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ComplexCon returns to Long Beach Nov. 6 – 7 with hosts J. Balvin and Kristen Noel Crawley, performances by A$AP Rocky and Turnstile, and more shopping and drops. Secure your spot while tickets last! Buy tickets Authorities have identified the culprit behind a series of “racially charged” notes that plagued a Georgia community. On Wednesday, the Douglasville […]
Graphic footage showing Missouri cops allowing a police dog to attack a Black man is drawing nationwide criticism, with one regional editorial board comparing the graphic video to Civil Rights Movement-era tactics used by now-dead Alabama racist Bull Connor. The footage in question, initially shared to Facebook and excerpted in the news clip above—viewer discretion […]
Reports have surfaced that a Metropolitan Police officer choked 13-year-old Black schoolboy Benjamin Olajive during a stop-and-search in South London last Tuesday. The incident unfolded after police responded to reports of a Black person carrying a knife. As a result, police identified Benjamin via CCTV footage. Video footage, which has since been taken down, shows […]
During an appearance on Good Morning America in July, Morgan Wallen addressed his usage of the N-word in a leaked video and went on to pledge $500,000 to Black-led groups. Just a few months later, much of that money has yet to surface, with one of the only groups he mentioned by name accusing him of being “misleading.” In the original […]
A Michigan dad has filed a $1 million lawsuit after an employee at his daughter’s school cut her hair without permission. Jimmy Hoffmeyer is alleging racial discrimination, ethnic intimidation, and that his 7-year-old biracial daughter Jurnee’s constitutional rights were violated when a school employee cut her curly hair. As the father previously told USA Today, a white student initially cut […]
A 70-year-old Jamaican man by the name of Errol Dixon has reportedly suffered severe injuries after being pulled over by police officers for a broken brake light in Bromley, South East London, earlier this week. Following the victim’s apprehension, the Met claimed a “struggle” ensued after officers stopped the driver. A woman, simply known as Char—who claims […]
While speaking to People, Gabrielle Union recounted an incident that she also tells in her new memoir, You Got Anything Stronger?, where she and some friends were racially profiled and intimidated during a 2019 trip to Croatia. Union said that her group was initially visiting some of the tourist sites in Dubrovnik, Croatia. “We wanted to recreate Cersei’s steps from Game […]
A Texas school board meeting took a drastic turn Thursday night after a parent expressed outrage over what she called “sick” curriculum. The incident occurred during the “citizens comments” portion of the Leander Independent School District board meeting. The woman, who was identified as “speaker seven, Sheryl,” took the mic and spoke about N.W.A.’s 1988 record “Fuck tha Police,” which she claims […]
Facebook is apologizing after its artifical intelligence technology mistook a video of Black men as “primate” content. According to the New York Times, the gaffe was brought to light earlier this week after a former Facebook designer was sent a screenshot of the mislabeled video. The post in question, which was published by the Daily Mail in […]
Taryn Manning says her role in the new movie Karen didn’t sit too well with—you guessed it—Karens. The 42-year-old actress touched on the backlash in a recent interview with Mr. Warburton magazine. Manning told the outlet she anticipated to be criticized over the film, in which she plays Karen White: a racist, entitled white woman who terrorizes her new Black neighbors. […]
