“I think we have a consequence culture,” Burton said, and “consequences are finally encompassing everybody.” In the thoughtful yet firm way that only he can, LeVar Burton pushed back against conservative commentator Meghan McCain, who asked him about “cancel culture” in American society. “What do you think of that decision and about the cancel culture…
Source: Twitter / Louisiana Democrats A Republican state representative in Louisiana has gone viral for all the wrong reasons after he did some grandstanding during a House session addressing the topic of schools and colleges teaching critical race theory. While discussing his bill that addresses “certain concepts related to race and sex in elementary and…
School psychologist Dr. Umar Johnson directed harsh criticism at President Joe Biden during an interview on “The Breakfast Club” that aired on Monday morning, alleging Biden hasn’t taken explicit action to protect Black Americans from “police genocide,” even after Black voters propelled him to victory in the 2020 election. Johnson didn’t hold back punches against Black…
“An incorrect story I was ordered to write and which I failed to push back hard enough against.” The New York Post is catching heat over a report claiming Kamala Harris’ children’s book is being handed to undocumented minors at the border. As it turns out, the story is false and the reporter behind it…
Source: ALASTAIR PIKE / Getty A fake news story has resulted in the resignation of a tabloid reporter who claims she was “ordered to write” lies about Vice President Kamala Harris in a story about her role leading immigration efforts at the southern U.S. border. It was just the latest instance of the New York…
For a while now, the subject of a reboot for the classic Black comedy series “Martin” has been in question. The former cast members have been asked for years about the likelihood of the show coming back, and it looks like there finally is an answer. As they sat down on April 23 to talk…
Source: NewsOne composite Former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger appealed her 2019 conviction in the murder of Botham Jean on Tuesday. Local news reported that her defense team planned to argue that the convicted murderer who shot and killed the 26-year-old unarmed Black man inside his own apartment should have been charged with criminally negligent…
Soulja Boy (also nicknamed Big Draco) addressed his hater who heavily criticized the rapper’s newly released TRDR pocket game console on April 26 while livestreaming on Twitch. Soulja, who refused to reveal the identity of the person who called him an “idiot,” said on mark 8:06, “You’re not gonna like every product of course, but…
The FBI has opened a federal investigation into the shooting a Black man who died in a hail of police bullets last week. Andrew Brown Jr., 42, was killed Wednesday, April 21, in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. Pasquotank County sheriff’s deputies descended on his home to serve arrest and search warrants. Brown was wanted on…
Movie producer Will Packer is clear on two key components of his success: how to entertain his audience and why depicting the traumas of Black people will not be part of his projects moving forward. In 2016 Packer helped America revisit its painful history of slavery by remaking the miniseries “Roots.” Packer’s take on the…
