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Three Black friends were stopped by seven police cars and tracked by a helicopter because they didn’t wave to a white woman. Yes, really. A group of four people, three of whom are Black, were leaving an Airbnb in California with their luggage when they were almost immediately stopped by…
Officials were aware of signs of abuse and neglect but said there was “no identified safety threat” in the home of the six Black children who were adopted by Jennifer and Sarah Hart, according to records from the Oregon Department of Human Services. They also knew that Jennifer Hart had…
In a Macon, Ga., restaurant a mother and son got into an altercation with two Black service women. It all started when the two parties spat over the same parking spot. The argument made its way inside the Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen Restaurant where white 71-year-old Judy James Tucker and her…
The woman who said unarmed Stephon Clark “deserved” to die because he was “being stupid” has raised close to $25,000 in a GoFundMe account. Faith Linthicum was fired from Kaiser Permanente after writing on Facebook that Clark, a young father of two, had it coming when he was shot in…
Kaiser Permanente (No. 2 on the DiversityInc Top 50 Companies list) has dismissed a nurse at its Roseville Medical Center in California for her Facebook comments about Stephon Clark, an unarmed Black man killed March 18 by police in his grandparents’ backyard in Sacramento. Faith Linthicum of Sacramento, a nurse…
UPDATED MAY 29, 2018: Walt Disney Co’s ABC network canceled the comedy “Roseanne” on Tuesday after star Roseanne Barr compared a former Obama administration official to an ape in remarks on Twitter. ORIGINAL STORY Published March 30, 2018 The reboot of the more than 20-year-old sitcom “Roseanne” is trying to…
An interview in which actor Taye Diggs talks about his resentment toward Black women is causing a stir on social media. Diggs, who starred in the TV show “Private Practice” and “The Best Man” films and currently has a recurring role in “Empire,” was married to actress Idina Menzel, who…
Conservative activist and radio talk show host Ben Shapiro doesn’t think Black people should be excited about “Black Panther” because slaves were already emancipated, Barack Obama served as president for two terms and Halle Berry starred in “Catwoman.” Saying the hype over “Black Panther” is “incredibly stupid” and an example…
