Since announcing their new “Race Together” initiative to combat race relations, Starbucks has been met with mixed reactions. Many believe the company is using the topic of race as a prop, while others slammed them over a lack of people of color in the accompanying campaign. In an op-ed for Medium, Starbucks’ Senior Vice President of Global Communications, Corey duBrowa, explained how […]
But racism “is over” RT “@deray: Racist ‘Runnin N*gger’ Targets Sold At South Dakota Gun Show http://t.co/Wqcvn6kUI5 pic.twitter.com/iHvlBoaR4F — God (@CrownMeKingMusa) March 18, 2015 The Sioux Falls Collector’s Classic Gun Show in South Dakota has banned a vendor for selling shooting targets that depicted African-Americans, reports the Huffington Post. The vendor allegedly hid “Runnin’ Nigger” targets […]
The Super Bowl might have been disappointing for Seattle fans, but hey, cheer up, because it’s almost time for one last ride. The latest trailer for Furious 7 aired last night, and it looks like this might be the best one yet. In the sneak peek, you can see glimpses of the late Paul Walker, and […]
And this is why we love Rashida Jones. Over the weekend, the Angie Tribeca actress hit the 21st annual SAG Awards red carpet and things got awkward. During an interview with TNT’s red carpet correspondent Danielle Demski, she noted that Rashida was looking darker than usual. “You look like you’ve just come off an island or something,” […]
Breaking news: Rashida Jones is half black. Now that’s out of the way, maybe we should have posted this before the SAG Awards on Sunday night, because our girl Rashida – daughter of legendary producer Quincy Jones – had to remind a reporter that she is a black person. TNT’s red carpet correspondent Danielle Demski was completely […]
It’s been one hell of a week for Anthony Mackie. I was scheduled to interview Mackie about his new movie Black or White on Monday, Martin Luther King Day. I walked into the shoot location, and he was sitting down at the receptionist desk with a several women catering to him. One massaging his back as […]
Stephen Colbert is officially out and Larry Wilmore, host of Comedy Central’s newest faux-news desk slot The Nightly Show proved he’s all the way in, with a debut focused solely on race conversations in America. The show, which debuted on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day (how apropos), didn’t shy away from racially charged subject matter — […]
It’s not only the darker girls who feel society’s pressure to look perfect. Raven-Symone is the latest star to admit to going to extreme measures for the sake of beauty. In the upcoming OWN documentary Light Girls, the actress reveals she’d go tanning almost four times a week just to feel pretty. She admitted: “When I had […]
With Cuba and the U.S. normalizing relations for the first time in over half a century, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has called for Cuba to extradite the FBI’s most wanted woman. Gov. Christie sent a letter to President Obama about Joanne Chesimard, known to many as Assata Shakur. The 67-year-old was allegedly involved in the killing of a New […]
Timbaland’s new artist V. Bozeman is joining in the fight for racial justice, and she’s using the power of art to send her own message in the new music video for “Race Jones.” The R&B singer premiered the intensely powerful visuals with Essence Magazine, and collaborated with Cee-Lo Green to help put her vision together. Donned in all-white, […]
Oh, Really? Pharrell Williams Talks Ferguson, Says Michael Brown’s Behavior Was “Bullyish” (DETAILS)
Comments musical genius Pharrell Williams made about the unrest in Ferguson, Mo. and unarmed teenager Michael Brown’s death in an Ebony magazine interview are ruffling feathers and offending Brown supporters. Williams, who sat down with Ebony’s Kenya Hunt before a grand jury decided not to bring charges against the white police officer who shot and […]
A Texas teacher who posted a racially-charged tweet regarding the fatal shooting of Ferguson, Mo. teenager Michael Brown Jr. at the hands of a white police officer has been placed on administrative leave without pay. School officials from the Duncanville Independent School District are now investigating Vinita Hegwood, promising a “swift action” response to the tweet where Hegwood […]
