Mike Tirico isn’t trying to be Black. Here’s a picture: https://twitter.com/TheRoot/status/887044274503786497 Yup. That guy right there is not about the Black label, or apparently any labels at all. In an interview with the New York Times, he had the following to say about race: “Why do I have to check any box? If we live […]
While incarcerated in 1995, the iconic rapper explained that dating the pop star would "let down" too many people in his life.
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A gunman despondent over a recent breakup opened fire at a poolside birthday party and phoned his ex-girlfriend as he kept shooting strangers, killing one woman and injuring six other partygoers before he was killed by officers, police said Monday. Peter Selis, 49, sat on a pool chair during most of […]
As if Kendall Jenner‘s Pepsi debacle wasn’t draining enough for the Internet, Nivea also caught the wrath of social media for their last campaign. The beauty brand is now officially pulling the plug on their recent “White Is Purity” ad after it triggered major backlash on social media for being racist and insensitive. The original […]
Angela Rye held nothing back while slamming radio host Joe Walsh for saying the bar had been “lowered” for former President Barack Obama because he’s Black. During a debate on CNN, the political commentator repeatedly called Walsh a “bigot,”asking, “Did you or did you not say that the standard was lower because he was Black?” When Walsh […]
Rachel Dolezal, who recently changed her name to Nkechi Amare Diallo to further embrace her African "heritage" although she was born White, is still claiming she is a "woke soul sista."
Fifteen-year-old Micah Speed and his mother are not happy that a video of the teen being attacked has gone viral. The video posted on Instagram appears to show an altercation between Speed and another student at Wake Forest High School on Friday. You can see one student pulling down another student from behind multiple times […]
An Okhlahoma State University student came under fire after posting a photo of four women in front of an OSU banner in blackface.
An ex-employee of a Versace retail store in the Bay area is calling out his former employers for extreme racist behavior. According to the former staffer, Versace secretly alerts staffers when an African-American person enters the store. In the lawsuit filed by the man, it says that a manager told him about a store code called “D410,” which […]
New York firefighter Jason Stokes pleaded not guilty to arson charges earlier this week after being charged with setting fire to his own home back in August.
“A lot of people think they know what Rachel Dolezal is. Race faker. Liar. Opportunist. Crazy bitch. But they don’t get to decide who Rachel Dolezal is,” reads the description on Amazon. Dolezal was president of the Spokane, Wash., chapter of the NAACP from 2014 to 2015. She stepped down only after her parents revealed […]
