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10 Reasons Why Mr. Church Is the Most Magical Negro Who Ever Magically Negro’d
In 2016, there was a whole lot of hubbub when the trailer for the Eddie Murphy-helmed movie Mr. Church hit the streets. It’s a movie based on a story by Susan McMartin and the time she spent with her own real-life Mr. Church. It looked like a film where Eddie was playing a pantheon-level Magical…
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Cops Get Away With Everything
Speaking of cops who escalate things for no reason, remember the story of the off-duty Los Angeles police officer living in Anaheim, Calif., who pulled out his gun and fired it during a scuffle with a 13-year-old boy last year? In case you don’t remember, Officer Kevin Ferguson was upset that some teens in his…
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What Does It Mean to Have a ‘Gentrified’ Martin Luther King Jr. When Some Blacks Are the Gentrifiers?
My first real experience with the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. happened in 1980, just 12 years after his tragic assassination in Memphis, Tenn. I was a 14-year-old freshman at Loyola High School, a prestigious Jesuit all-boys school in Los Angeles built on the philosophy that rigorous academic training would produce the next generation…
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#JailBedDrop: Los Angeles’ Fight Against a Multibillion-Dollar Jail
This Christmas Eve, JusticeLA is “dropping” beds outside shopping centers across Los Angeles County—from Inglewood to Calabasas—to encourage a public conversation about the fight for abolition. We are demanding an end to mass incarceration in the U.S. and our county’s investment in policing and jails. JusticeLA was formed on Sept. 26, 2017; we are a…
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Tyrese Says Anxiety Caused Him to Check Into Hospital After Day in Court
On Thursday, singer Tyrese (full name Tyrese Gibson) appeared in a Los Angeles courtroom on allegations of child abuse brought against him by his ex-wife, Norma Gibson. And shortly after his court appearance, the singer checked himself into a hospital. Tyrese complained of chest pains and was treated for dehydration, according to TMZ, which caught…
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Spelman College: ‘We’ll Ever Faithful Be’
At the age of 3, I’m not sure if I knew about college or Georgia, but I knew that my dad had returned from his business trip “down South” with a new shirt for me with S-P-E-L-M-A-N on the front, and I definitely knew how to throw my hands up to the Los Angeles sun…
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City of Los Angeles Looks to Fully Decriminalize Street Vending as a Means of Protecting Undocumented Immigrants From Immigration Agents
Walk outside a Hollywood, Calif., nightclub on any given night of the week and you are bound to come across a street vendor selling delicious-smelling hot dogs and sausages smothered in peppers and onions. The familiar tinkling of a bell attached to the end of a cart as it makes its way down your street…
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White Woman Who Assaulted Black Man for Kneeling During Anthem Used N-Word, Attends California Baptist University: Report
The white woman who tossed a beverage on a black man for kneeling during the national anthem is a student at a Baptist university (as is her friend who filmed the encounter), and she has publicly used the n-word multiple times on social media, according to multiple reports. Last week, Savannah Sugg tweeted this video…
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Tyrese Being Investigated by Los Angeles Child Protective Services: Report
Tyrese Gibson, R&B crooner and actor best known for the Fast and the Furious film series, has an open case with the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services after his ex-wife claims that he abused their 10-year-old daughter, spanking her so hard she could not sit. TMZ reports that Tyrese’s ex-wife, Norma…
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Southwest Airline Passenger Forcibly Removed From Flight After Stating Dog Allergies
A Baltimore woman was forcibly removed from her Southwest flight headed from Baltimore to Los Angeles after she stated that she had a dog allergy. The incident unfolded Tuesday night after Anila Daulatzai, a professor at the Maryland Institute College of Art, alerted the crew that she had severe allergies to dogs, and asked that…