Whites in the United States approve of police officers hitting men in significantly greater numbers than Blacks and Hispanics do according to a new study, reports Newsday. Is anyone surprised given that whites probably are not hit as much as Blacks or Hispanics? Newsday reports that about seven of ten whites, or 70 percent “can imagine […]
Sunday, possible GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson seemed to have pinpointed the source of many of the problems in the African-American community –hip hop. According to the Business Insider, Carson toldWBLS-FM hosts Bob Slade & Bob Pickett, When I talk about the hip-hop community, I’m talking about the aspect of modern society that pretty much dismisses anything that […]
https://twitter.com/KillioussBey/status/583339924708982785 A controversial Cosmopolitan article has surfaced, and now some are calling for a boycott of the magazine. The article, “21 Beauty Trends That Need To Die,” was published on the magazine’s website in January and compared “gorgeous” trends with trends that need to “die.” Sounds innocent enough, except only White models were used for […]
A noose found hanging from a tree on Duke University’s campus early Wednesday has prompted an investigation, school officials say. According to CBS, Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta sent an email to students confirming the noose was removed, adding that the “hateful and stupid act” will not create fear, but “have the opposite effect.” The […]
Last year Pharrell Williams, in an interview with Oprah, declared that he was a proud member of the “New Black.” In his contrived version of reality, “New Black” people do not blame “other people” for their problems. Instead, they assert themselves in society and probably chase that good ol’ American Dream. Last year Raven-Symoné demanded […]
What should be a celebration of the amount of faces of color we’ve been able to experience on prime time TV has turned into a whine session on Deadline about Black actors in lead roles of shows that are killing the ratings game right now, as if we don’t deserve the roles in the first […]
In a much-needed break from negativity about police encounters with African-Americans, a Louisville, Ky. officer is winning widespread praise after assisting a woman across the finish line in a 10K race over the weekend, reports USA Today. Louisville Metro Police Lt. Aubrey Gregory offered Asia Ford his arm during Saturday’s Rodes City Run after the […]
A lawyer has come forward to claim responsibility for the “exclusively for white people” stickers posted in several Austin, Texas businesses during the city’s popular South By Southwest (SXSW) festival last week. In a video posted last Thursday, Adam Reposa says that the words on the stickers are not the problem, but the fact that East Austin […]
You know that list of companies that are outspoken about gay marriage? The ones that tell gun advocates to put their firearms away when walking into their stores? The ones that pay your tuition and boast unity from their liberal boardrooms? Starbucks is that company. So it was only a matter of time before the inevitable came. […]
St. Louis County Police have issued a statement denying allegations that officers beat the man arrested forshooting two police officers during protests in Ferguson, Mo. last week, CNN reports. Officials also said he was seen by a nurse. MUST SEE: 10 Things We Know About Ferguson Suspect Jeff Williams So Far Jeffrey Williams, 20, was charged […]
UPDATE: Thursday, March 12, 1:55 PM EST Two men and one woman were questioned in connection to the shooting of two veteran officers in Ferguson, Mo. Wednesday night. A police spokesman has confirmed that the group was seen making a hole in the roof of their Ferguson home. After being questioned last night, they were […]
CNN anchor Don Lemon, who made a Columbia Journalism Review list of “worst journalism of 2014,” has done it again. Saying she was just singing a song, Lemon on Tuesday defended the house mom for the University of Oklahoma’s now-closed Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, Mediaite reports. The woman, Beauton Gilbow, can be heard in a […]