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An African-American history professor at George Washington University, Jessica Krug, confessed that she has been posing as a Black woman for over a decade even though she is in actual fact, Caucasian. Krug, 38, revealed in a post on Medium on Thursday that she had deceived friends and colleagues
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The Black Effect Podcast Network makes history by building its own - TSDMemphis.com
by Jay Conner - Much like the rest of the entertainment industry, despite all of the money and resources being thrown around, the wonderful world of podcasts is still very much a game of have and have nots – especially for Black creatives. Joe Budden’s exodus from Spotify highlights how Black
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Housekeepers Face a Disaster Generations in the Making
… . In cities like New York, African-American women lined up at spots … the Fair Labor Standards Act. African-American women had won many of …
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Why the royal mistreatment of Harry and Meghan should matter to us all - TheGrio
By February 2019, less than a year after their wedding, “tormenting the Duchess of Sussex ha[d] become a national sport”... View Article The post Why the royal mistreatment of Harry and Meghan should matter to us all appeared first on TheGrio.
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Covid-19 vaccine trials have been slow to recruit Black and Latino people -- and that could delay a vaccine
… go into the African American community with people … Medical Association, which represents African-American physicians and their patients … this day. "African-American people get treated differently. … of adherents, predominantly African American. He said he …
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Former Employees At Smithsonian African Art Museum Accuse Leaders Of Racism, Say Curation Team Is Exclusively White - Blavity
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Black Americans Still Wary of Clinical Trials | - Where Wellness & Culture Connect
Yet, studies show Black Americans continue to distrust medical research and clinical trials, apparently a lasting legacy of the infamous Tuskegee experiment which was shut down more than three decades
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Sharon Chuter’s Pull Up or Shut Up Campaign is Encouraging Action Plans Against Systemic Racism in the Workforce •
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For two days, starting on May 11, 1,000 Black residents rebelled against the city's systemic oppression. More than 100 blocks of neighborhoods and businesses were damaged. Police killed six Black men.
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Death has engulfed America; what can we do? – Daytona Times
Everywhere you turn and look, someone is dying. They are sick with the COVID-19 virus, these people are grandmothers and grandfathers, some are working on the frontline in a hospital, and some are in the wrong place at the wrong time. In the Black community it could be a young brother walking down
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Black People Wanted For COVID-19 Vaccine Trials As Clinical Racism, Distrust Of Doctors Persist
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California Lawmakers Approve California’s $267 Billion Budget | BlackPressUSA
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#TakeBack Essence- A Long-standing Pattern of the Mistreatment of its Black Female Employees | Chicago Defender
“Essence magazine is failing Black America. When Black media companies become unstable, it triggers the instability of the entire culture. Black women and men have long depended on Black-owned media outlets to service them with cultural identity, cultural memory, purpose, and economic
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Trump Snaps 'So Are White People' When Asked Why Black People Are Killed By Cops
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'The Underground Railroad' has strong performances, but fails to deliver - TheGrio
How do you make slavery boring ? Despite strong performances, Barry Jenkin's The Underground Railroad is plodding and rudderless. The... View Article The post 'The Underground Railroad' has strong performances, but fails to deliver appeared first on TheGrio.
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“Black Women in White America,” edited by Gerda Lerner, is an anthology of Black women’s personal narratives that date back to 1811. Recognizing the need for Black people to “define themselves autonomously and to interpret their past, their present and their future,” Lerner compiled this anthology
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Let’s Not Forget to “Reopen” Our Children - Houston Forward Times
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Revisiting the 1619 Project - TSDMemphis.com
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Commentary: If you hear it enough | New Pittsburgh Courier
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Man faces multiple charges for allegedly forcing woman to do OnlyFans threesome | BlackPressUSA
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3 North Carolina Cops Fired After Sergeant Comes Across Footage Of Them Talking About 'Slaughtering' Black People - Blavity
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National AIDS Memorial Observes Black History Month with AIDS Memorial Quilt Virtual Exhibition Honoring Black Lives Lost to AIDS | Dallas Weekly
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