NNPA NEWSWIRE — On "Let It Be Known" on January 27, four Black journalists, including this writer who served as Fairfax’s communications consultant, had an hour-long...
ROLLING OUT — Now fast-forward 100 years to folks like Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, Sarah Silverman, Ted Danson and a host of political figures still feeling...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — We as Black nerds are entitled to characters that we can identify with and can show to children for them to take pride...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — Renee Tirado has been appointed director of Gucci’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion division. In her new capacity, Tirado will be tasked with developing and...
THE AFRO — With brazen disregard for their African American peers, two White students at a Montgomery County high school posted images of themselves in blackface...
NEW JOURNAL AND GUIDE — With control of both Virginia Senate and House of Delegates on the line this November, Democrats hold a slight edge on...
THE TENNESSEE TRIBUNE — There’s a long, ugly history of white fraternities and yearbook staffs at various universities participating in racist behavior.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “In celebrating the Congressional Black Caucus, I'm not touting their perfection, because the collective caucus is flawed as any other organization. My biggest...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “…there is this misguided group of Afrodescendants, who are throwing shade at those who are not ‘American descendants of slaves’ ADOS. Their shade...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — Northam canceled his plans Wednesday to appear at the historically Black college after a student leader asked him to back off for the time...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The governor can apologize, but the damage was done decades ago, and everyday he is a reminder of bigotry, racism and White Supremacy....
THE AFRO — The day after the election and also first day of Black History Month, an extremely racist image surfaced from Northam’s yearbook page.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The viral social media backlash that followed prompted the company to pull all of the items worldwide as calls for a boycott slowly...
DEFENDER NEWS NETWORK — Megyn Kelly’s firing at NBC has fans calling for Tamron Hall’s return. Kelly came under fire for vehemently defending people who wore blackface...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “…what is wrong with being “politically correct” if it means being perfectly civil, informed, and mindful of others. If African American people say...
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Five members of the women’s soccer team at a private Christian university in Washington state were suspended for one match Wednesday after...
Robert Mackey, THE NEW YORK TIMES (The New York Times)—Hundreds of Dutch citizens plan to don blackface this weekend for parades in honor of St. Nicholas,...
[Showbiz Spy] Mariah Carey has never been more furious in all her life — and it’s all down to her husband Nick Cannon. The Touch My Body hitmaker is incensed...
[USA Today] “It’s official … I’m White!!!” wrote America’s Got Talent host Nick Cannon with a photo of himself in white makeup. He shared the shot...
by LEANNE ITALIE, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Is donning blackface to dress up as a favorite TV character ever OK for Halloween? How about...
TOBY STERLING, Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) — A Facebook page seeking to preserve the “Black Pete” clowns in blackface who accompany St. Nicholas to the Netherlands...
