A Maine town finds itself an unwilling center of controversy after a resident placed an offensive sign on his front lawn that mocked the Black Lives Matter movement. A Boothbay Harbor man put up a sign that read “Black Rifles Matter,” and said BLM activists should be flattered by his adoption of the phrase.
Jason Whitlock, a notable commentator for Fox Sports, has been aiming darts at Colin Kaepernick‘s anti-National Anthem movement lately but took things a step further during a Friday broadcast. Whitlock seemingly suggested that police brutality is nothing more than a controversial buzz word, and had the nerve to say it’s impossible to be shot and killed […]
The Black Lives Matter movement has been instrumental in raising awareness about the staggering instances of police violence enacted against Black citizens. A new study finds that the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag has sparked several conversations on race, trumping out the divisive hashtag #AllLivesMatter regarding how often the tags are used.
Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke has once more injected his controversial stances via a major media platform, this time blasting the recent protests and riots in Wisconsin. Sheriff Clarke, a frequent guest on the Fox News network, was back on air and blamed the riots on gays, single motherhood and “tribal behavior.”
Cam Newton electrifies crowds with his formidable athletic ability week in and out for the Carolina Panthers but the star quarterback is very much a media firebrand. Newton sat down with GQ magazine for a revealing interview in which he said that while he’s a mentioned being a Black quarterback in times past that the […]
In light of recent events around the nation, Jesse Williams, The Game, Meagan Good, Niecy Nash and other celebrities gathered for a townhall meeting in a private locale to discuss plans to add to the debate. In closing, it appears that the stars are unifying in an effort to use their respective platforms to advocate […]
When news that Marvel’s Iron Man will be getting a drastic update with Black teen genius Riri Williams taking over the suit from Tony Stark, the reaction was largely favorable. However, it wouldn’t be right if the butt hurt trolls that dwell in droves on Twitter didn’t chime in with their unnecessary and insensitive comments.
The Supreme Court of the United States once again ruled affirmative action in college admissions should continue as they always have, striking a second blow to former prospective University of Texas student, Abigail Fisher. The first Fisher v. University of Texas case was remanded, but today’s ruling in Fisher v. University of Texas II upheld the lower […]
Twitter, especially the segment of the social media network better known as “Black Twitter,” has used the platform to collectively band together and address sensitive issues via clever hashtags. Over the course of the morning, the hashtag #GrowingUpWithBrownSkin has exploded and the discussions sparked a necessary debate on race and the many nuances of being a person […]
Comedian W. Kamau Bell took a big risk to jump off his new CNN show The United Shades Of America, and it paid off.
The owner of a Mississippi RV trailer park evicted an interracial couple from its grounds, allegedly telling the wife that he doesn’t allow “Black and white shacking” at his business. Erica Flores Dunahoo, who is of Hispanic and Native American descent, and her Black husband, Stanley Hoskins, were given the boot because park owner Gene Baker said […]
Donald Trump‘s bizarre presidential campaign run has been one for the ages but it took some bumps when he failed to distance himself immediately from the Ku Klux Klan over the weekend. CNN pundits Van Jones and Trump supporter Jeffrey Lord battled during the network’s Super Tuesday coverage with Lord actually saying that the KKK was […]
