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For years, black hairstyles have been weaponized to make the person that grows this hair feel inferior. As a result, a Georgia elementary school was hit with a wave of backlash after posting pictures of “inappropriate” and “appropriate” hairstyles. Last week, hairstylist Danay Wadlington uploaded a picture showing a poster at Decatur’s Narvie J. Harris Traditional Theme […]
A Canadian university instructor has been fired after allegedly demanding sex, lobster, and moose meat from a student who expressed concerns about her grades. A spokesperson for Cape Breton University confirmed the termination this week in a statement to the Chronicle Herald: “Cape Breton University is committed to a safe and respectful campus for all of our community members,” Lenore […]
Dodgeball is being as a means for “oppression,” according to Canadian professors. The Washington Post reports that educators from three of the country’s universities believer that dodgeball in physical education classes teaches children to dehumanize and act violently towards their peers. “When you’re setting up the environment for students to learn, and you introduce the […]
TMZ has learned that Hope Dworaczyk Smith, wife of Morehouse College’s Class of 2019 commencement speaker Robert F. Smith who promised to pay off their student loan debt, will be working with Jadelle Beverly Hills to design a custom pair of cufflinks for the 396 graduates as a “small gesture to support [the Smith family’s] tremendous, transformative contribution.” TMZ also reports […]
The recent college admissions scandal is receiving the small-screen treatment. According to Variety, Annapurna Television has optioned the rights to Accepted, an upcoming book by Wall Street Journal reporters Melissa Korn and Jennifer Levitz. The non-fiction book will explore the details of “Operation Varsity Blues,” a FBI investigation that exposed a large-scale bribery scheme at America’s top universities. Variety reports […]
An 88-year-woman in British Columbia has been waving to schoolchildren from her window for the past 12 years, and now that she’s moving into an assisted living home, hundreds of the children who knew her want to say goodbye. Tinney Davidson has lived in Comox since 2007, when she and her husband bought a house near Highland Secondary […]
Yale has yanked admission for one of their students who had allegedly only gotten into their university because of a massive bribe paid by her parents. The now ex-student was (unknowlingly or not) tied into the ongoing admissions scandal which had rocked academia and also pissed a lot of people off. This action was particularly noteworthy […]
A Pennsylvania school bus driver has been charged with a DUI and 26 counts of endangering the welfare of children after reportedly leaving her vehicle with nearly 30 children inside at a gas station. The incident began Friday afternoon when Lori Ann Mankos, 44, appeared “agitated” as she drove students from Northhampton Senior High School. At […]
Thanks to a friend’s selfless act, Brandon Qualls’ everyday life has gotten much, much easier. The Arkansas teen had spent years using a self-propelled wheelchair to navigate the halls of his high school. Brandon told media outlets that the chair had become an inconvenience and would cause his arms to become “really tired.” But, as of last month, the student no […]
Team ROC has helped secure another legal victory. The philanthropic division of JAY-Z‘s Roc Nation rallied in support of Jabari Talbot, a 6th grade boy who was arrested last month after refusing to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. The incident took place at Feb. 4 at Lawton Chiles Middle Academy in Lakeland, Florida, where the student got […]
