Debra Ray (L), aunt of Dijon Kizzee, is embraced after speaking near a makeshift memorial where Dijon Kizzee, a 29-year-old Black man, was killed by Los Angeles sheriff’s deputies in South Los Angeles on September 1, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. Protesters marched to the South Los Angeles Sheriffs’ Station …
Read More »An Ever-Moving, Unloved Fish Is Stirring Chaos in the North Atlantic
The Northeast Atlantic mackerel is a small fish with grey or greenish-blue scales and tigerlike black stripes from mouth to tail. Lacking a swim bladder—the gas-filled organ that helps most fish move up and down in the water—the mackerel would sink and die if it ever stopped. So it is …
Read More »BlackHERstory: A profile of congresswoman Shirley Chisholm
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Read More »Justin Timberlake Issues Apology To Janet Jackson and Britney Spears
Justin Timberlake took to social media to apologize to Janet Jackson and his former lover, Britney Spears, for his behavior that negatively affected both women’s careers. He posted the apology on Instagram on Friday. “I’ve seen the messages, tags, comments, and concerns, and I want to respond,” Timberlake wrote. “I …
Read More »Issa Rae Partners with City Girls For New Comedy
Insecure may be entering its final season, however, Issa Rae has her sights set on her next hit series. The producer and actor is currently working on a follow-up to her award-winning HBO series with, Rap Sh*t. The new half-hour comedy series will reportedly feature Miami hip hop duo City …
Read More »Extended Rochester Police Body Cam Footage Shows Cops Who Pepper-Sprayed 9-Year-Old Girl Just DGAF About Black Children
Photo: Rochester Police Department (AP) The Rochester Police Department—like police departments across the nation—is proving itself to be a microcosm of white America in that it appears to be indifferent to Black trauma and blind to Black innocence. Earlier this month, The Root reported that a 9-year-old Black girl was …
Read More »Justin Timberlake Apologizes To Janet Jackson
Justin Timberlake, who has been the target of accusations of misogyny against Janet Jackson after the “wardrobe malfunction” that took place in the halftime show at Super Bowl XXXVIII, as well as against his former girlfriend Britney Spears has apologized to both of them in an Instagram post. “I’ve seen …
Read More »The Magazine That Helped 1920s Kids Navigate Racism
“It aims to be a thing of Joy and Beauty, dealing in Happiness, Laughter and Emulation, and designed especially for Kiddies from Six to Sixteen. It will seek to teach Universal Love and Brotherhood for all little folk—black and brown and yellow and white. Of course, pictures, …
Read More »Robin Roberts Gets The Vapors For Daniel Kaluuya
Daniel Kaluuya, who is currently starring in Judas and the Black Messiah, is one of the most talented actors of this generation, and also happens to be one of the most handsome. GMA host anchor Robin Roberts got caught up in his spell during a virtual interview on Thursday (Feb. …
Read More »Disrupt & Dismantle
Disrupt and Dismantle Investigates Inequality in America Soledad O’Brien traces the roots and results of racism, the wealth gap, and other systemic problems in the U.S. on the six-part docuseries, Disrupt and Dismantle, airing February 21 at 9/8c. . Source link
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