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Who Says Plus-Size Women Do Yoga? Dianne Bondy Sets the Record Straight in This Powerful Video
It’s a common belief that activities like yoga are exclusively for women in perfect shape. With a little extra weight, you feel like you have to cross out activities like yoga from your lifestyle. Should this be the case? Certainly not! The myth that plus size women...
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...
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...
