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Parents in Henrico County, Va., were outraged Easter Sunday when they discovered Easter eggs with racist messages had been left on neighborhood lawns. The Huffington Post reports: Jackie Smith said she and her husband, Brandon, were doing a traditional egg hunt in their front yard when they found an egg slightly different from the ones […]

Rappers Young Jeezy and Nas said it best – “My President is Black.” When I shook hands with President Barack Obama at the White House last year, I was looking directly at a Black man – the first African-American commander-in-chief in U.S. history. For me, there is no question that the president is a Black. […]

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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A national fraternity group has closed its University of Mississippi chapter after three members were accused of tying a noose around the neck of a statue of the first black student to enroll in the Southern college that was all-white at the time. The university announced Thursday that the national office […]

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SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A wildly popular Georgia restaurant at the center of a lawsuit that left the reputation of famed Southern celebrity cook Paula Deen in shambles has reportedly closed. The Savannah Morning News and WSAV television both reported Thursday that Uncle Bubba’s Seafood & Oyster House announced the closure on its Facebook page. […]

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Not everyone agrees with Kobe Bryant’s views regarding support for Trayvon Martin. And Dwayne Wade knows this. Rather than come down on the man he calls “Kob,” Wade simply has a respectful “difference of opinion” with his friend regarding the photo his team, the Miami Heat, took in support of the slain teen in 2012. […]

For iPhone: The whole country is watching New York City to see with it does with its controversial “Stop and Frisk” policy. The new Mayor Bill de Blasio knows it. That’s why he’s tasked his newly-appointed police commissioner Bill Bratton to figure it out. Part of that figuring it out process is to try to […]

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LOS ANGELES – Wells Fargo Education Financial Services and First Generation Films recently kicked-off the “Go College!” tour, a national education initiative launching in Los Angeles with screenings of the award-winning documentary “First Generation” at six Los Angeles Unified School District high schools and culminated with a red-carpet screening at L.A. Live. Go College! Los […]

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A lawyer for the ten former “American Idol” contestants suing over alleged discrimination on the show has filed a new brief in the case that attempts to use statistics to prove racial disparity among disqualified contestants. Per The Hollywood Reporter’s Eriq Gardner: The original complaint filed in New York was 429 pages long and covered […]

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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Three white officers accused in a federal civil rights lawsuit of beating a black art student falsely arrested him but didn’t use excessive force, a jury found Monday, awarding him $119,000 in damages. The all-white jury of four men and four women reached a split verdict in 22-year-old Jordan Miles’ lawsuit against […]

For iPhone; Ever heard of Connor Smallnut? If you haven’t, get ready. Connor Smallnut is Nick Cannon- Nick Cannon dressed in white face, a plaid shirt and a skull cap. Connor Smallnut is the white character Nick Cannon is using as a stunt vehicle to promote his new album titled, “White People Party Music.” Cannon […]

It’s a sad day when the President of the United States of America gets called everything but and we hardly bat an eye. The New Yorker reports: Donald Rumsfeld, whose mastery of foreign policy was amply displayed in Iraq, thinks that “a trained ape” could have done a better job handling Afghanistan’s President, Hamid Karzai, […]

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Black students are more likely to be suspended from U.S. public schools — even as tiny preschoolers. The racial disparities in American education, from access to high-level classes and experienced teachers to discipline, were highlighted in a report released Friday by the Education Department’s civil rights arm. The suspensions — and disparities […]