Robert Copeland didn’t help dispel the law enforcement racism stereotypes when he resigned after being overheard calling the commander-in-chief a racial slur.
Michael Jordan has seen his name plastered on both sides of the Civil Rights movement. The NBA great was one of the first to speak out against the Donald Sterling scandal but has been accused of not being visible enough in African-American current events all the same.
If there is any player the media wishes to hear voice their opinion of the NFL’s proposed ban-and-penalty of player’s using the n-word and other racial slurs, it’s Richard Sherman.
There is a Super Bowl about to take place with America’s most beloved quarterback Peyton Manning. The way Richard Sherman has been dominating cameras suggests otherwise.
Madonna seems to have a penchant for the outlandish dating back to the early stages of her career to even more recent outbursts. The latest for the pop diva involves her using the N-word on an Instagram post while giving her teenage son props and bashing critics for her use of the slur.
The N-Word debate was started up again earlier this month after the Richie Incognito scandal in the NFL erupted. Now with NBA player Matt Barnes and his profane Twitter tirade, where where he used the term and got fined, ESPN‘s Skip Bayless is calling for an end to everyone using N-Word.
Sylvester Stallone is starring in the forthcoming Grudge Match film but may have to explain himself to his castmate Kevin Hart about this one. Yesterday (November 14), Sly allegedly hurled the N-word at a paparazzo while leaving a cafe in Beverly Hills.
Riff Raff is one interesting character, among other adjectives. In a story that dropped last month, the Houston rapper’s use (at least in the past) of the N-word was revealed without much of a blip on the Hip-Hop radar.
The myth of post-racial America gets shattered fairly often. The latest instance of this was the appearance of a photo online featuring a white woman wearing a shirt emblazoned with the “n-word” slur while standing next to a Black man sporting a rather toothy grin.
A federal jury in New York heard argument last week in a racial discrimination case that stated the n-word was an acceptable term of endearment among Blacks. The jury dismissed the argument, ruling in favor of a Black female employee who was the recipient of a epithet-laced barrage from her Latino boss.
CNN host Don Lemon caused a stir over the weekend after agreeing with recent comments Fox News‘ Bill O’Reilly made regarding Black people. Lemon’s cosign during his “No Talking Points” segment came under fire from peers in the field and throughout social media. And it appears that Lemon isn’t backing down from his statements.
