Previously, BLACK ENTERPRISE reported how beauty companies like Sephora were working to foster more diversity and inclusion initiatives amidst negative criticisms from Black employees. This week, the retailer unveiled its racial bias study and announced that it will double the number of Black-owned brands available at its retail locations. The …
Read More »White Man in Texas Harasses Black Woman at Her Home; Law Enforcement Tells Her to Stay at a Hotel
Screenshot: NBCDFW5 A Black woman in Texas has had to leave her home after facing racial harassment from a white man in her neighborhood. According to NBCDFW 5, Stacey Livingston resides in a neighborhood in Denton County where one of her white neighbors began shouting racial slurs at her home. …
Read More »A Tragic Beginning to a Presidency
Current hospitalizations are always the most stable indicator of the pandemic’s progress, and after peaking at 132,474 on January 6, they have declined more than 6 percent—meaning that 8,654 fewer people are in the hospital now, compared with two weeks ago. Hospitalizations have declined, too, in every region for at …
Read More »‘Bob Hearts Abishola' Breakout Star Folake Olowofoyeku
The romantic pairing of a Nigerian woman and a white American man may once have seemed an unlikely premise for a sitcom, but thanks to a television audience increasingly used to interracial romance in real life, it has translated into a hit for the CBS series “Bob Hearts Abishola.” Now …
Read More »Lady Gaga: White People ‘Have a Responsibility to Unlearn’ Racism and White Privilege
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, who is better known as the superstar Lady Gaga, delivered a riveting speech while accepting an award over the weekend. The Grammy Award-winning artist was honored Sunday at the 2021 Beloved Community Awards. The actress and singer was honored with the Yolanda Denise King Higher Ground …
Read More »Selma, Ala., Lawmaker Announces Legislation That Would Allow Voters to Change the Name of Edmund Pettus Bridge
Photo: Michael M. Santiago (Getty Images) Legislation was introduced on Martin Luther King Jr. Day that would allow voters to change the name of the historical Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala. According to NBC News, the legislation was announced by Democratic State Senator Malika Sanders-Fortier. Sanders-Fortier released a statement …
Read More »Among the Guardsmen
Photographs by Tavon Taylor Beyond the dozen National Guardsmen stationed behind the Library of Congress, the seven-foot-tall fence lining the back side of the Capitol, and the men in balaclavas carrying assault rifles, 67-year-old Rick Genderson sells liquor and old wine in his store, Schneider’s of Capitol Hill. With its …
Read More »Black Lives Matter Global Network Launches MLK Artist Series
On Monday (January 18), Black Lives Matter Global Network launched its newest arts and culture campaign centered around life, love, joy, rest and pleasure. The creative team of Patrisse Cullors and Noni Limar deliver a new series of works focusing on Black life and how Martin Luther King’s life inspired …
Read More »Joe Biden Plans Quick Action On Four Crises In First 10 Days As President
President-elect Joe Biden is planning an early blitz of executive actions to reverse some of the policies implemented by outgoing President Donald Trump. The former vice president will address the coronavirus pandemic, the economic fallout, climate change, and a national reckoning over racial equity. “In his first 10 days in …
Read More »Trump Administration Releases 1776 Commission Report on MLK Day. Spoiler Alert: It’s Racist AF
Photo: Mandel Ngan (Getty Images) On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, I wrote a piece that celebrates King’s legacy and highlights the work that still needs to be done in racial justice and equality. Other writers did the same because that’s generally what writers do to commemorate the holiday—unless you’re …
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