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The NFL is reportedly taking additional steps to express solidarity with the Black community. A source recently told The Undefeated that the league has plans to play “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing”—a song commonly known as the Black national anthem—before every 2020 Week 1 game; the first of which will go down Sept. 10 with the Kansas City Chiefs and the […]
Donald Trump has launched another attack on the growing movement for racial justice. On Wednesday, the president took to Twitter to slam the Black Lives Matter sign that will be painted along Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue, right outside Trump Tower. POTUS specifically took aim at New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio for supporting the proposed […]
Lionsgate has opted to keep the Season 3 episode of Mad Men titled “My Old Kentucky Home,” which features John Slattery’s character Roger Sterling in blackface. Deadline reports the racist imagery will be addressed prior to the episode with a disclaimer explaining that the scene “shows how commonplace racism was in America in 1963.” “This […]
Three of the world’s biggest corporations have been asked to terminate their partnerships with the Washington Redskins unless the team changes its controversial name. According to AdWeek, 87 investment firms and shareholders sent three separate letters to Nike, PepsiCo, and FedEx last week, pressuring each of the companies to cut ties with the NFL franchise. […]
Tens of thousands of people are demanding a full and thorough investigation into the death of Elijah Weatherspoon, an 18-year-old Black man who died last week under suspicious circumstances. According to WCBD, Weatherspoon went missing on June 25 in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, where he was boating with a group of white friends. At around 11 p.m. […]
Sacha Baron Cohen has taken his trolling to new heights. On Saturday, the comedian infiltrated the “March for Our Rights 3” rally, a right-wing militia event in Olympia, Washington, where he dressed as a country singer and led the crowd in a hateful, racist song, The Daily Beast reports. Outfitted in overalls and fake facial hair, […]
The political rhetoric coming from President Donald Trump seems to create an environment where hatred and bigotry can thrive. Unfortunately, the President doesn’t actively combat this notion. In fact, he promotes it. On Sunday morning, President Trump quoted tweeted a protest happening in Florida‘s Sumter County retirement community, The Villages. In the video, Democratic senior citizens were holding signs […]
Hours after Shane Dawson posted an apology video for past racist behavior, a clip surfaced that showed Dawson appearing to touch himself in a sexual manner while looking at a poster of an 11-year-old Willow Smith. Both Jada Pinkett Smith and Jaden Smith called him out on Twitter. On Friday night, the famed YouTuber posted a […]
Slavery is the backbone of many things in this country. Realtors in Houston have taken it upon themselves to remove at least one remnant of that moment in history. On Saturday, TMZ reported that the Houston Association of Realtors will no longer use the term “master” when describing the biggest bedroom and bathroom in a home. From […]
Mike Henry is exiting his decades-long role as Cleveland Brown, a fan-favorite character on the hit animated series Family Guy. The veteran voice actor, who is white, announced his decision via Twitter on Friday, writing: “It’s been an honor to play Cleveland on Family Guy for 20 years. I love this character, but persons of color should […]
