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Project Greenlight Titles Effie Brown Episode “Hot Ghetto…

Viewers were confused to see the episode titled "Hot Ghetto Mess," with no indication for its reasoning - other than…
by Desire Thompson
04.17.21
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PBS Shelves “Finding Your Roots” After Ben Affleck…

PBS has halted the third season production of Finding Your Roots after an investigation proved the omission of Ben Affleck’s slave-owning…
by Desire Thompson
06.25.15
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Ben Affleck Apologizes For Scrubbing Slave-Owner Ancestor From…

Ben Affleck has issued an apology for hiding information about his ancestors on the PBS show Finding Your Roots. The actor took to…
by Desire Thompson
04.22.15
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Ben Affleck Had Ancestor’s Slave Owning Past Scrubbed…

In continuing fall out from those hacked Sony emails, Wikileaks revealed that actor Ben Affleck asked that his ancestor’s slave…
by NewsOne Staff
04.18.15