A social video showing a mother instructing her adopted child from Africa to put a bag of rice on her head because it’s “in her blood” drew backlash over the mother’s cultural education methods. The video was posted on Instagram and YouTube Shorts by Kaylee Wilson. In it, Wilson directs her young adopted daughter to…
Source: Ralf-Finn Hestoft / Getty On the morning of September 4, a 14-year-old kid identified as Colt Gray allegedly walked into Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, and gunned down two students and two teachers. We’ve seen this before. We see it numerous times annually in America, in fact. We saw it in Nashville, Tennessee,…
Attorney Ernest Morial, right, speaks on the telephone as his wife, Sybil, looks on after he won an outright victory in his race for a House seat in the Louisiana Legislature, in New Orleans, Nov. 5, 1967. (AP Photo/Jack Thornell) Sybil Haydel Morial, who was a New Orleans power player in her own right, was…
NBA superstar Stephen “Steph” Curry was in New York City for a press run for the release of his book and his annual Underrated Gold Curry Cup tournament for underprivileged junior golfers. While hitting the streets of Manhattan, the basketball icon had a run-in with some overzealous autograph seekers. New York-based photojournalist Mickey Blank captured the…
“Their decision moved the nation backward,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told theGrio of the striking down of race-based admissions. The White House condemned the Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling on affirmative action following recent data that shows enrollment for Black students saw declines on several college campuses. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Washington…
Source: EyeEm Mobile GmbH / Getty Gun violence is a critical public health crisis in the U.S., a point made painfully clear yesterday in Georgia yesterday morning, and over Labor Day weekend in Chicago. And despite the Biden Administration’s passage of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA), which became law in 2022, and Vice President…
Rebecca Cheptegei, competes at the Discovery 10km road race in Kapchorwa, Uganda, Jan. 20, 2023. (AP Photo, File) Marathoner Rebecca Cheptegei had been hospitalized with burns over 80% of her body from an attack by her partner before she died. She was 33. NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei has died at…
A white pastor known for his divisive stance on cultural issues fueled racial tensions in a recent livestream by admitting he once chose a white doctor over a Black one because he felt Black doctors are less qualified, saying they “didn’t have to prove as much merit” in medical school. Joel Webbon, a self-proclaimed Christian…
In this image released on June 26, Teedra Moses performs onstage at the Evening Concert Series during the 2021 ESSENCE Festival Of Culture presented by Coca-Cola at University of New Orleans in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Bennett Raglin/Getty Images) OPINION: Once upon a time in African America, I didn’t love “Complex Simplicity.” I have…
Jamie Foxx attends the “Creed III” European Premiere at Cineworld Leicester Square on February 15, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Joe Maher/Getty Images) After stepping out of the limelight to deal with a private health matter, Jamie Foxx is returning with a one-man show in Atlanta. As promised, Jamie Foxx is finally discussing the…
