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Sure, we get the shortest month of the year to celebrate Black History, but this year, in light of the Black Lives Matters movement, it seems that quite a few celebrities are getting it in!
[READ: Killer Mike, Usher, Jermaine Dupri & More Kick off Black History Monty by ‘Banking Black’!]
Now Beyonce has taken one of the nation’s largest platforms, THE SUPER BOWL, to honor Black Power by paying homage to the Black Panther Party!
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Janet Hubert, best known for her role as Aunt Viv on Fresh Prince of Bel Air, is known for publicly airing her grievances and this time is no different!
[NEVER FORGET: Janet Hubert DRAGS Kenya Moore’s ‘Hot Mess’ Production… (VIDEO)]
This time, Hubert puts Jada Pinkett-Smith on blast for her decision to boycott the Oscars Awards due to it’s all-White list of nominees for 2016.
Many feel that Jada’s decision is purely self serving being that she’s NEVER spoken up on any issues that affect the Black community and it seems that she’s only upset over the fact that her husband, actor Will Smith, was overlooked for an Oscar nod for his role in the film Concussion.
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It doesn’t take much to be racially profiled in Georgia but one young rapper found out the hard way that being ‘legit’ doesn’t really matter when?you’re young Black and rich.
[FLASHBACK: Allen Iverson + Laborghini = Classic Case of ‘DWB’ in Atlanta…]
A young rapper was detained by Atlanta Police last Friday (January 8, 2016) after withdrawing a large amount of cash from the local Wells Fargo.
Sam Benson, who goes by the stage name Blac Youngsta, says he?s a millionaire and he definitely had enough in his account to withdraw $200,000 to buy a new luxury sedan, but police handcuffed him outside of the branch anyway.
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Meet 51 year-old Bobby Paul Edwards.? Edwards posed for the mugshot above after being arrested for assault and battery charges in South Carolina last year.
The arrest sparked a federal investigation that revealed that the man Edwards was accused of assaulting for more than four years, was a Black mentally disabled employee of his restaurant.
Now a federal lawsuit has been filed which alleges that Edwards and his brother forced the man into slavery.
Christopher Smith, a mentally handicapped African American man, was subjected to ?severe physical harm? by Bobby Paul Edwards, 51, while working at J&J Cafeteria in Conway. The lawsuit documents 14?cases of action including slavery, assault and battery, false imprisonment, violations of the Fair Labor and Wages Act and numerous forms of discrimination.
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NEWSFLASH!! Rachel Dolezal has finally come clean about her racial background.
[FLASHBACK: Rachel Dolezal Resigns From NAACP After Racial Controversy + Her Parents Speak Out… (VIDEO)]
The disgraced NAACP Spokane, WA chapter president recently made an appearance on ?The Real,? where she admits to being ?biologically born white to white parents.?
Dolezal received a standing ovation after her true confession, which was made only after co-hosts Jeannie Mai and Tamar Braxton pressured her to admit she was not born black.
But while she did admit to being born White, Rachel states she still ‘identifies’ as a Black woman. Tamar Braxton asked Dolezal if she felt that she had deceived anyone.
?No, I don?t,? said Dolezal. ?Don?t we all have the right to be exactly who we are?? Some would call it an obligation, even.
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Raven-Symone is speaking out after being dragged online for derogatory comments she made about her thoughts on Ghetto Black names.
The former child star made a few controversial statements when asked if she would ‘judge’ a person by their name and in a world filled with children growing up with names like ‘North’ West, ‘Blue Ivy,’ and Apple many felt Raven-Symone’s statement about ‘Watermelondrea’ was blatantly racist and out of line.
[READ: Raven-Symone Admits She?s ?Discriminatory? Against Black Names + #BlackTwitter Responds? (VIDEO)]
Raven recently offered an explanation and an apology of sorts to the millions of people she offended with her comments about how she would NEVER hire anyone with a name like ‘Watermelondria,’ stating:
As an equal opportunity employer, I have never discriminated against a name….even though I said I would, it’s not true. My comment was in poor taste.
Raven’s father, Christopher B. Pearman also hit the net to offer an apology for his daughter, stating that she often says ‘dumb sh*t’ but he’s still proud of his little girl.
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