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Rudy Guiliani: Black Lives Matter Wants to Take Your Beautiful Caucasian Homes
A racist dog whistle had unprotected, drunken sex with fear-mongering and the result was former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani.
With Challengers on Her Left, NY Rep. Yvette Clarke Says She Is More Than Progressive Enough to Lead
BROOKLYN, N.Y.—U.S Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-NY) and a group of faith leaders are marching down Church Avenue here in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn behind a huge banner that reads, “#LETMEBREATHE,” referencing the police killing of George Floyd.Read more...
James Dolan Can't Wait to Fire the Next Knicks Head Coach and He Hasn't Even Been Hired Yet
Other than being a dugout janitor or collecting urine samples for a living, I can’t think of a worse job in professional sports than being the head coach of the New York Knicks. The owner is somehow both a coward and an imbecile, the front office is a rotating cast of resounding failures and sexual harassment…Read more...
In Boots Riley's New TV Series, Jharrel Jerome Portrays a Virgo...Who Is 13-Feet Tall
Jharrel Jerome had quite a triumphant 2019 awards season, so I’ve been wondering what the 2019 Emmy Winner and 2020 Young Futurists honoree will be appearing in next. Fans have spotted him co-starring in Tayarisha Poe’s Selah and the Spades, which dropped on Amazon Prime this spring, but of course, eyes are…Read more...
Jesus Can Wait
Shaun King is not wrong.Read more...
Protesters Attempted to Tear Down an Andrew Jackson Statue Near the White House
Apparently a lot of folks have decided that if government officials won’t act to remove any and all monuments erected to celebrate oppressors, then it’s on the people to tear them all down themselves. On Monday night, protesters targeted the statue of President Andrew Jackson that stands in a park in Washington D.C.,…Read more...
#BlackAF Is Getting Blacker AF With Season 2 Renewal at Netflix
What’s Blacker than Black AF? I guess we’ll find out because Kenya Barris’ Netflix comedy #BlackAF has been renewed for Season 2.Read more...
Jimmy Kimmel Comes Under Fire for Unearthed Blackface Skit and N-Word Usage
Jimmy Kimmel has had a really interesting week, and it’s only Tuesday.
Mr. Steal Your Election Is Tweeting Random Videos of Black Men Attacking People
Nothing says, “I’m trying to rile up my racist base by appealing solely to their racism because I’m losing this upcoming election” like using the presidential Twitter account, the account that will be archived for future generations, to post videos of random black men attacking people.
A Noble Art: This Fine Photography Sale Helps Support Black Trans Lives and More
With all the time we’ve spent staring at the walls these past few months, it’s no wonder we’ve had art on the brain...not to mention it’s a welcome escape from what has felt like an unceasing stream of bad news. Call it art therapy, but the desire to beautify our lives is more than aesthetic—it’s a reminder that there…Read more...
Chrystul Kizer, Held in Jail for 2 Years After Killing Her Alleged Abuser, Finally Set Free Thanks to Community Bond Fund
Chrystul Kizer, a 19-year-old accused of killing her alleged sex trafficker in 2018, was able to step outside Kenosha County Detention Facility in Wisconsin for the first time in two years on Monday. Saddled with an oppressively high bond—originally set at $1 million, then bumped down to $400,000—Kizer had been in…Read more...
2 Athletes Announce Transfers From Liberty University, Citing the 'Racial Insensitivity' of the School's Leadership
Liberty University president Jerry Falwell Jr. just lost two players from the school’s football team because Falwell is a tone-deaf idiot who didn’t realize that tweeting his face mask design—which included an image of a white man in blackface next to a person in a Ku Klux Klan robe—might be off putting to his black…Read more...
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American Airlines Sued for Racial Discrimination After Black Passenger Removed From Flight
In 2017, the NAACP issued a travel advisory against American Airlines for just being flat out racist. Three years later, the airline is now facing a lawsuit because a flight attendant just couldn’t stop her inner Karen from hopping out.Read more...
Indiana Politician Resigns After Claiming Some Insane Foolishness About 'Uneducated' Voters Breeding
Larry Brown (the Indiana council member not the former NBA coach) is a goddamn idiot.
Long Lines for Black Voters Anticipated as Kentucky Cuts More than 95 Percent of Polling Places Ahead of Its Democratic Primary
Since the coronavirus pandemic hit earlier this spring, voting rights advocates have voiced concern over the country’s ability to operate free and fair elections. Tomorrow, all eyes will be on Kentucky, which will be running its most anticipated Democratic primary in years with only a sliver of in-person polling…Read more...
California Sheriff's Office Employee Caught Vandalizing a Black Lives Matters Sign
Law enforcement is a sensitive bunch. Apparently being told “Hey, don’t kill us,” just gets them in their feelings, so much so that an employee at the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office in California was arrested for vandalizing a Black Lives Matter sign.
Descendants of Confederate General John B. Gordon Request His Monument Removed From Georgia State Capitol
The fight to remove Confederate monuments has only intensified over the last month of nationwide protests. Now, it’s not only protestors asking for these monuments to be removed but even the relatives of those who had monuments made in their memory.Read more...
Is Jamie Foxx Bulking Up to Portray Mike Tyson in a Biopic? 'It's a Definitive Yes'
Throughout his comedy career, Jamie Foxx gained a reputation as a master impersonator. However, with his Oscar-winning performance in 2004’s Ray, Foxx proved he had acting chops far beyond bit impersonations.Read more...
NYPD Officer Suspended Without Pay for Using Banned Chokehold During Arrest
An officer with the New York Police Department has been suspended after a video surfaced showing him placing a man he was detaining in a chokehold and resting his weight on him.
#SayTheirNames: Angel McCoughtry Petitions WNBA to Allow Players to Wear the Names of Police Brutality Victims on Their Jerseys
After tearing ligaments in her knee and missing the entire 2019 WNBA season, Las Vegas Aces star Angel McCoughtry took to Instagram to announce that she’ll finally be returning to the court this upcoming season. But that wasn’t her only announcement, as she intends to use her platform to address the police brutality…Read more...
‘Everybody’s Life Matters’: Muhammad Ali Jr. Emerges From the Sunken Place to Say His Father Wouldn’t Have Supported Black Lives Matter
The Sunken Place has apparently claimed an unlikely victim—the son of iconic heavyweight boxer and renowned civil rights activist Muhammad Ali.Read more...
Exclusive Interview: Confederate Icons Speak Out on Recent Events
The George Floyd protests against systemic racism have reignited an age-old debate about whether there is a place in society for symbols to the Confederate States of America.Read more...
Jodie Isn't Just Daria's Black Friend—Comedy Central Picks Up New Spinoff Starring Tracee Ellis Ross
The “black sidekick” character trope certainly isn’t new, but it’s still relevant—so relevant that there are still references to it in TikTok videos.Read more...
Supermodel Joan Smalls Commits Half Her Salary to Racial Justice—and Urges Others to Do Their Part Through Donate My Wage
The fashion industry has long prided itself on making statements, but its recent response to outcries for racial justice has left much to be desired in the eyes of some of its most luminous members. The black boxes splashed across social media on #BlackoutTuesday (June 20) have been followed by a similarly echoing…Read more...
Ending White Supremacy Requires White People To Realize That Black Liberation Isn't A 'Zero Sum Game'
America loves whiteness.Read more...
30 Days of Iconic Music Video Blackness With VSB, Day 22: Jill Scott , 'Gettin' In The Way'
From the moment Jill Scott hit the scene nationally in 2000, she was a force. While she got dropped into the earthy-crunchy, neo-soul bucket of the late 90s and early aughts—I think being both from Philly, the epicenter of the movement if it had one, and the “sound” of her music helped this categorization—Jill to me…Read more...
Pharrell Williams, Kenya Barris to Reportedly Develop Juneteenth Musical for Netflix
Kenya Barris and Pharrell Williams are in the developmental stages of a full-fledged Juneteenth musical, which will have a home on Netflix.
The Rich Dad Poor Dad Guy Is a Racist, Idiot Trump Supporter So Please STFU About That Shitty Book Forever
If you’ve never heard of Robert Kiyosaki or his Rich Dad Poor Dad empire of financial advice, I want you to stop reading this, I want you to get on your knees, and I want you to thank God for granting you such luck. You are blessed. You are highly favored. Unfortunately, many of us are not as fortunate, as this book…Read more...
Russell Wilson, Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe Deliver Powerful Black Lives Matter Message at 2020 ESPYs
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic ensured that this year’s ESPYs would be radically different than any of its predecessors. And to the surprise of no one, there was no red carpet, no gaudy venue or lengthy monologue taking unsolicited jabs at some of the biggest names in sports. But for what it lacked in tradition, it…Read more...
When You See It...
There is a popular misconception that the death of George Floyd has ignited Black America to finally unleash the pent-up frustrations we have swallowed for lo so many years.Read more...
President Trump Told Me to Go Back to Somalia. So, I Did
Last July, President Trump made headlines by lashing out at a group of progressive congresswomen—among them Representative Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), the first Somali elected to Congress—and told them to “go back and help fix the totally broken and crime-infested places from which they came.” Days later, crowds at a Trump…Read more...
Kelly Rowland Shares Sweet Photos of Her Biological Father for Father's Day
For Father’s Day on Sunday, social media was flooded with declarations of love for the father figures in our lives. Musician and actress Kelly Rowland wrote a heartwarming account of the day she first met her biological father two years ago to commemorate the occasion.
Minnesota Corrections Officers File Lawsuit Claiming All Non-White Officers Were Barred From Guarding Derek Chauvin
Minority corrections officers at the Ramsey County Jail filed a lawsuit with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights Friday alleging that they were barred from performing their duties anywhere near the vicinity of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged with the murder of George Floyd. The eight…Read more...
Man Arrested in Death of 19-Year-Old Activist Toyin Salau Confessed to Killing Her, Say Florida Police
On June 6, Oluwatoyin “Toyin” Salau just wanted rest: a shower, a soft bed, a chance to get clean and maybe even sleep. The 19-year-old student and Black Lives Matter activist was exhausted: she had played an active part in the anti-police brutality demonstrations in Tallahassee, Fla., where police executed three…Read more...
In This Commercial, We Find Out What Ja Rule Thinks About Gyros
Maybe Dave Chappelle summoned this in his latest special by making a reference to his classic joke—or maybe this is just 2020 being 2020—but Ja Rule is trending again.Read more...
A Presidential Walk of Shame and Everything Else That Happened After Trump’s Tragic Tulsa Rally
In the end, Trump’s Tulsa rally on Saturday turned out like most of the president’s tenure on the job; there was a lot of hype, a show, and a depleted and bombed out crowd. What was supposed to be a packed house of 19,000 turned out to be about the same amount of people who could fit into a Ford Crown Victoria. The…Read more...
NASCAR Launches Investigation After Noose Found in Bubba Wallace's Garage Stall: 'This Will Not Break Me'
On Sunday, as Juneteenth celebrations drew to a close, a noose was found in the garage stall of Bubba Wallace at Talladega Superspeedway in Lincoln, Ala.Read more...
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Government Spy Planes and Drones Were Surveilling Recent Black Lives Matter Protests
New reports have revealed that both the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security were using spy planes and other airborne surveillance technology to monitor the protests for black lives that have been taking place across the country.
D.L. Hughley Tests Positive for COVID-19 After Collapsing On Stage in Nashville
Comedian D.L. Hughley has COVID-19. He was diagnosed with coronavirus after being tested at a hospital in Nashville where he was taken after collapsing on stage at a comedy show on Friday, Hughley revealed in a video on Instagram over the weekend.
30 Days of Iconic Music Video Blackness With VSB, Day 21: Will Smith, 'Just the Two of Us'
Today—June 21, 2020—is Father’s Day. My goal on today was to feature an iconic music video about black fathers and fatherhood. And you know what feels like damn near an impossible task? Finding a music video for a song celebrating black fathers and black fatherhood. In fact, there were so few videos in this particular…Read more...
Ticket Holder Wearing 'I Can't Breathe' Shirt Arrested at Trump's Barely Attended Rally in Tulsa
You’d think Trump and his personal enforcers—aka, the police—would celebrate any legitimate ticket holder seeking to attend his woefully underwhelming rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma yesterday.
Crowd Pulls Down Confederate Statue in Washington, D.C. on Juneteenth
Protestors in the nation’s capital ended Juneteenth on an appropriate note yesterday by toppling the statue of a Confederate general.
U.S. Attorney for Manhattan Challenges His Late Night Forced Resignation by Trump Administration [Updated]
Updated: 6/20/2020 4:24 p.m. EDT: Attorney General William Barr said in a letter on Saturday that the President has terminated Geoffrey Berman’s post as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York.Read more...
Beyoncé Drops New Song "Black Parade," Lifts Up Black-Owned Businesses on Juneteenth
Juneteenth, the holiday recognizing the end of slavery in the U.S., was marked by widespread celebrations across the country yesterday—bringing a bright spot of joy in a year that’s left the Black community experiencing more than its fair share of sorrow.
30 Days of Iconic Music Video Blackness With VSB, Day 20: Stepanie Mills, '(You're Puttin') A Rush On Me'
I cannot tell you how much I love Stephanie Mills’ video for “(You’re Puttin’) A Rush On Me” so I won’t even try. I love it a lot lot, though. What I will attempt to explain is why I love this video so much. For starters, I’d be willing to bet good money that a significant amount of people haven’t seen this video. It…Read more...
Democratic Senators Will Introduce Legislation to Make Juneteenth a Federal Holiday
Happy Juneteenth, everybody! And what a special Juneteenth it is.Read more...
One of the Officers Who Shot Breonna Taylor Is Being Fired...It Ain't Enough, but It's a Start
It ain’t nearly enough...but it’s a start.Read more...
VSB Dads Share Their Father's Day Wish Lists. We Thank You In Advance
Father’s Day is upon us and even before COVID-19, the sock aisles at your favorite retailers (that also sold groceries!) were probably almost bare, but now they are probably empty. Socks and ties are the Father’s Day staples near and far, to and fro. But is that what the father in your life really wants for Father’s…Read more...
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