Source: EMILI_VISION / Getty Black people, here’s a harsh reality we need to face once and for all: We waste our collective breath trying to explain systemic racism to white people. Some may think that’s a bit of an overstatement—there are white people who appear to get it for the most part, after all—but, by…
“The Real Housewives of Atlanta” OG Nene Leakes stepped out this weekend with her boyfriend Nyonisela Sioh wearing a black fishnet two-piece set. According to Fashion Bomb Daily, the $2,280 turtleneck top and mini skirt from the luxury brand Hervé Leger features a dramatic fringe at the hem. The fashion outlet also noticed that fellow…
Kenneth Pilon, 61, reportedly left intimidating messages around his community to prevent people from supporting Black Lives Matter protests. A 61-year-old man has been hit with six counts of interfering with federally protected activities after he allegedly left nooses and racist notes around his community to prevent people from supporting Black Lives Matter during the…
The 72-page report also found that police arrested and used force against people of color at a much higher rate than whites. A new report is alleging that the Minneapolis Police Department violated civil rights law by using covert social media accounts to surveil Black people unrelated to policing. The 72-page disclosure, the result of…
A New Jersey man incapacitated by a brutal beating at the Essex County Correctional Facility has filed a lawsuit alleging the corrections officers put him in harm’s way and did not protect him. Jayshawn Boyd, 22, who is schizophrenic, was placed in a gang unit in September after missing a hearing for incidents with his…
OPINION: Black people marrying white people doesn’t erase white privilege or destroy systemic racism. But watching Newsmax does destroy brain cells. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Black Baby Jesus, help me now. I have to defend interracial relationships again? But this time…
Married actors Tia Mowry and Cory Hardrict appeared in a video shared on Mowry’s Instagram page on April 26, and fans had jokes after zooming in on Hardrict’s face in the video. Mowry captioned the post, “Mr. Hardrict isn’t always on the gram, but when he shows up, he KILLS IT,” she wrote. “What…
The SportsCenter anchor has sued the network and its parent, Walt Disney Co., for what she calls “selective enforcement” of a rule. Sage Steele, an anchor for SportsCenter on ESPN, is suing her network and its parent company, Walt Disney Co., for what she calls “selective enforcement” of a rule established in 2017 forbidding employees…
After President Joe Biden granted clemency to 75 individuals convicted of low-level drug offenses, rapper Killer Mike says the nation’s top executive should go even further to rectify incarcerating people for crimes that are now legal. He suggested one way to do this is to “quadruple” the number of people he sets free and to…
Source: Robert Alexander / Getty U.S. Supreme Court justices this week expressed sympathy for a white high school football coach who was fired from his job for kneeling and praying on the field following games, drawing a stark contrast to the country’s collective reaction to Colin Kaepernick‘s controversial kneeling protest before NFL games. While not…
