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Netflix Sets Premiere Date for Dear White People
Dear White People is finally getting its time to shine as a series on Netflix. On Tuesday the streaming service announced that the 10-episode series will premiere April 28. Tessa Thompson will not be returning as Samantha White, but Logan Browning will take over the role. Justin Simien, the writer and director of the 2014…
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Here’s a New Photo of Harriet Tubman
On the heels of federal park officials formally establishing the Harriet Tubman National Historical Park in upstate New York, a new photo of Tubman has surfaced. According to historians, Tubman was between the ages of 43 and 46 when the photo was taken. “There’s no doubt in my mind about the provenance of the photo…
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White La. Judge Banned From Local Restaurant After Reportedly Calling Black Patron ‘Fat N–ger’
Updated Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, 7:30 p.m. EST: Judge Mike Erwin of Louisiana’s 19th Judicial District Court has released a statement denying that he called a black patron at Sammy’s Grill in Baton Rouge, La., a “nigger.” Earlier: When Louisiana Judge Mike Erwin noticed a man share his seat with a black woman inside crowded…
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That Time Kellyanne Conway Was Dressed Like Paddington Bear
I just can’t get the image out of my head, and since I can’t, you shouldn’t be able to, either. The above photo is of Kellyanne Conway at President Asshat’s inauguration. The picture below is of the fashion-forward Paddington Bear. #NeverForget Also, who wore it better?
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President Twitter Fingers Is Mad at Nordstrom for Dropping Ivanka’s Lame Clothes
We all knew this was coming. President Twitter Fingers is doing what he does best: trolling on Twitter. On Wednesday, Donald Trump called out Nordstrom for dropping his daughter’s hideous line of basics and cruise-director casual clothing. Last week the #GrabYourWallet social media movement—in which people vowed not to shop at Nordstrom as long as…
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Wait, Trump Just Gave Omarosa a Position Doing What?
Hold up, hold up, hold up. It seems that the White House has slipped a little news past us while we’ve all been focused on IHOP’s offer of “All You Can Eat” pancakes, which has been extended until Feb. 12. Omarosa Manigault—yes, she of reality-star fame—will serve as part of the presidential delegation to the…
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Teens Who Vandalized Historic Va. African-American Schoolhouse Sentenced to Read Books
One Virginia judge is hoping that a group of teen vandals will be able to read themselves into some common sense after they were found guilty of vandalizing a historic African-American schoolhouse with racist, anti-Semitic and obscene graffiti, The Guardian reports. According to the report, the judge sentenced the teens to read some 35 books,…
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Another Black New England Patriots Player Won’t Be Going to the White House
It’s starting to be a trend. On Sunday, New England Patriots tight end Martellus Bennett announced that he would not be attending the Super Bowl team’s celebratory White House visit because of President Asshat. On Tuesday, Patriots cornerback Devin McCourty told Time magazine in a text message that he, too, wouldn’t be attending any White House…
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The Jake Tapper Interview That Crushed Kellyanne Conway’s Soul
Either top White House adviser Kellyanne Conway is becoming a kinder and gentler version of herself or CNN’s Jake Tapper just handed Conway her hat. Appearing on the news channel that President Donald Trump officially considers “fake news,” Conway apologized and expressed remorse for citing a phony massacre and acknowledged that not all mainstream media…