racism

The Miami Herald is investigating how it published a paid insert with what it called “racist and anti-Semitic commentary” and distributed to readers of its Spanish-language sister paper. The Florida daily’s publisher, Aminda Marqués González, earlier this week said it will no longer publish or distribute the content of the weekly supplement LIBRE. Marqués González …

Stassi Schroeder has been quiet for a reason. The former “Vanderpump Rules” star, 32, told Tamron Hall on Thursday that since being fired from Bravo for her past racist behavior, she’s taken time to reflect on everything that lead her to this point. “People expected me to just understand everything immediately and things like that …

Chris Rock wasn’t hurt by Jimmy Fallon’s use of blackface while impersonating him on “Saturday Night Live” 20 years ago. “Hey, man, I’m friends with Jimmy. Jimmy’s a great guy. And he didn’t mean anything,” Rock, 55, recently told the New York Times. The “Everybody Hates Chris” star added that he believes Fallon’s performance — …

Take that, Zuckerberg. Leonardo DiCaprio, Kim Kardashian, Sacha Baron Cohen, and dozens of other celebrities joined the Stop Hate For Profit initiative and froze their Instagram and Facebook accounts for 24 hours in order to hold Mark Zuckerberg’s tech company accountable. “I love that I can connect directly with you through Instagram and Facebook, but …

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention appears to be moving forward with critical race theory trainings for employees despite an executive order from President Trump ordering federal agencies to end such taxpayer-funded training programs. Trump issued an executive order earlier this month requiring federal agencies to “cease and desist from using taxpayer dollars to fund …

One-time billionaire hedge funder Phil Falcone is cash-poor and can’t pay a nearly $14 million legal tab owed to a law firm, according to a new lawsuit. The controversial financier — whose wife, Lisa Falcone, landed on Page Six for name-dropping Alicia Keys and using the N-word in front of her black personal chef — …

The South African unit of Unilever will set up an advisory board and a diversity committee after apologizing for a hair care ad it admitted was “racist,” the consumer group said Friday. The advertisement by its TRESemmé brand, was posted on drugstore Clicks website last Friday, and described images of black women’s hair as “frizzy …

South African pharmacy chain Clicks closed its stores Wednesday after a racist advertisement on its website sparked violent protests. Clicks made the decision amid outrage over the ad for shampoo brand TRESemmé, which labeled images of black women’s hair “frizzy & dull” while describing white women’s hair as “fine & flat” and “normal.” Clicks apologized …

Chrissy Teigen recalled the moment her starry status couldn’t protect her and husband John Legend from experiencing racism. “We were in a nicer neighborhood at night, driving slowly, looking for John’s godmother’s home. These two guys were in a pickup truck slowly tailing us, flashing their lights and trying to speak to us,” Teigen, 34, …

The American Psychological Association has released recommendations on how to address the country’s “racism pandemic” amid national backlash and civil unrest over several high-profile deaths of black Americans at the hands of police. “We are living in a racism pandemic, which is taking a heavy psychological toll on our African American citizens,” APA President Sandra Shullman …