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‘Can’t Believe They Would Do That’: Georgia Teen Allegedly Fired Gel Blaster Gun at 6-Year-Old Girl During DoorDash Delivery, Leaving Her Traumatized

July 11, 2024
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A 16-year-old has been charged after being accused of attacking a six-year-old girl during a DoorDash delivery. Six-year-old Khalani Ogletree was outside playing on her scooter Saturday in the Eagle Brook community in Henry County, Georgia when a DoorDasher pulled up outside her suburban Atlanta house to make a pizza delivery, WSB-TV reported. Ring camera…

This mother-son activist duo is empowering the autism community through fashion

July 11, 2024
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Linda Carpenter-Grantham and her son Eric on “The View.” (Screenshot: YouTube/The View) Linda Carpenter-Grantham and her son Eric strive to promote awareness and inclusion through their fashion-based nonprofit, The Blue Runway for Autism. One in 36 children lives with autism spectrum disorder in the United States, including Linda Carpenter-Grantham’s now-adult son Eric. Born with autism…

I’m not going to call white people ‘allies’ anymore

July 11, 2024
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(Adobe Stock Images) OPINION: The word “ally” confers a type of unnecessary hero worship on white people and other non-Black people for simply doing the right thing when it comes to racial justice. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. I’ve…

HBCU GO unveils 26-game football schedule for 2024 season

July 11, 2024
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(Credit: Allen Media Group) There will be 26 football matchups this season, including eight CIAA games, nine SIAC games and 14 SWAC match-ups. Allen Media Group streaming platform HBCU GO announced their upcoming football schedule for the 2024 season on Thursday. There will be 26 football matchups this season, including eight Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association…

The Varied Political History Of The Raised Fist: From BLM To Trump And Well Beyond

July 11, 2024
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Co-founder and Executive Director of Black Voters Matter Cliff Albright speaks as other voting rights activists hold up fists during a “Rally for D.C. Statehood,” the last stop of BVM’s “Freedom Ride for Voting Rights” bus tour, at the National Mall June 26, 2021, in Washington, D.C. | Source: Alex Wong / Getty As former…

‘Bro Heard He was Being Sued and Posted This’: Kevin Hart and Wife Eniko Hart Unbothered After the Comedian Gets Sued Yet Again Over 2017 Cheating Scandal

July 11, 2024
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Eniko Hart and her husband, Kevin Hart, appear to be unbothered after the comedian was sued yet again over his 2017 cheating scandal. Kevin is being dragged back into court after being sued by his former friend of 15 years for falsifying evidence in the infamous extortion case, involving a tape of the entertainer cheating…

Tyler Perry’s ‘Divorce in the Black’: A pretty good movie that maybe could have used a bank heist

July 11, 2024
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Meagan Good as “Ava” in the trailer for “Divorce in the Black.” (Screenshot via YouTube) OPINION: Tyler Perry’s movies are getting less ridiculous and thus better, and that’s saying something. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. It’s that time again…

Watch: 5 questions with Clifton Powell

July 11, 2024
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Clifton Powell attends the 2018 Soul Train Awards, presented by BET, at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas. (Photo by Leon Bennett/Getty Images for BET) Actor Clifton Powell stopped by theGrio to discuss his upcoming film, “Final Hour,” how he prepares for diverse roles, and more. Actor Clifton Powell stopped by theGrio for our newest…

Lawsuit Alleges Detroit Hotel Didn’t Give Black Man A Job Interview Until He Applied Under A White-Sounding Name

July 11, 2024
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Source: STEFANI REYNOLDS / Getty Numerous studies have indicated that people with Black-sounding names are less likely to get called back for a job interview than applicants with traditionally white-sounding names. It’s one of the many ways white people have an advantage in the workforce and in society in general, and it’s one of the…

Black Job Applicant Sues Detroit Luxury Hotel, Claiming He Was Offered Interview Only After He Changed His Name to Sound More White: Only Reason Is the Color of His Skin’

July 11, 2024
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A 27-year-old Black man from Detroit has filed a discrimination lawsuit against one of the city’s upscale boutique hotels, claiming he was extended a job interview only after changing the name on his résumé to pass himself off as a white man. Dwight Jackson filed the action in Wayne County Circuit Court on July 3,…