Two Utah High Schoolers Wear Blackface, Judge Mathis Speaks On Divorce, New Yorker Cover Gives Black Folks The Willies, Jack Daniel’s Ends DEI And More

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Two Utah High Schoolers Showed Up Wearing Blackface to A School Game—And This Happened

Screenshot: Edward Wright on Facebook

In 2024, you’d think we wouldn’t have to tell people blackface is just plain racist, but unfortunately, for two white students in Utah, they’re learning the hard way. – Phenix S Halley Read More

Judge Mathis Finally Speaks On Divorce, and Infidelity Rumors

Photo: Getty Images Paul Archuleta

Television personality Judge Greg Mathis recently shared personal insight on his marriage, detailing the cause for his divorce with his wife Linda Reese, who filed for divorce on Aug. 22, with their separation starting on July 27 citing irreconcilable differences, according TMZ. – Alyse Martin Read More

The Shocking, Disturbing Details of South Carolina Basketball Star Ashlyn Watkins’ Arrest

Photo: Getty Images Jacob Kupferman

University of South Carolina (USC) forward Ashlyn Watkins is facing crazy allegations just two months before the is set to start her junior season with the women’s basketball team. – Phenix S Halley Read More

Why The New Yorker Cover is Giving Black Folks The Willies

Screenshot: TikTok

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. But in the case of the latest cover of The New Yorker, the picture is worth thousands of social media comments. Since its founding in 1925, the magazine has been known for its iconic (and often controversial) cover images that get people talking. – Angela Johnson Read More

Drama, Controversy, and Backstabbing Are Rocking This Historic Black Harlem Church

Easter Sunday Mass with Reverend Dr. Calvin O. Butts III at the Abyssinian Baptist Church at 132 Odell Clark Place on 138th Street and Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard in Harlem Image: Getty Images Enid Alvarez

As of September 3, 2024 at 5:44 p.m., clarifications have been added to this story: 

Perhaps the only brand of politics more polarizing than a presidential election is church politics. While Texas’ Gateway Megachurch strangely ran through several pastors in only two months, now a controversial election continues to divide members of one of Harlem’s historic Black churches. – Phenix S Halley Read More

White Folks Still Aren’t Cleaning Themselves With Washcloths But Blacks Folks Are? Who’s Right?

Photo: Getty Images Grace Cary

Since the beginning of time, cultural debates have left our country polarized – Republican or Democrat, Coke or Pepsi, iPhone or Android and Biggie or Tupac are just a few of the topics that can kick off a major beef between people on opposite sides. – Angela Johnson Read More

The Evolution of LL Cool J

Photo: Getty Images Kevin Winter/Getty Images for iHeartRadio

Ladies Love Cool James is back. After focusing on his acting career for more than a decade, LL Cool J is back to doing what made him relevant. Rapping. – Noah A. McGee Read More

Jack Daniel’s Ending its DEI Initiatives is Truly Absurd Considering This Wild Historical Fact About the Company

Photo: Getty Images Scott Olson

Popular whiskey brand Jack Daniel’s parent company Brown-Forman Corp. plans on abandoning the brand’s corporate diversity, equity and inclusion programs, according to a letter the company sent a letter to employees last month, according to Bloomberg. It’s quite a move considering the company’s rather DEI-heavy history. – Candace McDuffie Read More

WATCH: Sheryl Swoopes, Stephen A. Smith Throw Shade at Each Other Over Caitlin Clark

Photo: Getty Images Dave Kotinsky, Dia Dipasupil

Now that the WNBA is back from its Olympic break and headed for the playoffs, we’re also back to non-stop discourse about Caitlin Clark’s impact on the league and its popularity this season. – Stephanie Holland Read More

Exclusive: Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Shares The Values That Propelled Her to Shatter the Glass Ceiling

BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA – SEPTEMBER 15: Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman on the nation’s highest court, speaks at the 60th Commemoration of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing on September 15, 2023 in Birmingham, Alabama. Denise McNair, Addie Mae Collins, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley were killed September 15, 1963 when members of the Ku Klux Klan bombed the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. Photo: Getty Images Butch Dill

The Honorable Ketanji Brown Jackson made history when she became the first African American female Justice on the United States Supreme Court in June 2022. – Angela Johnson Read More

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