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A South Carolina man was sentenced to 10 years in prison Friday for his involvement in a murder-for-hire plot against his black neighbor. According to the New York Times, 26-year-old Brandon Cory Lecroy pleaded guilty last fall for trying to pay a KKK member to carry out the murder. Prosecutors claim Lecroy asked a FBI agent posing […]
Burger King has apologized after receiving backlash for an advertisement that was released by its franchise in New Zealand, CNN reports. The ad in question features people using chopsticks to eat Burger King’s “Vietnamese Sweet Chilli Tendercrisp Burger.” “Take your taste buds all the way to Ho Chi Minh City with our Vietnamese Sweet Chilli Tendercrisp,” they wrote in […]
A Connecticut woman has accused Harvard University of exploiting images of 19th-century slaves, who she claims are her ancestors. According to USA Today, Tamara Lanier is suing the Ivy League after they allegedly ignored her requests to hand over the photographs of South Carolina slaves who’ve been identified as Renty and his daughter Delia. Harvard biologist Louis Agassiz commissioned […]
Three of the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates—California Senator Kamala Harris, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, and former Housing Secretary Julian Castro—have signaled their support for government reparations for black Americans to address centuries of oppression. During an appearance on The Breakfast Club, Kamala Harris affirmed her support for reparations, pointing to her concerted efforts of investing in HBCUs, and […]
Gucci‘s recent blackface scandal has prompted the label to rectify its apparent lack of diversity. On Friday, Gucci CEO Marco Bizzarri announced four long-term initiatives that aim to improve cultural awareness within the fashion house. These actions are: Hiring global and regional directors for diversity and inclusion; setting up a multicultural design scholarship program; launching a diversity and inclusivity awareness program; and […]
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 […]
HBO has picked up the film adaptation of Richard Wright’s seminal novel Native Son. The deal was confirmed by Deadline on Thursday night, shortly before the movie’s premiere at Sundance. Visual artist Rashid Johnson directed the drama, which has been described as a “modern re-imagining” of Wright’s 1940 book. Native Son will star Ashton Sanders (Moonlight) as Bigger […]
It appears Nav considers himself a hip-hop trailblazer. The XO producer/rapper returned to Twitter on Thursday to declare his influence on the rap game—specifically how he paved the way for future Indian artists. “I really took all the smoke for any Indian rapper after me,” wrote Nav, who is of Indian Punjabi descent. I really […]
Back in November, while on a panel to promote his new movie Green Book, Viggo Mortensen used the N-word. As you can imagine, it didn’t go too well. Mortensen, who has apologized, expanded on his usage of the word and specifically the context in which he used the word while speaking to France 24. “I would like to say that how it […]
During a roundtable conversation with Gabrielle Union, Ellen Pompeo, and Emma Roberts, Gina Rodriguez discussed women’s pay in America. “I get so petrified in this space talking about equal pay especially when you look at the intersectional aspect of it, right? Where white women get paid more than black women, black women get paid more […]
