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During an appearance on the Million Dollaz Worth of Game podcast, NFL Cam Newton shared that he doesn't like women who "can't cook," and "don't know when to be quiet."
A shift in perspective allowed me to see the history of Charlottesville, VA as both unsettling and inspiring.
Black women currently have no representation in the Senate, and there has never been a Black woman governor.
And it wasn't just O'Donnell. Comedy director Judd Apatow tweeted then deleted a post declaring that Will could have killed Rock. Will "could have killed him" with a slap that didn't even take Rock off his feet.
When I saw Will cock back and open-hand slap Chris in the face, my heart immediately sank. I didn’t know if it was real or fake, but I didn’t care.
Will has probably about had it with all the jokes and negativity surrounding his family and his marriage. Rock's not-so-wise crack may have just been the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back.
When the 94th Academy Awards take place on March 27, 2022, its efforts for diversity – and its shortcomings – will be just as much on display as the designer gowns and outstanding performances.
Despite the EU protection directives that those fleeing the conflict should be admitted temporarily, disparities persist in treatment.
Thurgood Marshall’s confirmation was a giant step forward in Supreme Court and U.S. history, but along the way he faced Senate Judiciary Committee questions that were race-baiting, arrogant, irrelevant and picayune. Ketanji Brown Jackson’s historic hearings have unfolded in a similar way.
No matter what projected traits we use to categorize the bank teller who called cops on Ryan Coogler, she’s just a Black woman trying to make a living in a country that conditioned her to see a Black man as an imminent threat.
As the Biden administration perpetuates its own version of anti-Blackness within the U.S. immigration system, any call for the protection of Ukrainian refugees is hypocritical without specifically acknowledging the experiences of Black migrants both in the U.S. and in Ukraine.
As Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson advances in this Supreme Court nomination and confirmation process, she will no doubt face disrespect and skepticism. Lovers of democracy should ardently stand beside her. I know Black women will, writes author Jennifer R. Farmer.
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