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Munroe Bergdorf is back with L’Oréal Paris UK. The model, 32, slammed the beauty giant last week for its post in support of Black Lives Matter, pointing out that she was fired for speaking up against racism after the white supremacy rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. “You dropped me from a campaign in 2017 and threw …
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Netflix, the BBC and BritBox have all removed episodes of the series “Little Britain” from their libraries because of sketches involving blackface. The BBC show, which premiered in 2003 and was written by and stars Matt Lucas and David Walliams, was pulled from Netflix on Friday, according to Variety, which adds that the other two …
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Joe Biden asserted he is against the movement to defund and dismantle police departments ‘No, I don’t support defunding the police,’ Biden told CBS News on Monday The denial of support from Biden comes as Republicans attempt to peg the defund movement on Democrats and the presumed Democratic candidate Donald Trump is also attempting to make …
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Seven people were injured in shootings in Brooklyn, New York, in a space of just 10 minutes on Monday night Two men, 27 and 34, were each shot in the leg in the first incident at 10.40pm in Bedford-Stuyvesant Just five minutes later a shooting in Flatbush left a 35-year-old man injured Then three men, …
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Another one bites the dust. Stassi Schroeder has been dropped by her publicist and public relations firm, United Talent Agency, amid backlash the “Vanderpump Rules” star has received for racially insensitive behavior. “She became a client when her publicist joined our company in July 2018,” a spokesperson confirmed to Variety on Monday. “We made the …
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There’s never been a better time to read up. Harlem’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, a part of the New York Public Library system, has just released its Black Liberation Reading List to mark its 95th anniversary and to respond to the global protests in support of Black Lives Matter. The list is …
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The callous taking of George Floyd’s life has provoked both peaceful protests and violent rioting in American cities. The turmoil in our streets underscores the essential importance of a criminal justice system rooted in the rule of law and of a free press that reports accurately on the actions of citizens and government officials. The …
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As activists across the country protest for dramatic change in law enforcement following the death of George Floyd, Democrats in the House and Senate introduced a major police reform package. Democrat lawmakers held a press conference on the reform bill Monday morning. Before going into detail on the legislation, the they held an eight-minute 46-second …
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Terry Crews found himself urging against “groupthink” Monday after a tweet of his that used the phrase “Black Supremacy” sparked a trend-setting backlash on social media. “Defeating White supremacy without White people creates Black Supremacy. Equality is the truth,” the “America’s Got Talent” host tweeted Sunday afternoon. “Like it or not, we are all in …
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A Georgia State Trooper is making the rounds on social media after telling Black Lives Matter protests that he only kneels for God. The Trooper’s remark came in the wake of police officers and Democrat lawmakers taking a knee during nationwide protests over the death of George Floyd. The Trooper, identified as O’Neal Saddler, was asked to …
Munroe Bergdorf is back with L’Oréal Paris UK. The model, 32, slammed the beauty giant last week for its post in support of Black Lives Matter, pointing out that she was fired for speaking up against racism after the white supremacy rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. “You dropped me from a campaign in 2017 and threw …
