Advertisement It’s not like we’re talking about the CIA, but how does a random person get on a driver’s radio during the race? Most teams try to keep radio chatter limited, so the driver doesn’t have a lot of different people in their ear while they’re going 200 miles per hour. It’s ridiculous that NASCAR’s […]
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Advertisement Only hours later, Dr. King’s youngest child, Dr. Bernice King, clapped back tweeting, “What my father would be deeply concerned about is the harmful, discriminatory legislation in Florida.” She continued by sharing a speech from her father with the caption, “Many are getting #MLK wrong. He was a dreamer, but his dream was global, […]
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The US Department of Justice reached an agreement with a Georgia sheriff’s office after Delaware State University filed a civil rights complaint when the Black women’s lacrosse team was stopped and searched while traveling, according to CNN. Black Women Had Some Major Firsts In Last Week’s Midterm Elections Off English On April 20, 2022, a […]
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Up to 50% Off Amazon Basics Overstock Sale Their Overstock Is Your SavingsAmazon overstocked on a ton of everyday items, and they’re all up to 50% off. Whatever is on your list to grab this week, they probably have a sale. Advertisement The engagement, which will be taking place at the White House, will feature […]
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Advertisement She succeeded in making a scene but… while wearing her hospital uniform. The internet wasted no time calling up NYC’s Bellevue Hospital to complain about their employee. In response, they released a statement: Advertisement As for the internet, people are still reeling over white women weaponizing their tears because they didn’t get their way. […]
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Wait, What Happened? All of this drama began from another cringey, embarrassing Karen tantrum. In a video circulating social media, a white woman is seen trying to steal a Black teen’s Citi Bike after he registered the bike to himself, per REVOLT. Her sudden cry for help drew an eerie comparison to a decades-old tactic […]
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 01: Kendrick Lamar attends The 2023 Met Gala Celebrating “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line Of Beauty” at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 01, 2023 in New York City. Photo: Arturo Holmes/MG23/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue (Getty Images) Rapper Kendrick Lamar has always been candid about his struggles […]
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 01: Kendrick Lamar attends The 2023 Met Gala Celebrating “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line Of Beauty” at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 01, 2023 in New York City. Photo: Arturo Holmes/MG23/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue (Getty Images) Rapper Kendrick Lamar has always been candid about his struggles […]
Read MoreFor Gen X, in the 1990s, there was one crucial place to get the most important news of the day: MTV. If you’re only familiar with current day MTV, I know that sounds crazy. But once upon a time, MTV News was the place for unbiased, reasonable stories on issues that young people were genuinely […]
Read MoreFor Gen X, in the 1990s, there was one crucial place to get the most important news of the day: MTV. If you’re only familiar with current day MTV, I know that sounds crazy. But once upon a time, MTV News was the place for unbiased, reasonable stories on issues that young people were genuinely […]
Read MoreRuth Whitfield was one of the 10 Black people shot and killed by Payton Gendron in Buffalo, Ny. Whitfield’s two sons have worked since the mass shooting to fight the white supremacist ideals that led to their mother’s death. Small Town Horror: The Story of a SWAT Team That Set A House Ablaze Off English […]
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Last month, former CNN host Don Lemon and Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy got into a contentious exchange on “CNN This Morning.” The argument, which many believe was the cause of Lemon’s shocking sudden departure from the network, was over Ramaswamy’s assertions that Black Americans received certain freedoms following the Civil War. Tucker Carlson Might […]
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Last month, former CNN host Don Lemon and Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy got into a contentious exchange on “CNN This Morning.” The argument, which many believe was the cause of Lemon’s shocking sudden departure from the network, was over Ramaswamy’s assertions that Black Americans received certain freedoms following the Civil War. A Look Inside […]
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Photo: The Tyler Twins One of things that makes Netflix’s Regency era drama Bridgerton feel so current is its soundtrack. The series uses orchestral covers of pop hits to give the show a modern tone. In the new prequel spinoff, Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, that’s taken a step further, as all the songs are […]
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Richard Dreyfuss attends Chiller Theatre Expo Spring 2023 at Parsippany Hilton on April 28, 2023 in Parsippany, New Jersey.Photo: Bobby Bank (Getty Images) Actor Richard Dreyfuss decided to share his thoughts about the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ updated diversity and inclusion standards. In an interview on PBS’ “Firing Line With Margaret Hoover,” […]
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Tim Scott is a United States senator from South Carolina. When he looks in the mirror, he sees a president. When the few Black Americans who know who he is look into that same mirror, some see Samuel L. Jackson’s character from “Django Unchained.” The Week C-SPAN Became Must-See TV Off English Harsh? Perhaps. But […]
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On Thursday, it was announced that the attorneys general of New York and California are looking into allegations of workplace discrimination at the NFL. Attorneys General Letitia James, of New York, and Rob Bonta, of California, have shared that they’ve issued subpoenas to NFL executives as part of a probe into work culture at the […]
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Students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are demanding their school take action against the students involved in a racist video that has run rampant on social media, per NBC15. In the viral clip, a young woman who appears inebriated makes several violent threats to harm Black students. The Chew Executive to Carla Hall: ‘Not As […]
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A 30-year-old Black man was killed Monday by a white passenger who grabbed him and put him in a chokehold. The violent encounter was recorded by a bystander who pulled out his phone instead of trying to help the victim. Juan Alberto Vazquez, who works as a freelance journalist, posted the horrifying footage to his […]
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Everyone has heard those cheap, stereotypical jokes about Black people in sports (usually masking the saltiness about us just simply being better). However, a former director of UK Athletics took it a step further claiming Black runners are only good because they have to escape from their crime, according to The Sun. Chef Carla Hall […]
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Screenshot: ABC 7 Disturbing video footage has been circulating of a T.J. Maxx customer in Mira Loma, California assaulting a Black woman who apparently tried to leave with handbags she didn’t pay for. All American Is Our Top Pick For What You Should Watch This Week Off English In the clip, two Black women in […]
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Photo: Bernd Wei’brod (AP) Boris Palmer, the mayor of the German city Tuebingen, has said he is taking “time out” over the weekend after he received backlash for using the N-word. He also said he’ll step down from the Green party at a conference Friday, where people walked out in protest. Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton […]
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Far too often, our history books diminish the roles of powerful Black women. In some retellings, Rosa Parks was just an older woman who wanted to sit on the bus, not a movement leader engaging in radical civil disobedience. Coretta Scott King was merely a dutiful wife, not a civil rights leader in her own […]
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ESPN personalities Bomani Jones and Dominque Foxworth are two of the more thoughtful and intellectual brothers at the sports television company, so whenever they make an interesting assessment, best believe I’m going to listen. Jonathan Beane on How Roc Nation Influenced the NFL Off English During a recent episode of The Right Time with Bomani Jones, […]
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Photo: Alexanderstock23 (Shutterstock) In this episode of police department drama, the East Los Angeles sheriff’s station is under investigation after a memo obtained by The Los Angeles Times exposed a scheme from the captain to keep an “angry Black sergeant” from a job promotion. Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story Is Our TV Pick Of The […]
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Updated as of 4/29/2023 at 8:00 a.m. ET It’s an open secret in Washington that some Democrats would rather Biden have chosen another Vice President this go-around. And by open secret, we mean dozens of Democrats reportedly spilled about their skepticism of Vice President Kamala Harris to the New York Times in February. However, despite […]
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Photo: Ulf Wittrock (Shutterstock) The Minneapolis branch of the NAACP filed a lawsuit accusing the Minneapolis Police Department of discriminatory practices against Black leaders by targeting them with undercover social media accounts, per CBS News. Are Black San Franciscans Getting $5 Million Each in Reparations? Off English Civil rights activist Nekima Levy Armstrong said she […]
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Photo: AP Photo // Gene Herrick (AP) Carolyn Bryant Donham, the white woman whose lies directly resulted in the gruesome murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till, died on Tuesday. According to the Calcasieu Parish Coroner’s Office, the 88-year-old white woman died in hospice care in Westlake, La after a long battle with cancer. Elon Musk Has […]
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As if we didn’t have enough in-person racism to deal with, it turns out the chatbots might be racist too. Troubling reporting from the Washington Post revealed that one of the most widely-used data sets used to train AI chatbots contains a on of right-wing content. The 1619 Project Is Our Black TV Pick Of […]
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It’s an open secret in Washington that some Democrats would rather Biden have chosen another Vice President this go-around. And by open secret, we mean dozens of Democrats reportedly spilled about their skepticism of Vice President Kamala Harris to the New York Times in February. However, despite her detractors, Harris beamed as brightly as ever […]
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Not to promote bullying or anything, but it turns out that dogging something for months can be effective. After facing a ton of backlash from notable Black scholars, the College Board said they’d be revising their AP Black studies course again. Small Town Horror: The Story Of A Teacher Driven From Her Job By An […]
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