk Michael Bennett Escalates Feud With Stephen A. Smith
Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett took to Twitter on Friday to respond to criticism from the polysyllabic, empty bag of humid wind known to sports fans around the world as Stephen A. Smith. Michael Bennett, the outspoken Pro Bowl football player, recently gave an interview with John Clayton and Gee Scott on their 710…
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Ugly Second-Guessing After ESPN Layoffs
Reporters Pink-Slipped While Pundits Remain Providence Journal Newsroom Fades to White Trump’s Win Another Reason for Racial Diversity K.C. Star Backs Idea of White Privilege Conference White House Press Sees Attacks Only as Distraction FCC Chair Revives Battle Over Net Neutrality The Hurdles in Trying to Diversify Coverage Union Willing to Represent Ebony Freelancers Fox…
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Massive Layoffs at ESPN; 100 on-Air Employees to Get Axe
ESPN has announced that it is expecting to cut more than 100 on-air employees. It had been widely reported that cuts were looming for the sports giant. Initial news reports had speculated that only some 40-50 folks would be searching for new jobs, but the actual news is much more grim. All of the 100…
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7 Black Fox Employees to Join Bias Suit, Alleging ‘Arm Wrestling for Whites’ Amusement’
Ebony Said to Owe Writers Thousands French Rivals Hold Opposing Views on Colonialism National Enquirer Readers Say He’s a ‘Winning Prez’ Good Way to Reach Trump: Go on Cable News ESPN to Cut More Than 40 ‘Talent,’ Sources Say 5 Documentaries Planned for L.A. Riot Anniversary DNA Test Results Surprise Student, Columnist Reporter Covering Boko…
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Lessons From the Fall of Bill O’Reilly
Woman Called ‘Hot Chocolate’ Identifies Herself Cecilia Alvear, Former NAHJ President, Dies at 77 White Men ‘Overwhelming’ on Cable Morning Shows TV One Expanding ‘NewsOne Now’ to Two Hours FCC Vote Leads to More Media Consolidation NPR Reports Scant Progress on Diversity Figures 6 ‘Rhoden Fellows’ Named at the Undefeated Census Tests More Hispanic-Friendly Questions…