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  Rapper Talib Kweli has been marching among protesters in Ferguson, Mo. , so he had a few choice words for Don Lemon about his and his company’s “white supremacist” coverage. Read More: Don Lemon Alleges National Guard Member Used the ‘N-Word’, Seemingly Shocked It Happened ‘In 2014′ CNN Anchor Suggests Using Water Cannons On Ferguson’s Protesters […]

Media personality (and lawyer?) Geraldo Rivera was a guest on FOX’s “Outnumbered” Tuesday afternoon and got into it briefly with the show’s sole black panelist Harris Faulkner. When asked his expert legal opinion on how the situation in Ferguson might unfold, Rivera began describing the case solely in terms of race, suggesting that racial tribalism […]

It’s pretty well documented that Don Lemon is against the use of the “n-word.” In fact, he’s described it as one of the five things the black community must address to progress in American society. Well, Lemon’s latest run-in with the epithet wasn’t from the mouth of a belligerent black teenager but, allegedly, from that of a […]

Benoni Tagoe is using every resource at his disposal to teach Black millennials how to empower themselves through financial literacy with a new web series The Bizz Plan. “I have a lot of friends who know how to get money, but they don’t know how to keep it,” said Tagoe. “A lot of people who grew up like me, they […]

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The family of Anna Short Harrington, the woman who was the inspiration for much of the Aunt Jemima imagery, has filed a lawsuit against Pepsi Co. and its subsidiary the Quaker Oats Co., along with the Pinnacle Foods Group and the Hillshire Brands Co. D.W. Hunter, Harrington’s great-grandson, filed the class action lawsuit on behalf […]

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The landscape of television programming today is nothing like it was when the ”Cosby Show” ended in 1992, but that’s not stopping Bill Cosby from re-entering the television world. There are talks of a new comedy show being developed between Cosby and NBC to launch in the summer or fall of 2015, according to Deadline. SEE […]

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Ten years ago, a bad relaxer led a teen girl to launch her own natural hair product company. Jasmine Lawrence appeared on “The Oprah Show” back in 2007. She told the story of how a bad hair experience encouraged her to never use harsh chemicals again and, eventually, create her own line of natural products. Recently […]

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What started out as a hobby for Marques Brownlee has made him into one of the tech world’s youngest experts. The 20-year-old began making Youtube videos where he reviews tech products at the time he was entering high school. Today, his Youtube channel, MKBHD, has more than 1.5 million subscribers and his 640-plus videos have a […]

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The 5th Annual Diversity Affluence Brunch showcases the achievements of people from diverse backgrounds who have built success within their respective industries. These are people who continue to take their success to the next level by progressing and influencing diversity and multicultural business agendas and positive social impact in the world. Attendees and honorees included […]

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Rapper/Actor Common talks education,music, life, takes a looks at violence through the perspective of other Chicago Hip Hop artists and breaks down his new album, “Nobody’s Smiling,”  in this exclusive interview with KYSDC.com. RELATED: Focus On Gun Violence In Chicago   

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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People announced last week that the civil rights group will partner with Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc., the parent company of Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin-Robbins, to create an initiative to increase the number of Black-owned franchise businesses in the U.S. The announcement was made at the NAACP’s 105th […]

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Researchers are now discovering how people of color and women are often penalized at work for promoting others like themselves. In a time where many companies claim to value racial and gender diversity, researchers from the University of Colorado and the University of Colorado, Boulder have found that women and people of color – often minorities […]