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What ran across your mind when you watched Angel L. Rosenthal get allegedly assaulted in "The Seattle Police Officer Punches Girl" video, or Kat Stacks allegedly getting assaulted in the "Kat Stacks Gets Beat Up" video? Violent videos of this type not only create a spectacle, they force viewers to become the judge and the jury; determining their personal sentiment on the amount of guilt of the assault victim.

Want to win FREE TICKETS to the festival? ENTER until MIDNIGHT, EST Tonight!! Leave a comment on this post telling us about your most badass BMX or skateboarding experience, or a hilarious story about a past Afro-Punk festival, or even wax poetic about what the historic Afropunk Movement means to you as a Black American. […]

Facebook’s alleged revenue for 2009 might come as a colossal relief to those managing the company’s public relations – not least of all because the online giant’s reputation has remained largely unharmed by a spate of murders linked intimately to the Facebook brand name.

Ok, I’m sure you probably figured out by now that the main picture of Jennifer Hudson and Nelson Mendela is a fake promotional image! On a good note, with recent talks of the making of the Winnie Mandela biographical film (bio-pic) played by Jennifer Hudson, I wonder whether the film would measure-up to some of […]

If you are familiar with the many negative racial stereotypes attributed to African-American people in the American mainstream media, you may share my dissatisfaction with the characters Black people play on television and films.

Formspring.me is a fairly new social networking site used by teenagers, mainly designed to allow users to anonymously post questions and comments on other users pages; however, it is growing a reputation as a place to gossip and insult people by posting profane, sexual and intentionally hurtful things.

In a world where visual indicators are prone to dictate social status, access to friendship circles and the overall social cohesion of minority communities, certain nations are proving just how reactive their societies are to the presence of growing minority populations.

In celebration of the trending topic “Follow Friday” on Twitter.com, here’s a list of the top five Black celebrities you must follow.

A NewsOne Exclusive With Memorial Day just around the corner, this year’s beach and pool season is about to begin in earnest. But a new study released by USA Swimming shows that many Black Americans can’t safely join the fun: 70 percent of African-American children have little to no swimming ability, nearly twice as many […]

Who is to blame for the violence in Jamaica? Is it the police? Is it the infamous drug lord Dudus (also known as Christopher Coke)? Is it Prime Minister Bruce Golding for harboring Dudus for so long? Is it the Jamaican Labour Party for supporting Dudus? Is it the opposition People’s National Party for supporting […]