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TMZ has learned that the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas will issue a “significant public apology” to Meek Mill for threatening to arrest him if he tried to enter the building. Meek will, in turn, accept their apology, and not file a lawsuit against the hotel for racial discrimination and defamation. Meek tried to enter the Cosmopolitan this […]
A campgrounds manager lost her job this week after pulling a gun on a black couple that was trying to have a picnic. The confrontation occurred Sunday at a Kampgrounds of America spot in Starkville, Mississippi. Jessica Richardson captured the moment on video and shared it on social media. “RACISM IS ALIVE AND WELL!” she captioned the clip. “Today […]
Netflix has provided another glimpse at When They See Us, an Ava DuVernay-directed project about the notorious Central Park Five case. The limited series is based on the true story of five Harlem teenagers who where wrongfully convicted of raping a female jogger in 1989. Broken up into four parts, When They See Us will chronicle the legal battle […]
A Pennsylvania school district sparked outrage when a training video for active shooter situations spread to the wider world. In the video, the simulated shooter is seen wearing a keffiyeh, a Middle Eastern headscarf. A Pennsylvania school district did a shooting safety drill with a teacher dressed in an Arab headscarf, or kaffiyeh. It […]
Gucci is facing cultural appropriation criticism once again. Despite first receiving criticism for debuting their “Full Indy Turban” on a white model during Milan Fashion Week 2018, the luxury fashion brand put the controversial product up for sale on Nordstrom for $790 recently. Understandably, a lot of people aren’t happy. Twitter users have directly criticized […]
Many demanded Laura Ingraham be fired following her comments on Nipsey Hussle’s memorial service in Los Angeles, with the Game, Justin Bieber, T.I., and Tory Lanez expressing their distaste. Ingraham sarcastically referred to Nip as “this dear artist,” before claiming he was the artist behind YG’s “FDT,” which he simply featured on. Now, fellow West Coast rapper DJ […]
Ancestry released a commercial earlier this month titled “Inseparable,” set in the South during the Civil War. The storyline the company featured has sparked backlash among people online, many saying Ancestry is exploiting black history as a marketing ploy. In the ad, a white man runs alongside his lover, a black woman named Abigail, and tells her that […]
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 […]
Holden Matthews, the son of a sheriff’s deputy, has been charged with hate crimes in connection with the burnings of three predominantly black churches in Louisiana. The new charges were revealed Monday, per an Associated Press report. That same day, Matthews pleaded not guilty via a jail livestream. Originally arrested on arson charges, Matthews now faces […]
The New York Post has been the subject of extensive criticism in recent days, after the Rupert Murdoch-owned publication ran an offensive cover story targeting Representative Ilhan Omar. Critics have denounced the newspaper’s inflammatory coverage as islamophobic and an attempt to delegitimize one of the first Muslim women to be elected to Congress. On Thursday, the Post published a photo of the […]
