Transcribed by: Sydney Henriques-Payne Completion date: January19, 2022 Shana Pinnock: [00:00:03] What’s up, Grio Fam, welcome to Dear Culture, the podcast that gives you news you can trust for the culture. I’m your co-host Shana Pinnock, Social Media Director here at The Grio, and [00:00:11][8.0] Gerren Keith Gaynor: [00:00:11] I’m your co-host Gerren Keith Gaynor,…
Jesse Williams’ co-parenting relationship with his ex-wife Aryn Drake-Lee just got a bit more hectic after the real estate broker accused the actor of erratic behavior, a recent report claims. Drake-Lee is now asking a judge to give her primary custody of their two children. According to legal documents obtained by Radar Online, which broke the…
Speed also appeared in “Julia,” “Sanford and Son,” and more. Carol Speed, known for her work in blaxploitation-era movies such as Abby, and The Mack, has passed away at the age of 76. In one of her more famous roles in The Mack (1973), Speed played Lulu, the prostitute girlfriend of Max Julien’s character, Goldie. She also…
Nguyen is currently in her first season on “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City.” Weeks before her first season has even ended, Real Housewife of Salt Lake City Jennie Nguyen has come under fire after offensive social media posts resurfaced. In the popular Real Housewives franchise, it has become increasingly hard to keep any…
Lee becomes only the 36th director to receive this honor in the 86-year-history of the DGA. The Directors Guild of America (DGA) have announced that Spike Lee will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement award at the 2022 DGA Awards. The DGA’s President Lesli Linka Glatter stated on Wednesday that the Brooklyn-born filmmaker will receive…
Affordable housing advocates score a rare win against gentrification in one of Washington, D.C.’s longstanding predominantly Black neighborhoods. A settlement was reached on Jan. 7 in a D.C. Superior Court case that was ten years in the making, sparing Congress Heights Apartments, an affordable housing property on the city’s southeast side. Gentrification has had a…
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is seen in the U.S. Capitol before a procedural vote in the Senate on voting rights legislation on Wednesday, January 19, 2022. | Source: Tom Williams / Getty When people get old, they often lose their filter and start saying the quiet part out loud. For aging white people,…
Weems, an ex-NBA small forward who now plays for China’s Guangdong Southern Tigers, was targeted last week. Sonny Weems, a Black former NBA small forward/shooting guard who now plays in China for the Guangdong Southern Tigers, has been the subject of recent racial taunts. In the video now circulating on social media, Chinese basketball fans…
The lodge’s featured events will feature appearances from Regina Hall, Sterling K. Brown, Keke Palmer, and more The 5th Annual MACRO Lodge is moving forward at Sundance Film Festival with three days of programming set to champion diversity, inclusion, and people of color. MACRO founder & CEO Charles D. King, the producer behind films such as Judas…
Tammy Rivera‘s daughter Charlie Rivera uploaded a throwback compilation video of her mother on Tuesday, Jan. 18, in honor of a TikTok trend called “Y’all Were Raised by Karens, I Was Raised By.” The purpose of the challenge, created in 2020, is to showcase the TikTok user’s parents. The clip would start with a short…
