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Culture, Sports

For the Low, Low Price of $264K, Somebody Snatched Up a Ticket Stub From Michael Jordan’s NBA Debut

The sale broke the record for the most expensive collectible sports ticket ever sold.

By

Jay Connor

Published

December 17, 2021
Culture, Technology

DMX, Miles Davis NFTs To Launch Black-Owned NFT Company

New venture from marketing exec and author Nea Simone

By

Keith Reed

Published

December 10, 2021
News, Race Matters

Black Google Product Manager Says He Was Stopped by Security Because They Didn’t Believe He Worked There

This isn't the first time the tech giant has made news over its issues with Black employees.

By

Terrell Jermaine Starr

Published

September 27, 2021
News, Race Matters

North Carolina Principal Apologizes for ‘White’ Sign Pictured Over School Drinking Fountain

The principal says the sign was misplaced after cheerleading practice at Piedmont High School.

By

Rachel Pilgrim

Published

September 24, 2021
Events, Health & Wealth, The Root Institute

The Root Institute 2021: Cryptocurrency and The New Creator Economy

Curious about what the new Web 3.0 is all about? We invite you to dive into this informative panel for a helpful primer.

By

Vanessa De Luca

Published

September 23, 2021
Culture, Race Matters

Spokane, Wash. Middle School Gives Class Cotton Picking Assignment. Black Kids in the Class Are Like, 'Uh…No.'

There are just some “educators” out there whose whole careers revolve around the reading of books, yet they haven’t bothered learning how to read a room. Clearly, they have missed the numerous news stories involving teachers giving their students ill-advised slavery-based assignments that made Black students uncomfortable at best and left them completely mortified at…

By

Zack Linly

Published

June 4, 2021
News

Amazon Construction Site in Connecticut Shut Down After Several Nooses Were Found Hanging Around the Facility

Apparently, some rascally racist with a lot of time and rope on their hands has been hanging random nooses around an Amazon construction site in Windsor, Conn. It’s gotten to be such a noosanse (see what I did there?) that the company announced Thursday that the site has been shut down while the authorities get…

By

Zack Linly

Published

May 21, 2021
News, Race Matters

Connecticut High School Student Arrested Over Alleged Racist Snapchat Post Directed at Black Classmate

A 16-year-old high school student in Fairfield, Conn., was arrested last week over a racist Snapchat post allegedly directed at another student. School officials and police are still investigating the incident, and the principal of the school has announced the creation of a new organization to address racism and other forms of discrimination amid the…

By

Zack Linly

Published

May 14, 2021
Entertainment, Media

Black Tech Green Money Joins the Black Effect Podcast Network

Since its launch last summer, AfroTech’s Black Tech Green Money has shared the stories of successful Black entrepreneurs and technologists, in addition to providing actionable advice and wealth-building strategies from a Black perspective. Hosted by Will Lucas, the popular podcast has featured an assortment of prominent guests dropping jewels on building lucrative relationships in business, vetting…

By

Jay Connor

Published

May 12, 2021
Entertainment, Media

Dave Chapelle, Yasiin Bey's The Midnight Miracle Highlights the Next Chapter of Luminary's Evolution

My Moms once taught me that if I don’t have anything nice to say about people like Talib Kweli—who has “shove too many syllables into a sentence” and “harass Black women” circled on his daily agenda—then don’t say anything at all. Here is my valiant attempt at doing so. On Tuesday, Luminary, a subscription-based podcast…

By

Jay Connor

Published

April 21, 2021