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Singer Apologizes After Saying ‘Reggaeton Music Comes From Apes’
With hits like “Despacito” and “Mi Gente,” reggaeton has finally gone mainstream (translation: White people have discovered it). Although people around the world are falling in love with the music that blends Caribbean music, Latin tunes and hip-hop, there is at least one musician who is not a fan. According to Remezcla, Mexican superstar Aleks…
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If Trump Ends DACA, Obama Is Ready to Show Out
Former President, and my president for life, Barack Obama promised that he wouldn’t armchair-quarterback current President Donald von DoucheFace’s presidency. Mostly because he knew that Trump was a disaster waiting to happen and he didn’t want to have to continually answer to von DoucheFace’s slipups. But when it comes to the Deferred Action for Childhood…
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Richard Spencer’s Band of Hate-Mongers Sues Mich. State for Refusing to Allow Spencer to Speak on Campus
The organizer of white supremacist Richard Spencer’s speaking tour has decided to file a lawsuit against Michigan State University, claiming that the university violated Spencer’s First Amendment rights by refusing to give him a space to spread his hateful garbage speak on campus. According to the Detroit Free Press, the suit was filed late Sunday…
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Simeon Wright, Cousin Who Witnessed Emmett Till’s Kidnapping the Night of Emmett’s Brutal Murder, Dies at 74
Simeon Wright, the cousin of Emmett Till who witnessed Emmett’s kidnapping and was the last to see Emmett alive, died Monday morning in his home in Countryside, Ill., at the age of 74. Wright’s wife, Annie, confirmed that her husband had died after suffering from complications from a form of bone cancer, the Chicago Tribune…
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Petition Launched to Replace Christopher Columbus Statue With Prince Monument
In 1492, Christopher Columbus landed his three drop-top, fully loaded ships (the Niña, the Pinta and the Santa Maria) on the coast of America, proving that the Earth was round. The Indians came out and threw a party for him and said, “You’re kinda cool, bruh,” and everyone lived happily ever after. Except none of…
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Black Excellence: 13-Year-Old Kimora Hudson Begins Classes at University of West Ga.
Skipping a grade or even two is one thing, but zooming over lots of them is a whole ’nother level. Which is exactly where Kimora Hudson is at in life—at 13 years old, she’s the youngest student enrolled at the University of West Georgia this fall. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Kimora will be at…
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The Small Man in the White House Moves to End DACA
Several news reports indicate that Donald Trump and his senior advisers met Sunday afternoon to discuss dismantling a federal program that allows undocumented immigrants who arrived in the country as children to legally work, destroying yet another one of former President Barack Obama’s signature actions, and dabbing to Trump’s racist base. Ending the Deferred Action…
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Cleveland Police Union Refuses to Hold Flag During Browns Opening Game, Calls Players’ Protest ‘Ignorant’
More police-union fuckery. Cleveland’s police union says it will not hold the American flag during a ceremony before the Cleveland Browns’ first game because some players knelt during the national anthem during the preseason. Cleveland.com reports that Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Association President Steve Loomis made the announcement regarding the game, which is set for Sept.…
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Led by Cam Newton’s Little Brother, Howard U Pulls Off Largest Point Spread Upset in College Football History
If you were a betting person and put down $100 on the Howard University-vs.-UNLV football game Saturday, you would have walked away with $55,000. That’s because the Bison pulled off the largest point spread upset in college history—45 of them—led by Caylin Newton, the younger brother of famed quarterback Cam Newton. The Bison beat the…