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An African-America man was questioned by authorities after a Caucasian woman called 911 to report he was babysitting white children!
Corey Lewis said he was followed home by a woman after she was concerned he had two white children in the car. Turns out, he was their babysitter and the story has now gone viral.
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An endorsement deal between Nike and Colin Kaepernick was announced earlier this week and sports fans reacted to the apparel giant backing the exiled NFL quarterback known mainly for starting a wave of protests among NFL players of police brutality, racial inequality and other social issues.
Lines were drawn in the sand as the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback quickly became a trending topic on Twitter and other social networks. Some urged a boycott of the company’s clothes and sneakers — even burning and cutting out the signature swoosh logos on their gear, while others pushed back, praising the company for finally taking a stand.
Nike continues to press the issue as a commercial featuring Kaepernick is planned to air during the NFL season opener.
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An Asian-owned beauty supply store that sells Black hair care products, but disrespects Black patrons is apparently still banking on Black dollars.
Changseok Jun, owner of Anna & Jun’s Beauty Supply in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was arrested for brutally punching a Black woman in the face a few weeks back.
The incident went viral online and the blatant disrespect had many outraged and calling for justice.
Apparently “justice” to some means 50% off.
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Cardi B has issued an apology to the King family after an the revelation of an old spoof video where she portrayed Coretta Scott King.
The Bodak Yellow rapstress stepped into the role of MLKs late wife for a skit called “Real Housewives of the Civil Rights Movement” and many are calling it blatantly disrespectful.
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Cardi pretends to spill tea with Rosa Parks and the wives of Malcolm X and Jesse Jackson. There’s even an “Iggy Azalea” sighting.
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The disturbing incident that occurred at the Overdrive Lounge in Atlanta has gone viral and the woman involved has been terminated from her position at Porsche.
As previously reported, a group of African-American party-goers celebrating a friend’s birthday were rudely interrupted by an Asian woman and her Caucasian friends who felt it would be funny to taunt the group by sitting in their section uninvited.
When asked to move, she responded with expletives and oddly enough, the enraged partygoers were the one’s who were soon ejected from the lounge.
[READ: Another Atlanta Restaurant (Solis Overdrive Lounge) Involved in Racial Incident… (VIDEO)]
The lounge received a ton of backlash after video of the incident went viral and now the woman has reportedly been terminated from her job and Porsche, who owns the property where the lounge is located, has responded publicly.
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Tamar Braxton has broken her silence and is finally speaking out about the incident that occurred a few weeks back while she was traveling on Delta.
If you recall, Braxton’s sister Towanda posted video footage of Tamar being scolded by a Delta pilot (click HERE if you missed that) and accused the airlines of racial profiling.
[FLASHBACK: Delta Issues Statement Regarding Tamar Braxton’s ‘Racial Profiling’ Incident… ]
Tamar has now hit the tweets with her version of the incident and she asserts that the pilot used racial epithets during their exchange.
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