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T.I. and Soulja Boy are encouraging fans to follow in Spike Lee’s footsteps by boycotting Gucci. The Atlanta rapper shared a series of Instagram posts Friday night blasting the Italian label over its recent blackface scandal. As previously reported, Gucci caught heat this week for a black sweater design that evoked racist imagery. The since-discontinued piece was widely criticized for […]
Spike Lee said he will no longer wear Prada or Gucci until the fashion houses “hire some black designers.” The Oscar-nominated director made the announcement via Instagram on Friday in light of the labels’ blackface controversies. Prada received backlash less than two months ago for an accessories collection that featured a dark-colored monkey with bright red, […]
Earlier this week, Virginia’s Attorney General Mark Herring admitted to wearing blackface almost 40 years ago while he was undergrad. “In 1980, when I was a 19-year-old undergraduate in college, some friends suggested we attend a party dressed like rappers we listened to at the time, like Kurtis Blow, and perform a song,” he wrote in […]
Virginia governor Ralph Northam, despite his party calling for his resignation, said that he will not step down Saturday and denied being photographed in blackface or in Ku Klux Klan robes in the photo that appeared in his medical school yearbook. Northam, a Democrat, apologized for the photos on Friday, explicitly acknowledging his involvement. However, a day later […]
Florida Secretary of State Michael Ertel, a Republican, resigned Friday after photos of him dressed up in blackface were obtained by the Tallahassee Democrat. Florida’s Republican secretary of state resigned Thursday after photographs were unearthed of him dressed in blackface, lipstick, and fake breasts to mock Hurricane Katrina victims in 2005 https://t.co/fZ0lZtaACH — The Daily […]
Megyn Kelly is officially out of a job—but don’t expect her to hit the unemployment line anytime soon. On Friday, NBC announced they had finalized the terms of Kelly’s exit, just two years after she inked a $69 million deal with the network: “The parties have resolved their differences, and Megyn Kelly is no longer an employee,” NBC said in […]
Delivering both an awful performance and an offensive appearance, Polish musician Bogumil “Boogie” Romanowski used blackface to portray Drake with a cover of “Hotline Bling” on popular variety program Twoja Twarz Brzmi Znajomo. The premise behind the show sees Polish celebrities impersonating global stars for a 10,000 złoty cash prize (roughly $2650) that’ll be given to a […]
Some people still think it’s okay to wear blackface during Halloween, including a white South Carolina bank executive who was recently celebrated for being an innovator in his field, The Root reports. Bryan Lenertz attended a Halloween party where he and his wife dressed as Kanye West and Kim Kardashian. Lenertz cluelessly paired a MAGA hat with shutter shades, […]
