A Black mother is angry, claiming her daughter and her Black and brown classmates were forced to pick seeds from cotton and subjected to shackles and handcuffs for a history lesson on slavery by their teacher. “My daughter said she felt like a slave,” said Precious Morris about how her daughter told her her seventh-grade…
OPINION: Today’s Black conservatives are not at all like their Black forebears, who understood firsthand the evils of slavery, racial oppression and Jim Crow. This new generation blames the “welfare state” and “socialism” for what ails Black people in 2022. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s…
Source: Screencap / Instagram When Rush Limbaugh died, I rejoiced and made a lot of crude jokes, because I am a Black man and Rush was a racist. (Actually, he was an all-around sexist and bigot. All manner of marginalized people were electric sliding on top of that man’s grave.) When Don Imus died and…
La La Anthony is getting candid about her leaving her marriage to her estranged husband and NBA star Carmelo Anthony. The “Power” actress filed for divorce from the Los Angeles Lakers player last June following years of reported infidelities and the basketball player welcoming a child with someone else. They were together for 11 years. …
A Washington sheriff called a private department line alleging a Black man was trying to break into his home and was threatening to kill him, triggering over 40 different officers from different local agencies to race toward the scene believing another badge was in trouble. Cedrick interacting with officers who arrived after sheriff makes false…
A Whole Lotta Woman! Tia Mowry dedicated her time on May 4, to shed light on what it means to be a multifaceted woman. Tia Mowry shares the importance of acknowledging how beautiful it is to be a woman. Photo:@tiamowry/Instagram In the Instagram post, the actress, who was posing in black lingerie with a white…
The club must pay $43,300 immediately, while the remaining $18,600 was suspended for two years. LONDON (AP) — English county cricket team Essex was fined 50,000 pounds ($61,900) on Thursday in relation to a racist comment allegedly made by its then-chairman at a board meeting in 2017. John Faragher, who quit his position last year,…
Don Lemon attends the Clive Davis 90th Birthday Celebration at Casa Cipriani on April 6, 2022, in New York City. | Source: Jamie McCarthy / Getty Since the rise of the #MeToo movement, many celebrities have found themselves facing sexual assault claims stemming from either past transgressions or recent allegations. Although we’ve grown accustomed to…
Rihanna and A$AP Rocky are expecting a child soon, and their fans went crazy after learning the rapper proposed to the recording artist in his latest music video, “D.M.B.” Rocky dropped the music video on May 5. Rihanna stars in the music video for “D.M.B.,” and, according to Variety, the video is “an ode to…
Mozambique has become the latest addition to the growing list of countries in Africa with large scale mangrove initiatives. MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — In a bid to protect coastal communities from climate change and encourage investment, African nations are increasingly turning to mangrove restoration projects, with Mozambique becoming the latest addition to the growing list…
