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UPDATED Tuesday, February 24, 9:55 a.m. EST — Watch above starting 10:00 a.m. EST: The White House honors HBCU Champions of Change. Earlier: Despite the distressing state of historically black colleges and universities, there are individuals working within the education institutions who are working hard to drive change. Tomorrow, the White House will honor faculty […]

Television, radio show, and Internet diva to the tenth power, B. Scott (pictured), who is openly gay, is reportedly suing mega-network BET because he claims to have been treated poorly behind the scenes at the company’s most-recent BET Awards. According to Scott, the BET powers-that-be only allowed him to participate in their on-air red carpet […]

UPDATE — 7/02/13: BET issued the following statement claiming that the incident with celebrity blogger B. Scott was a matter of miscommunication and they regret any offense caused to him  or the broader LGBTQ community: “BET Networks embraces global diversity in all its forms and seeks to maintain an inclusive workforce and a culture that […]