protect black women and girls
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Megan Thee Stallion Pens New York Times Op-Ed, Says ‘'Protect Black Women' Should Not Be Controversial’
My dad emailed me about a week ago, with a barrage of questions: “Did you watch Saturday Night Live? Did you see the musical artist? What did you think of her performance?” He was referring to Megan Thee Stallion, an artist he’d previously been unfamiliar with and wasn’t entirely sure he understood—specifically, how to reconcile…
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PNC Bank Owes Black Employee $2.4M After She Was Sexually Harassed
Workplace harassment is something that no person should have to go through, especially when it’s coming from customers at your place of work. NBC News reports that a New Jersey jury has ordered PNC Bank to pay Damara Scott $2.4 million after it found they failed to protect her from sexual harassment by a customer.…
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Transgender Woman Found Dead 1 Month After Being Assaulted by 4 Men
23-year-old Muhlaysia Booker, a transgender woman whose April attack made national headlines, was found dead in Dallas on Sunday morning. According to CNN, Dallas Police Major Vincent Weddington said authorities responded to a report of a shooting around 6:40 a.m. Saturday. “Upon arrival, officers found the complainant lying face down in the street — deceased…
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36-Year-Old Father Arrested for Allegedly Beating 5-Year-Old Daughter to Death for Not Doing Her Homework
36-year-old Brandon Reynolds, father of a 5-year-old daughter, was charged with child abuse, intentionally caused, resulting in the death of a child under 13. “This is definitely a heartbreaking tragedy and our officers and detectives are working diligently at this time to get justice for this little girl,” Albuquerque Police Chief Michael Geier said. According…
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Taraji P. Henson Is Fierce on the Pay Gap, Racism and Sexism in Hollywood—but #FirstThem on Social Media?
Houston, we have a problem. Hidden Figures star Taraji P. Henson is not known for holding back, onscreen or off. The outspoken star has long championed for respect as a black actress, speaking out about lobbying for equal pay and fighting racism in Hollywood, even as an Oscar-nominated actress. She’s also well-known as a cheerleader…
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After Surviving R. Kelly, What Now? How About Trusting Survivors and Dismantling Systemic Misogynoir?
Three nights of television recently rocked the black community—surprising, since they detailed approximately three decades of well-known allegations of predation, exploitation and abuse by R&B artist R. Kelly. But if Lifetime’s record-breaking documentary Surviving R. Kelly finally put a human face onto the collective trauma so many women involved with the entertainer claimed to be…