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Woman Calls Police After Having Wig Snatched
A Georgia woman was furious after another woman not only insulted her $85 wig but also snatched it off her head and set it ablaze. Angie Marie Smith, 54, of Macon, Ga., called the Bibb County Sheriff’s Department after, she says, Brittany L. Huff told her her wig was ugly and then took it upon…
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Watch: Montana Border Patrol Agent Admits to Detaining 2 US Citizens at Gas Station Because They Were Speaking Spanish
Donald Trump’s America continues to be grimy as usual, especially to those perceived to be immigrants, and this time, a Montana border agent has acknowledged on camera that he only stopped and questioned two women at a local gas station because he overheard them speaking Spanish to each other. Seriously. The Washington Post reports that…
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BlacKkKlansMan Wins Top Prize at Cannes, Spike Lee’s 1st-Ever Nod From the French Film Fest
Love Spike Lee to death, but we wouldn’t be throwing that much shade if we said that sometimes the big homie’s films are about as good as his beloved Knicks in the playoffs. But if reports from the 2018 Cannes Film Festival are accurate, Lee’s got a winner in BlacKkKlansman, which not only received a…
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Starbucks Announces New Policy: Sit All Day for Free if You Want (Black People, Too)
Given the recent spike in awareness around implicit bias, and the dubious social media stardom for those who choose to act racistly, Starbucks on Saturday announced a new policy that allows black people anyone to sit in its stores or use its restrooms, regardless of whether they buy anything. One could argue that the sea…
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Samaria Rice to Open Tamir Rice Cultural Center in 2019
Samaria Rice, mother of Tamir Rice, the 12-year-old who was gunned down on a playground by an erratic “officer of the law” in 2014, is mending her heartbreak by working to open a cultural center in the name of her son. The planned Tamir Rice Afrocentric Cultural Center will honor Tamir’s legacy by operating as…
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#DrivingWhileBlackWithLeavesOnTheWindshield: Kansas Man Detained for Having ‘Vegetation’ on Window
A man driving through Winfield, Kan., went live on Facebook during a traffic stop last Sunday after cops told him he was being pulled over for allegedly failing to signal a turn within 100 feet. But what should have been a citation or warning led to Rudy Samuel being detained because of “vegetation” on his…
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Why Is Bobby Moore Still on Death Row, Despite a Recent Supreme Court Decision in His Favor?
More than a year ago, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals violated the Constitution in rejecting the claim by an inmate, Bobby Moore, that he is intellectually disabled and thus ineligible for the death penalty. And yet today Moore, now 60, remains on death row, facing…
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Former Playboy Model Jumps to Her Death With Her 7-Year-Old Son
In a most tragic incident coincidentally occurring during Mental Health Awareness Month, a former African-American Playboy model has jumped to her death, taking her 7-year-old son with her. The former Miss November Stephanie Adams vaulted from the 25th-floor window of a New York City hotel Friday morning. Some hotel employees of the Gotham Hotel speculate…
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White Supremacist Hillbillies Attack Black Family With Baseball Bats and Frying Pan: Report
New York state troopers arrested two people after a woman and her son reported that a group yelled racial slurs and forced their car off the road before damaging the woman’s car with baseball bats and cookware. Natia Shim said that she was taking her son, a soon-to-be graduate, to fill out job-application forms when…