*A Minnesota legislator sees nothing racist about his tweet suggesting that the NBA, (in which three-fourths of the players are black), is full of criminals. Rep. Pat Garofalo, a fifth-term Republican from Farmington, tweeted Sunday night: “Let’s be honest, 70% of teams in NBA could fold tomorrow + nobody would notice a difference w/ possible […]
The pilot is hoping the note, in which she posted on social media, will not stop women from wanting to become pilots themselves, but to also encourage them even more. VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (CTV/CNN) – When you fly Canada’s major airlines – the voice from the cockpit is usually male. “Almost every day […]
MIAMI — A Florida teenager’s Facebook post has cost her father an $80,000 legal settlement. The Miami Herald reports that father had sued Miami’s Gulliver Preparatory School for age discrimination after he lost his job as headmaster. The school agreed to settle the case with Patrick Snay for $80,000. The agreement included a stipulation that […]
*A photo of President Obama hugging his wife Michelle Obama is no longer the most retweeted pic in Tw’istory…thanks to Ellen DeGeneres. During last night’s Academy Awards telecast, the host got Meryl Streep, then Julia Roberts, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence and Lupita Nyong’o (and her ecstatic brother) to take a selfie in the aisle in an […]
The internet’s biggest bully seems to have met his match! Perez Hilton gave Black Twitter a reason to come for him when he likened Black women to Hilter, saying, “Some present logical arguments, but then Hitler attempted to justify the holocaust too.” Confused? Yeah I was too. This whole mess started when Hilton tweeted a […]
*Ted Nugent is sorry — sort of — for calling President Barack Obama a “subhuman mongrel.” In an interview with conservative radio host Ben Ferguson, the musician apologized for comments he made during a talk with Guns.com last month. In that interview, which focused on the 2016 U.S. presidential race and Nugent’s potential interest […]
*After Richie Incognito deleted his Twitter account Friday in the wake of an independent investigator’s report on bullying in the Miami Dolphins locker room, he returned to the social media website Monday and apologized to teammate Jonathan Martin early Tuesday morning. “I would like to send Jonathan my apologies as well. Until someone tells […]
*Drake has issued an apology for going in on Rolling Stone after they replaced him on the cover with the late Philip Seymour Hoffman. The 27-year-old posted on his blog Friday: “I completely support and agree with Rolling Stone,” and calls Hoffman “legendary.” The rapper adds that he was frustrated and says Thursday was “an […]
*Drake is not happy that he got cheated out of his Rolling Stone cover this month by the sudden death of Philip Seymour Hoffman. In a tweet this morning, the Canadian rapper suggested he was wrongly quoted in the issue regarding Kanye West’s album, and that editors decided to pull his cover in light of […]
*Derek Jeter has announced that the 2014 baseball season will be his last. The New York Yankees shortstop broke the news on his Facebook page Wednesday, stating he will retire at the end of next season. It signals the end of what will be a 17-year career for a player impervious to scandal, even as […]
The owner’s behavior has been catching more attention to many upset with his actions. ENID, Okla. (PIX11) – A restaurant owner is under fire after a customer took to social media about discrimination they experienced while dining. This story features some graphic language. Gary James, owner of Gary’s Chicaros, said, “I’ve been in […]