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Oh, the Irony! Apple Replaces Black Diversity VP With a White Woman
I am not saying that God, the universe, Rihannayoncé or whoever you worship as a higher power is petty, but in one of the most hilarious twists of fate ever, Apple’s vice president of inclusion and diversity, Denise Young Smith, who once whitesplained how hiring 12 white, blond, blue-eyed men could actually be seen as…
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Former Oklahoma State Senator to Plead Guilty to Child Sex Trafficking Charge: Report
A former Oklahoma state senator is expected to plead guilty to a child sex trafficking charge later this month for offering to pay a 17-year-old boy for sexual “stuff” earlier this year, authorities said. According to The Oklahoman, Ralph Shortey, a Republican, will plead guilty, and in exchange, prosecutors have agreed to drop three child-pornography…
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This Can’t Be Good: Genealogy Companies Say They’re Willing to Give Law Enforcement Your DNA
We all have those people in our family or close circle who are just like Martin Lawrence’s character in Boomerang: They “here” on all the conspiracies—from being certain that microwaves cause sterility in black men (or is it White Owls?) to obsessively covering up the cameras on their laptops. These are the folks who would…
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Zimbabwe’s Ruling Party Gives Robert Mugabe the Boot, but the 93-Year-Old Is ‘Holding On’ Like Jeffrey Osborne
Robert Mugabe appears to be doing like that Jeffrey Osborne song once again made famous by the New Edition biopic on BET—that is, “holding on”—despite the fact that members of his own party gave the 93-year-old president of Zimbabwe about a day to resign or be forced out. Members of Mugabe’s ZANU-PF party, a party…
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Russell Simmons Accused of Sexually Assaulting 17-Year-Old Model, While Brett Ratner ‘Just Sat There and Watched’
Updated Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017, 11:40 a.m. EST: Turns out that Russell Simmons may not be as much of a #MeToo supporter and activist as he may have claimed. Actor Terry Crews is once again adding his voice to those of the unheard, saying that Simmons sent him an email in November regarding his sexual…
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LaToya Cantrell Becomes 1st Woman Elected Mayor of New Orleans
The rich, iconic city of New Orleans has its first female mayor in its 300-year history: LaToya Cantrell was officially elected to the position Saturday night. Cantrell defeated Desiree Charbonnet with 60 percent of the vote after a monthlong runoff, WWL-TV reports. “Almost 300 years, my friends. And New Orleans, we’re still making history,” Cantrell…
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Thousands of Zimbabweans Take to the Streets, Telling Robert Mugabe and ‘Gucci Grace’ to Kick Rocks
When Bob Marley sang “I’n’I a-liberate Zimbabwe” in 1979, he was praising the efforts of freedom fighters like Robert Mugabe, a Zimbabwean revolutionary who was once jailed for fighting against colonial British rule. Some 30-plus years later, however, Mugabe, for all intents and purposes, has been ousted by his military—and the people—who took to the…
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‘We’re Not a Racist Department’: North Carolina Firefighters Complain After County Cuts Funding Over Confederate Flag
If you’re gonna talk the talk, you’re gonna have to walk the walk. At least that’s what the Montgomery County, N.C., decided after a group of local firefighters refused to remove a Confederate flag from fire station property. According to 11 Alive, the Uwharrie Volunteer Fire Department has been proudly flying the flag of losers…
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Navy Launches Investigation Over Dick Pic in the Sky
Despite the fact that we already have the Washington Monument, it’s clear that some men love to throw their dicks up in the air. The U.S. Navy—not always known as a hotbed of gender equality—was forced to acknowledge the actions of its members who were involved in drawing male genitalia via a jet over a…