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Tina Lawson defends daughter Beyoncé against appropriation claims
Beyonce’s mother Tina Lawson had to get the haters right together this week over their criticism of Queen Bey’s new ‘Black Is King’ visual album.  The project, released July 31 on the Disney+ streaming service, is based on the songs from the 2019 album, “The Lion King.” As reported by
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A debate over identity and race asks, are African Americans ‘Black’ or ‘black’? - African American News Today - EIN News
who popularised the term “African American” in an effort to the African slave trade. African American acknowledges that. Any term she wrote, was whether African Americans needed a new label Jackson’s campaign brought African American into popular use in
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WARNING to Black Fathers | Afram News
We'd love to tell you Happy Father's Day, but in today's day and age, we feel the need to just say Congratulations, you've made it another year. In the words of Charles S. Dutton in the movie Menace 2 Society, the HUNT is on.
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OP-ED: Black People Suffer Disproportionately from Dementia Crisis | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — One major reason Black people suffer disproportionately from Alzheimer’s is we are underrepresented in dementia research, in part because many of us are unwilling to donate our brains to research or participate in brain studies due to distrust of the medical system. The good news is
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Tomorrow Is National CROWN Day, AKA, Black Hair Independence Day
July 3 marks the one-year anniversary of The CROWN Act and as such, The CROWN Coalition, a national alliance founded by Dove, the National Urban League, the Western Center on Law & Poverty, and Color Of Change has declared July 3, 2020, National CROWN Day, also known as Black Hair
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Op-ed: Why are you ‘white?’ - African American News Today - EIN News
of untreated syphilis in rural African-American men in Alabama was monitored the rights of newly liberated African Americans to own property, conduct business of Black American Innovators” and “Sweet Words So Brave: The Story of African American
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'Their fight is our fight': Latinos in Las Vegas join Blacks in seeking end to own injustices - African American News Today - EIN News
of modern civil rights, Black Americans and Latinos have marched side and social movement originating among African Americans, emphasizing basic human rights and Customs Enforcement are similar to Black American groups fighting against police brutality
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Super-sized Racism: Former McDonald’s execs strike back in explosive race discrimination lawsuit | New Pittsburgh Courier
by Trevor Coleman and Trevor W. Coleman II For more than 50 years the McDonald’s Corporation took pride in branding itself as a socially conscious corporation particularly interested in doing business in abandoned and long-ignored Black communities while embracing racial diversity as a critical
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Sharon Chuter’s Pull Up or Shut Up Campaign is Encouraging Action Plans Against Systemic Racism in the Workforce • EBONY
The Black Lives Matter movement became nationally recognized in 2014, following the deaths of two Black men, Mike Brown and Eric Garner, at the hands of police brutality. Six years later, the Black community has found themselves in the same spot — protesting against the racism embedded in
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Camille Cosby Speaks Out After Pennsylvania Court Grants Appeal For Bill Cosby (Video) | The Oklahoma Eagle
www.vibe.com Mrs. Cosby slammed the Me Too movement, and defended her husband. Camille Cosby is speaking out in her first major interview in six years. The 76-year-old producer and wife of Bill Cosby talked to ABC News after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court agreed to review the case that led to
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Trevor Noah's Answer To Wanna-Be-Woke Questions From White Pals: Blacklexa
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When Non-Black Minorities Adopt Black Style, Is It Still Appropriation? | The Oklahoma Eagle
www.huffpost.com By Bianca Lambert The answer is simple: Absolutely. We’ve seen a wealth of celebrities including Miley Cyrus and the Kardashians appropriating Black culture, plus countless fashion designers sending white models down their runways wearing locs, braids and baby hairs. But what
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Black Lives Matter Founder Finds Hope in Global Protests Over George Floyd’s Alleged Murder Arizona Informant Newspaper
By Gail Berkley, The Sun Reporter For Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza the global outpouring of protests and activism following the alleged murder of George Floyd while in Minneapolis police custody has been heartening and makes her hopeful for the future. At the same time, she
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Black Ink Crew: Chicago Star Phor Brumfield Causes an Uproar After He Compares Black-on-Black Crime to BLM Movement
Black Ink Crew: Chicago actor Phor Brumfield is currently facing backlash for his recent remarks about the Black Lives Matter movement. The reality star reposted []
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Woman Files A Report After Getting Punched For Saying N-Word
Another racist incident goes viral.
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Super-sized Racism: Former McDonald’s Execs Strike Back In Explosive Race Discrimination Lawsuit | Chicago Defender
By Trevor Coleman and Trevor W. Coleman II For more than 50 years the McDonald’s Corporation took pride in branding itself as a socially conscious corporation particularly interested in doing business in abandoned and long-ignored Black communities while embracing racial diversity as a critical
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Black Blues Singer Responds To Lawsuit From Country Band Lady Antebellum: ‘I’ve Been Quiet For Two Weeks’ - Blavity
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‘This Is Unintellectual and Irresponsible’: Terry Crews Draws Ire of Black Twitter For Warning Folks Against #BlackLivesBetter
Terry Crews was dragged on social media for the second time in a month after he criticized the Black Lives Matter movement on Twitter this []
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Local church raises Black Lives Matter banner - WS Chronicle
To show solidarity with the movement, St. Anne’s Episcopal Church, which has a predominately white congregation, raised their second BLM banner at the church last Thursday, July 2. The post Local church raises Black Lives Matter banner appeared first on WS Chronicle.
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What It Is Like To Be A Young Black Doctor
Young Black doctors say they hope to change the lack of medical access in their communities. But many also say the training system itself perpetuates a sense of alienation from the medical profession.
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What A 1968 Report Tells Us About The Persistence Of Racial Inequality : Planet Money : NPR
Despite political and social progress, African Americans still lag far behind economically.
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Fit, Black & Educated Relay Ends with Juneteenth Flag Over City Hall - Voice and Viewpoint
By Staff Writer Photos by Marlisa Henning Local nonprofit Fit, Black, and Educated, Inc. (FBE), recently made Juneteenth here in San Diego an historic and health conscious affair. What started off as an idea between FBE co-founder, Mars Herring, and Ervin Summers, FBE’s Civic Engagement
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With Black Americans dying of COVID at higher rates, the medical community points to racism in health care - African American News Today - EIN News
Racial biases and inequalities in health care have resulted in Black Americans having poor health outcomes and higher rates of chronic diseases than whites, which has led to their being infected with the coronavirus at higher rates and being nearly twice as likely to die of it.
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The True Plight of African-Americans.
White liberals and black politicians focus most of their attention on what the police do, but how relevant is that to the overall tragedy? According to Statista, this year, 172 whites and 88 blacks have died at the hands of police. To put police shootings in a bit of perspective, in Chicago alone
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Terry Crews & Don Lemon Clash Over Black Lives Matters Protest Aims
During a segment on Lemon's nightly CNN program, the actor voiced criticism over Black on Black violence with the host correcting Crews by saying that's not the aim of the BLM movement.
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Although Oklahoma Tried To Bury The “Black Wall Street”, This State Is Deeply Rooted In The African American Story. 5 Little-Known Facts About Oklahoma’s Black History You Should Know
Black Wall Street, the name fittingly given to one of the most affluent all-Black communities in America, was bombed from the air and burned to the ground by mobs of envious Whites. In a period spanning fewer than 12 hours, a once thriving Black business district in northern Tulsa lay smoldering
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Super-sized racism: Former McDonald’s execs strike back in explosive race discrimination lawsuit - DefenderNetwork.com
For more than 50 years the McDonald’s Corporation took pride in branding itself as a socially conscious corporation particularly interested in doing business in abandoned and long-ignored Black communities while embracing racial diversity as a critical component of its corporate ethos. It is
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