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Yesterday we reported that Paula Deen had hired the services of real life Olivia Pope, Judy Smith to help repair her image. Now, she’s reaching out to Rev. Jesse Jackson, who has actually come to Deen’s defense: “Jackson says if Deen is willing to acknowledge mistakes and make changes, ‘she should be reclaimed rather than destroyed.'”

Rachel Jeantel, the young lady who was on the phone with Trayvon Martin the night of his deadly altercation, took the stand yesterday at the George Zimmerman trial. According to Rachel, Martin was very clear about his being watched and followed by a shady individual, and even made an effort to lose him. She says […]

–Rashad Smith, Rochester, New York. Remember when we use to tune in to MTV and watch TRL, waiting on our favorite videos on the countdown? What about Pop Up Video on VH-1, that contained informational bubbles, trivia, and sexual anecdotes that kept us intrigued… remember that? Most certainly we cannot forget the comcial Al Shearer of […]

The George Zimmerman trial is being televised, and those who are watching got to watch a bit of, um, standup? Zimmerman’s attorney, Don West, began addressing the jury with…a knock-knock joke: httpv://youtu.be/ZiI5bVurSo0 Speaking to the jury during opening statements, West explained, “sometimes you have to laugh to keep from crying.” He went on to say, […]

One simple fact seems really hard for people to understand, Trayvon Martin committed no crime. To be even more clear, he did no wrong. He was where he was supposed to be and wasn’t bothering anyone. So any attempt to try to create some history of a troubled youth, like so many in the conservative media have tried to […]

Last week, writer Kiese Laymon published an essay, “You Are the Second Person,” chronicling his experience getting his novel, Long Division (which hit shelves earlier this month), published. Laymon’s thought-provoking, powerful, and inspiring work centered on exchanges between him and his former editor. Laymon’s former editor, described in the piece as a 54-year-old black man, […]

So, apparently Paula Deen’s recipes come with tons and tons of butter and a healthy dose of old school, antebellum-flavored racism. The queen of southern cooking essentially admitted that she is racist during a deposition.

But after a funny but problematic meme began making its rounds online – with the caption “That moment when you realize that you don’t have Tracee Ellis Ross’ hair” – Ross launched a counter movement; the “Hair Love” campaign. Though flattered by the compliment, Ross wants young women to love and embrace who they are.

Congratulations to Ethel “Ellie” Hylton on graduating from Harvard with the highest GPA in her class!

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RvKxDp9o44 Honestly I never intend to write this song. My producer Religion, saw a post I put up about a extremely racist commercial from the pen company Uniball. He was so angry about it he made the beat which would later become “New Nat Turners“. He called me after he sent it and we discussed […]

In just a few days, I will be graduating from one of the most “prestigious” universities in the country. This act will place me in a legacy of Black and Brown kids who graduated from institutions that have no true understandings of difference and inclusion, despite whatever their liberal mission statements may boast about. However, […]

Dallas, TX 911 operator April Sims lost her job after her lengthy, racist Facebook rants were sent to a local news station: “‘Black people are outrageous! They are more like animals, they never know how to act, just loud [expletive] Always causing problems.”