AUP EP#30 TRANSCRIPT Transcribed: Cameron Blackwell Completed: 12/1/21 Cortney Wills: [00:00:03] Hello and welcome to Acting Up the podcast that dives deep into the world of TV and film that highlights our people, our culture and our stories. I’m your host, Cortney Wills, Entertainment Director at theGrio, and this week we’re sitting down with the…
The victim’s family says the little girl and her four siblings were abused almost every day A Texas father has been jailed on aggravated assault charges after causing fatal injuries to his three-year-old daughter. Billy Ray Joiner, 22, is also charged with evading arrest after he was detained on Monday in connection with the injuries…
50 Cent is walking back his trolling comments aimed at Madonna’s recent attempt at being provocative on social media. The pop icon found herself being trolled by 50 when she posted multiple photos of herself in fishnet stockings and lingerie that proudly showcased her figure. 50 found a shot of the “Like a Virgin” singer’s…
Source: Museum of New Mexico / Museum of New Mexico There are so many lost black stories hidden inside the crevasses of American history. Some of these stories are fascinating, but to find them you’ve got to do some serious digging. History books paint a bleak existence for blacks in America during the end of…
The Salvation Army is responding to allegations that its “Let’s Talk About Racism” guidebook, which has since been removed, demanded that white donors apologize for racism. The allegations spread like wildfire following an article published by The Daily Wire one day after Thanksgiving, however, the incident appeared to have begun on Facebook from an upset…
Bow Wow‘s Q&A session got sidetracked on Dec. 2 after fans called out him for not acknowledging his son, 1-year-old Stone Moss. The rapper, who shares Stone with model Olivia Sky, previously disowned the infant on Twitter in September. He was ultimately proven to be the child’s biological father the following month. Bow Wow also has a 10-year-old daughter named…
OPINION: Even as South Africa leads in the scientific war against COVID and developing vaccines, it is a reflexive response for the U.S. and other White-dominated countries to ban African nations in the face of disease. In response to the discovery of the omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus by South African scientists, the U.S. has…
Source: KEREM YUCEL / Getty Another day, another overwhelmingly white jury is selected to preside over a high-profile case involving a Black victim and a white assailant. Sure, when it came to the murder case over the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, the nearly all-white jury did the right thing and convicted Arbery’s killers on…
Popular Democrat and voting-rights activist Stacey Abrams is gearing up for a rematch against Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp in 2022 in a reprise of their 2018 gubernatorial election contest that Kemp won by just 54,723 votes. “What Stacey Abrams will bring into the discussion is integrity, and she’s infinitely more qualified than anybody I’ve…
Bergener identifies as liberal and plans on using her platform to support Black businesses The Real Housewives of Orange County is officially back, and the exciting premiere featured the brand new housewife, Noella Bergener, who is the first official Black housewife on the series after 16 years. Premiering back in 2006, The Real Housewives of…
