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Photo: Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times (Getty Images) We may only be two months into 2022, but it looks like singer Adele is already laying out next year’s vision board. On Friday night’s episode of the Graham Norton Show, the Grammy winner openly stated she was planning to have a …
Read More »University Of Alabama To Remove White Supremacist’s Name From College of Education To Honor The School’s First Black Student
The University of Alabama is set to remove the name of the state’s racist former governor, Bibb Graves, from a campus building and solely honor its first Black student – Autherine Juanita Lucy Foster. On February 3, the university’s board of trustees voted to honor Graves, a notorious former Grand …
Read More »What's Black on TV? Kanye, Ludacris, & The Fresh Prince
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Read More »VIDEO: Fat Joe Goes On Rant About Joe Rogan Using The N-Word, Social Media Reminds Him That He Doesn’t Get A Pass Either
Black Twitter quickly reminded Fat Joe that he was in the same boat as Joe Rogan after he posted a video lambasting the professional podcaster for his problematic use of the n-word. On Feb. 10, Fat Joe recorded a roughly seven-minute rant on Spotify’s support of Rogan despite numerous entertainers …
Read More »Orange Is The New Black Star Samira Wiley Was "Really Affected" By Bodyshaming During Photoshoot
Photo: Bryan Bedder (Getty Images) Wiley is co-producing a documentary short set to debut at the Tribeca Film Festival in June, The Gratitude Project. “I feel like this was really asking the question of what does it look like to be grateful, not just [by] using your words. And I …
Read More »Not So Fast! Wendy Williams Disputes Claims She’s ‘Of Unsound Mind,’ Fires Back At ‘Disgruntled’ Advisor
It’s no secret popular talk show host Wendy Williams has been publicly struggling with her health issues. But after her bank, Wells Fargo took up the cause saying that the veteran talk show hostess was being unduly influenced after Williams unsuccessfully tried to get access to her millions, a battle …
Read More »The Movement For Restoring Black Cemeteries
Photo: Afro American Newspapers/Gado (Getty Images) In an effort to honor and preserve Black life, Black folks across the US are organizing to care for historically Black burial grounds. Greenwood Cemetery, the first Black commercial burial ground, was founded in 1874 in St. Louis after the Civil War. More than …
Read More »What Reality TV Reveals About Motherhood
Most mothers have never glued lashes to their daughters’ eyelids for pageants. They’ve never, as the moms on Toddlers & Tiaras have, gotten their children’s legs spray-tanned. They haven’t stood in the audience, cuing their kids’ routines with kissy faces and arm sweeps, hollering, “Get it, girl!” and “Sparkle, baby!” …
Read More »Newly Crowned Miss Washington Teen USA Slammed For Using N-Word In A TikTok
Kate Dixon, the 17-year-old newly crowned Miss Washington Teen USA has gone viral after a TikTok video resurfaced showing her hurling the n-word and other racist language. After winning the title, Dixon is set to represent the state of Washington at Miss Teen USA 2022, but many are calling to …
Read More »Civil Rights Groups Request Department of Justice To Reject Past Racist Supreme Court Rulings
The Supreme Court of the United States building was photographed on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, in Washington, DC. Photo: Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times (Getty Images) The U.S. Supreme Court might have a future in making the judicial branch more diverse with President Joe Biden’s pledge to nominate a …
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