Even with Halle Berry, Jamie Foxx and Jennifer Hudson all winning Academy Awards within the last fifteen years; the amount of roles available in Hollywood for actors of color continues to stay limited. Being openly gay might make it even more difficult, but there are some actors who continue to thrive.
As the New York Police Department contends with an explosive trial regarding its “stop-and-frisk” policy, a Hip-Hop legend joins in to call out the controversial practice. Yasiin Bey released a PSA yesterday (May 21) addressing the NYPD and its allegedly racist policy.
Is there still country for Air Force 1s? The iconic (seriously, no cliche) basketball shoe still looks ill in the right colorways and this latest Supreme version fits that bill.
National Lampoon and Saturday Night Live legend Chevy Chase is under fire after breaking the unwritten code of ethics in Black/White relations. In a reported protest over lines intended for his bigoted character Pierce Hawthorne of NBC’s Community, Chase used the “n-word” towards the show’s writers, claiming he feared that his character would be asked to use […]
In Idaho, where Black residents only make up half a percent of the overall population, the “Gem State” found itself in the national spotlight after the lone Black state legislator received a recruitment letter from the KKK at her home address. Rep. Cherie Buckner-Webb called the letter “something a little unsettling.” Rep. Buckner Webb was […]
A study conducted by the Archives of Dermatology making use of key figures and data from the Florida Cancer Data System has rendered what can only be described as an interesting find. Even though Black and Latino people are significantly less likely to develop melanoma and other forms of skin related cancer, when they do […]
Sickle Cell Anemia affects over 70,000 adults in the United States, many being Black American men and women. The trauma associated with this disease is often unbearable for some and totally intolerable others; for both groups, hope is on the way, manifesting itself in the form of a new groundbreaking procedure that might obliterate an […]
A group of seemingly angry Black men left the clean, usually tranquil city of Denver in a state of constant fear. Several members of Denver’s white citizenry were brutally attacked as they ventured into the downtown area. The attacks were caught on tape, and all of the men featured were captured; still, authorities had no […]
A ground breaking study conducted by researchers at Northwestern, Loyola, and Walden Universities has turned sociologists on their proverbial axis. After studying more than 250 Black adolescents, all of whom hail from stereotypical Black surroundings, researchers discovered that raising youths’ feelings regarding ethnic pride around the 7th and 8th grades, resulted in significantly higher mental […]
It seems that a change of strategy was all too inevitable after gay and lesbian support groups were left reeling at the hands of Maine’s citizenry. The new order of the day seems to call for a more personal approach to replace the forceful tone often associated with such groups. Gay rights activists have taken […]
An Earth-shattering study by the USDA has it predicting that an unprecedented number of children will use food stamps at one time in their lives. Nearly 28.4 million Americans partake in the Department of Agriculture’s federal food stamp program for low-income families. That figure allowed the federal agency to calculate that nearly half of all, […]
There is no doubt that the NAACP is a mere shell of its former self. Chasing frivolous, and often pointless, “civil rights” cases seems to be the name of the game as the organization’s leadership is seemingly doing its best to permanently tarnish the name of an organization that used to stand for so much. […]
The song, "We The People," sounds exactly like you're probably thinking and the requisite shot at Dr. Anthony Fauci is…
One of Los Angeles Lakers' superstar LeBron James' most sought-after kicks will finally be available to the public.
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