Real Housewives of Dubai star Chanel Ayan hopes to spread awareness about genital mutilation by opening up about her own traumatic experience with the horrific practice. Ayan, who is of Somali and Ethiopian descent, revealed during the Wednesday, Aug. 17, episode that she was forced to undergo female circumcision when she was just 5 years…
As teachers return to the classroom, those in advanced placement courses could find it challenging with new policies attacking critical race theory. Source: GoranQmin / Getty Scientific theories to justify racism. Laws and Supreme Court decisions that denied Black people equal rights. The imperialist view that God called upon Anglo-Saxons to civilize the “savages” of…
A Tennessee motorist and her son were victims of an alleged road rage altercation resulting in a man ripping the handle off her car door and throwing it at their vehicle. While law enforcement stated they are investigating the situation, the woman reached out to the community to get the man’s name. Jillian Knam said…
In the past, LeToya Luckett has given her followers a glimpse into her personal and professional relationship with her former Destiny’s Child bandmate Beyoncé. Luckett has shared various stories, such as her first encounter with Beyoncé at elementary school and how she felt following her untimely departure from the group in 2000. LeToya Luckett gives…
Bobby Brown’s connection to loved ones remains strong even in the afterlife. The entertainer has without a doubt suffered some tremendous losses during his life, so it came as no surprise when he turned to Hollywood medium Tyler Henry in hopes of reconciling complex feelings tied to loved ones who have passed. Whitney Houston,…
Source: valentinrussanov / Getty Black engineers from Brown and Tufts universities are making historic strides in the medical field. A team of Black tech leaders is developing groundbreaking technology that will help patients of color obtain accurate readings from pulse oximeters. The non-invasive medical devices are used to measure oxygen levels in the blood, but…
The white fire department captain who brought a Black officer to a racist party has retired, abandoning his post before he could be terminated by the city. His resignation comes days after the African American firefighter filed a claim saying his civil rights were violated when his superior made him attend a mock Juneteenth celebration….
Signage for the University of California (UC Berkeley) in Berkeley, California. | Source: Smith Collection/Gado / Getty I don’t think most white people understand that America is a default white space. I don’t think they get that traditional America is white America. That virtually all of the nation’s long-standing institutions—the justice system, corporate America, the…
Ashanti has been the topic of conversation recently for several reasons. The topics getting some attention include her ageless beauty and the 41-year-old’s ability to remain unfazed by any controversy surrounding Murder Inc’s co-founder Irv Gotti. Gotti made headlines earlier this month after opening up during an episode of “Drink Champs” about his alleged relationship with Ashanti while he…
Notorious B.IG.’s daughter, T’yanna Wallace, reportedly posted her boyfriend’s $1 million bond last week after allegedly being involved in a hit-and-run incident that injured three people, including a mother and her young child. According to multiple reports, Wallace’s longtime boyfriend, Tyshawn Baldwin, was stopped by authorities on Aug. 10 in Queens, New York, after he reportedly…
