• NASCAR releases photo of ‘noose’ in Bubba Wallace’s garage

    NASCAR releases photo of ‘noose’ in Bubba Wallace’s garage

    It certainly looks like a noose. NASCAR released a photo Thursday of the rope that set off a firestorm, first assumed to be a racist symbol, then determined to be a misunderstanding. But while the rope may have been used to pull shut a garage door, it was tied in such a way that it …
  • Unilever to drop terms like ‘whitening’ from beauty products

    Unilever to drop terms like ‘whitening’ from beauty products

    Consumer products giant Unilever said Thursday it is aiming for a “more inclusive vision of beauty” in its skin care products and will remove words such as “fair,” “whitening” and “lightening” from its products, a move that comes amid intense global debate about race sparked by the Black Lives Matter movement. As part of the …
  • Splash Mountain to be redone with ‘Princess and the Frog’ theme after racial backlash

    Splash Mountain to be redone with ‘Princess and the Frog’ theme after racial backlash

    Disney is “almost there” with purging its racist history. Disneyland and Disney World will change their popular ride Splash Mountain into one with a “The Princess and the Frog” theme, ditching the ride’s connection to the racist “Song of the South” movie. Earlier this month, several petitions to have the Anaheim, California, and Orlando, Florida, …
  • If You Supported Black Lives Matter, Don’t Complain About Coronavirus Spike

    If You Supported Black Lives Matter, Don’t Complain About Coronavirus Spike

    The U.S. recorded its highest number of coronavirus cases in a single day on Wednesday, though deaths and death rates continue to fall. The data continued an upward trend that began earlier this month, and President Donald Trump’s critics have pounced on the news as evidence that he mismanaged the COVID-19 pandemic. This graph might …
  • James Earl Jones dragged into Jenny Slate’s ‘Big Mouth’ casting debate

    James Earl Jones dragged into Jenny Slate’s ‘Big Mouth’ casting debate

    The Darth haters are out in full force. Actresses Jenny Slate and Kristen Bell might’ve garnered online praise after stepping down from voicing biracial TV characters this week amid accusations of whitewashing. However, online detractors were quick to point out that African American screen legend James Earl Jones voiced a “white character” in “Star Wars” …
  • ‘Glee’ star Matthew Morrison speaks out on Lea Michele’s alleged behavior

    ‘Glee’ star Matthew Morrison speaks out on Lea Michele’s alleged behavior

    Matthew Morrison has broken his silence on Lea Michele’s alleged behavior on the set of “Glee.” “I honestly think it’s a distraction of the bigger issues that are going on right now,” he said on FUBAR Radio’s “Access All Areas.” “It’s kind of like, ah.” Morrison, who played the head of the glee club, Mr. …
  • Trump to sign executive order protecting federal statues, monuments

    Trump to sign executive order protecting federal statues, monuments

    President Trump is expected to sign an executive order by the end of the week that would protect public statues and federal monuments and make vandalizing or any destruction to them punishable by jail time, Fox News has learned. Sources told Fox News Wednesday that the text of the executive order is still being finalized. …
  • Rich Hollywood Elite Spike Lee: “The foundation of the United States of America is immoral, from the get-go.

    Rich Hollywood Elite Spike Lee: “The foundation of the United States of America is immoral, from the get-go."

    America was founded upon genocide, slavery, and theft, said Hollywood director and actor Spike Lee in a recent interview with Joe Madison on his radio show. “The foundation of the United States of America is immoral, from the get-go. The foundation has been shaky from day one. This country was based upon the stealing of …
  • Who behind the 'White Lives Matter' banner above the Etihad?

    Who behind the 'White Lives Matter' banner above the Etihad?

    The man behind the White Lives Matter banner above the Etihad stadium has been sacked from his job at an engineering firm.  Jake Hepple, 24, was dismissed from his role as a welder at Lancashire-based Paradigm Precision this afternoon, with the company saying it ‘did not condone or tolerate racism in any form’.  And his …
  • ‘Gone With the Wind’ returns to HBO Max with prologue about racist content

    ‘Gone With the Wind’ returns to HBO Max with prologue about racist content

    “Gone With the Wind” is no longer gone from HBO Max, having been restored to the streaming service’s library with a new prologue about the film’s problematic themes and depictionof the antebellum South. Jacqueline Stewart, host of TCM’s “Silent Sunday Nights” and a professor in the Department of Cinema and Media Studies at the University …