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Christian Cooper, the black man who recorded his unnecessarily tense interaction with a white woman in New York City’s Central Park on Memorial Day after he asked her to put her dog on a leash, said on The View Thursday that he has accepted Amy Cooper’s apology. “I do accept her apology. It’s a first step. I think she’s got to do some […]
An Arizona man was arrested this week after he allegedly held a black DoorDash driver at gunpoint. The incident reportedly occurred at around 3 p.m. Sunday outside an apartment building in Mesa. Witnesses told authorities that 32-year-old Valentino Tejada, a resident of the complex, was seen pointing a firearm at 24-year-old Dimitri Mills, who was on the property […]
In the latest episode of Red Table Talk, Jada Pinkett Smith got candid about her experiences with colorism—both as a witness and victim. The 48-year-old actress, who was joined by her daughter, Willow Smith, and her mother, Adrienne Banfield Norris, discussed the ways in which this form of internalized racism has caused a divide within the black community, and how […]
On Monday morning, a white woman in New York City’s famed Central Park decided to call the cops on a black man after he requested that she restrain her dog with a leash. “I’m gonna tell them there’s an African American man threatening my life,” the woman, who has been identified as Amy Cooper, can be heard […]
Footage obtained by The Guardian through a public records request shows a police officer in Brunswick, Georgia attempting to tase Ahmaud Arbery back in 2017. An unarmed Arbery was killed on February 23, 2020 after Gregory and Travis McMichael chased him down and shot him. Arbery, who was 25 at the time he was murdered, was questioned by police in November […]
Bhad Bhabie, a.k.a. Danielle Bregoli, has found herself under criticism again after she posted a video in which her skin appeared darker. People on social media immediately responded negatively to a series of clips the 17-year-old posted, in which she sports a new look. As soon as the videos started to circulate, trending on Twitter […]
Idris Elba is asking the public to stop spreading conspiracy theories about the coronavirus. A day after revealing he tested positive for the deadly disease, the 47-year-old English actor posted videos condemning some of the coronavirus myths he’s read online—specifically, the “stupid” claims that black people cannot be infected. “Thank you to everyone that’s shown a lot of support … Something that’s […]
It has been a long time coming, but the U.S. has finally made lynching a federal hate crime. Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) introduced the bill, naming it the Emmett Till Antilynching Act after the 14-year-old boy who was lynched in Mississippi 65 years ago, Vice reports. It’s also been 120 years since Congress first considered […]
On Saturday night, Rihanna, who founded the Clara Lionel Foundation in 2012, was honored for her philanthropic efforts at the NAACP Image Awards. During her acceptance speech for the President’s Award, the singer, actress, and businesswoman called attention away from herself. “OK, I’m going to try to keep this simple because tonight is not really about me because the […]
Despite an overwhelmingly negative reaction online, OneUnited Bank’s controversial Harriet Tubman card is a hit with customers. TMZ reports that the card, which has been likened to Tubman doing the Black Panther “Wakanda forever” salute, garnered massive interest for the black-owned bank. The debit card has seen OneUnited receive 10 times its usual volume of account […]
