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Breaking: Officer Indicted in Shooting Death of Akai Gurley
From NY1: Law enforcement sources tell NY1’s Dean Meminger that rookie officer Peter Liang has been indicted in the shooting death of Akai Gurley. Gurley was shot to death in a dark stairwell at the Pink Houses in East New York on November 20. Investigators say rookie officer Peter Liang was holding his gun in […]
Azealia Banks Defends Her Use of Gay Slur
In a recent interview, Azealia Banks discussed her use of gay slurs. Banks, who is bisexual, doesn’t believe that she can be homophobic. “I definitely think a lot of the time with the ‘white gay media’ – especially with female artists – in order for you to seem successful or seem feminine you have to […]
#SharptonSays: Al Sharpton Thinks Young People Don’t Have a Movement
Al Sharpton doesn’t think that young people have a movement. He said as much in a recent Washington Post profile. This: “The issue with my generation is we’re more about the Occupy organizing model,” she told Sharpton now. “You know, everyone can be a leader, that kind of thing.” “I hear them saying that,” Sharpton […]
Kendrick Lamar’s ‘The Blacker the Berry’ Gets One Million Plays In Less Than 24 Hours
In less than 12 hours, Kendrick Lamar’s new single, ‘The Blacker the Berry’ has been played more one million times. His new song is an incisive look at racism in America. With a million listens in less than 24 hours, it’s safe to say this is Kendrick’s next hit. h/t Colorines Photo: Screenshot/Youtube
Nearly Half of All Black Millennials Have Had Negative Interactions With Police
From Fusion’s Massive Millennial Poll: Despite intense public scrutiny on some policing practices, and their own personal brushes with law enforcement, young adults still view officers in a generally positive light. That’s according to Fusion’s Massive Millennial Poll, which surveyed 1,000 people aged 18-34 about everything from politics to dating to race issues. (For full results […]
Black Future Month: Why “History” Don’t Satisfy
By Aziza Barnes On my phone in a group text, November 2014. I’m in a 3 way conversation with my homegirls post Darren Wilson non-indictment/Daniel Pantaleo’s non-indictment/ post we-lost-track-of- the- names- the murderers- and- how- much- they- get- paid. We’re numb, the way people get during war time to make it through the day. We’ve […]
Fifty-Percent of Millennials Believe Gender Is On a Spectrum
From Fusion’s Massive Millennial Poll: Half of all Millennials believe that gender exists on a spectrum, and shouldn’t be limited to the categories of male and female, according to Fusion’s Massive Millennial Poll, which surveyed 1,000 people aged 18-34 about everything from politics to dating to race issues. The findings suggest young people are moving away from a […]
Get Free: LGBT Rights and Black Liberation
Recognizing how mainstream LGBT and racial justice movements have often ignored the issues that young Black LGBT people face, BYP100 seeks with this video, and future mobilization efforts, to broaden the narrative of what’s at stake for Black people in the LGBT rights movement. At the same time we want to push the mainstream civil […]
Teen Charged With Murder After Taking Selfie With Dead Body
This is selfie culture gone horribly wrong. Sixteen-year-old Maxwell Morton has been charged in connection with the death of Ryan Mangan, also sixteen. Morton was charged after a woman came forward and claimed that her son received a Snapchat from Morton showing a selfie with Mangan’s shot, slumped over body. The woman claimed that the […]
From Brownsville to the White House
From the White House: A couple of weeks ago, a photo of 13-year-old Vidal appeared on Humans of New York, a popular blog. He talked about his principal Ms. Lopez, saying: “She told each one of us that we matter.” After garnering more than 1 million likes and shares on social media, the photo gave rise […]
Pay what you owe: How Nike profits from African-American cool
Nike is profiting from “black cool” writes Jamilah King. From Fusion: On January 19th, as part of its decade-long tradition of honoring Black History Month, Nike dropped this year’s line of commemorative sneakers. The 12 new shoe designs feature special black and white colorways of shoes endorsed by some of the company’s highest profile spokesmen, including […]
Flawless: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Nominated For Grammy
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the award winning Nigerian author, has been nominated for a Grammy. The award nod comes from her credit on the song “Flawless” on Beyoncé’s self-titled album. The song contains a sample of Adichie’s ‘We Should All Be Feminists’ TEDxEuston speech. Watch Beyoncé discuss Adichie’s influence on the making of “Flawless” below: h/t OkayAfrica Photo: Chimamanda Ngozi […]