Thandie Newton Calls Out Starbucks for Their Racist Display With A Powerful Tweet
Thandie Newton a well known Hollywood star was in London recently where she was appalled by what she saw in a local Starbucks store. The Store had a statue of a dark skinned boy wearing a Loin cloth and Safari hat and had Colombia and espresso written on a placard...
Ex-NFL Player Made $25m, Quit At 29, Became A Farmer And Donates His Food To Pantries
Imagine, you have a career ahead of you. You have a very large contract with a guaranteed income that will see you through all your later years, leaving you very comfortable. Life can't really be much better. THEN, you throw it all in, of course you are left with a...
GA Teacher Fired After Ridiculing Student with Disability on Facebook
A high school teacher at the Fulton County public school district in Georgia was fired on December 18th after she posted a Facebook post ridiculing a student with a disability. Jennifer Lynch, upset that the student took 3 hours after school to finish his final,...
Did You Know Phylicia Rashad Was the First Black Woman to win Tony Award for this Category?
It was until Sunday Rashad became the very first black actress to immerge victorious for a dramatic leading role in Play by the name-“A Raisin in the Sun”. During the day she said she always wondered what it takes to win. She finally confessed it takes amazing grace...
GTFOH: Stacey Dash Wants An Apology Over Backlashes Against Her Call to Cancel Black History Month And The BET Awards!
Stacey Dash went onto Fox And Friends and caused a bit of a backlash when talking about the #Oscarssowhite hashtag. She made the suggestion that the BET Awards and Black History Month should be cancelled! Of course this would cause a backlash and of course if you make...
#SoulKitchen Popup Serves Homeless People 5-course Gourmet Meal {VIDEO}
This story is so awesome! Basically a group of volunteers and organisations made a gourmet op-up kitchen and fed awesome food in a homeless area. @blkcelebgiving hosted the first of what I know will be many #SundaySoulATL pop-up restaurants aka the #SoulKitchen! We...
In 1993, Michael Jackson Told Oprah He Didn’t Want to Be Played by a White Actor
Despite being born black and starting his career as a black child star, Micheal Jackson's skin lightened over the years. This made many fans question whether he was proud of his racial identity. In an interview with Oprah Winfrey in 1993, Micheal asserted that he was...
Softening of Federal Drug Policy Now That White Lives Are Being Destroyed Instead of Minorities Disgust Many
A report by the American Medical Association reveals that majority of first-time users of heroin are white. It further indicates that about 90% of the whites are suffering from the recent heroin crisis in the United States. According to Maine Gov Paul LePage, the use...
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“Too Many White ‘Saviours’” In African Stories Says Actor David Oyelowo [VIDEO]
David Oyelowo gave us an astonishing Dr. King in Selma and the renowned British Nigerian actor recently sat down with metro.co.uk to talk about diversity in film. One part of the interview he says ‘But also you know I’m Nigerian, I’m from Africa, my parents are from...
Rosa Parks Name And Image Ownership Lawsuit Won By Target Corporation!!!
So, Target Corporation is marking money off of the name and image of Rosa Parks and their right to do so has been upheld by a court. This seems like utter bullcrap! Of course, like most stories it's a little more complex. Ideally this shouldn't be happening but it...
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ONLY Black People Killed By Police In 14 Cities Across USA in 2015! [VIDEO]
This is awful and it's clearly a huge issue. An independent report found that across 14 USA cities in 2015 ONLY black people were killed by Police! Watch the video (and see the transcript) below to find out more... TRANSCRIPT Transcript sourced from Democracy Now:...
Vanity Overload: Wanted Ohio Man Sends “Selfie” To Police for a Better Mugshot & Gets Arrested
The Lima, Ohio Fugitive, Donald “chip” Pugh, who did not like his mugshot and sent in a Selfie to the police to change his mugshot on Facebook, has been arrested in Florida on the 12. of January 2016. The 45 year old Ohio Fugitive made News headlines and went viral...
Jaden Smith Has The Right To Be A “Black Man” Women’s Clothes, Gay Or Straight, However He Comes…
Let's face it, Jaden Smith is certainly a character. The eccentric son of superstar Will Smith grew up priviledged and unleashed. This is clear as he flirts with pretty much every boundary he can, when he is not proclaiming grand philosophies (often to hilarious...
$500,000 Personally Donated For Flint Water Crisis By Rapper “The Game” {WITH PHOTOGRAPHIC PROOF}
The Game isn't playing and has stepped up to show his support for the people of Flint with a huge donation from his pocket and even more The Rapper took to Instagram and wrote: #WATERFORFLINT PROOF !!! So, I'm on tour & not in the US as I'd like to be to help with...
Before He Was Shot Dead By Police Unarmed Teen Quintonio LeGrier Called 911 Three Times
Unarmed Chicago Teen Quintonio LeGrier went from asking for police assistance to being shot 6 times by police. They also shot and killed his neigbour! Police responded to a call from LeGrier's father then claimed the teen came at them with a baseball bat, resulting in...
Lenny Bruce Asked “Are There Any Ni***rs Here Tonight?”: Is It The Suppression Of The Word That Gives It The Power?
The N-Word is of course controversial and although it's moved through various forms from repressive to being owned by certain elements of the black community the word still carries the power to harm, it carries a vicious meaning, one of repression. It's debatable if...
‘Birth of a Nation’ Sets Sundance Record With $17.5 Million Sale to Fox Searchlight
Nate Parker is the brilliant mind and talent behind 'Birth of a Nation'. He wrote, directed and starred in the most talked about film of the Sundance Film Festival. In fact, Parker's film set a sales record for the event. The film is based on one of Parker's heroes,...
Retired NBA Star Devean George Built Affordable Housing & Grocery Store Co-Op in His Hometown of Minneapolis
Devean George is best known for being a former NBA Star and world Champion. His professional basketball career spanned 11 years after he was drafted by the Lakers in 1999. George retired from the NBA after the 2009-2010 season playing for the Golden State Warriors....
This Black Owned Bank Has Online Banking | Now You Can Bank Black from Anywhere
One of the easiest and absolute best way to support the black community is to buy black! But of course most people have their cash tied up in a white corporate but there are options for banking with a black owned business. One of those options is OneUnited bank. With...
Court Ruling Says Michigan Is Not Responsible In Providing Quality Public Education
Bad bad news! Do you remember the "Right to Read" lawsuit filed against Michigan State by the ACLU of Michigan back in July? This basically was trying to address the fact that young people were seriously falling behind in reading level. Surely it's a right to receive...
