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Film critics deemed it a cinematic milestone when Disney cast John Boyega as “Star Wars’ ” first-ever black stormtrooper in 2014’s “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.” However, in a new interview with British GQ, the British-Nigerian actor claimed that his character still played second fiddle to his white co-stars. “They gave all the nuance to Adam …
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Talking Heads frontman David Byrne issued a lengthy apology Tuesday for wearing black and brown face in a decades-old video for the rock band. Byrne appeared in the racist makeup in the 1984 concert film “Stop Making Sense,” in which he portrays a number of different people interviewing himself while wearing his iconic “big suit.” …
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Hot 97 has fired longtime staffer Paddy Duke after a new documentary alleged that he was part of a mob that killed a black teen in the ’80s. Duke, born Pasquale Raucci, was hired by the famed radio station’s parent company in 1994 and eventually became its commercial programming director, according to the Root. But …
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The National Basketball Association hates racism. They are very clear about this. In the playoffs being played in the bubble in Orlando, “Black Lives Matter” is emblazoned not just on the shirts players wear but on the court itself. So when the Los Angeles Clippers’ Montrezl Harrell clearly called Dallas Maverick Luka Doncic a “bitch …
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Racism and anti-Semitism were second nature to him, and yet the cancel culture gives him a free pass every time. In a cancel culture targeting everyone from Confederate to Union generals, Columbus to Winston Churchill, Francis Scott Key to even Abraham Lincoln and all of Mt. Rushmore, and where the racial statements and attitudes of …
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Racism is a monstrous presence in HBO’s new series “Lovecraft Country” — and is joined by nightmarish beasts from the works of author H.P. Lovecraft. In the series, produced by Jordan Peele and JJ Abrams, stars Jonathan Majors, Courtney B. Vance and Jurnee Smollett battle not only racial prejudice, but slimy creatures with sharp teeth. …
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Get ready to scream for ice cream — with a brand-new song. RZA, of the Wu-Tang Clan, has partnered with Good Humor to write a cheerful new ice cream truck jingle in place of “Turkey in the Straw” — an earworm with a troubled history long criticized for being racist. “Remember that ice cream jingle?” …
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Jodie Turner-Smith and Joshua Jackson decided on welcoming their baby girl at home well before the coronavirus pandemic hit for a specific reason. “We had already decided on a home birth because of concerns about negative birth outcomes for black women in America,” the “Queen & Slim” star, 33, said in British Vogue’s September 2020 …
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Yahya Abdul-Mateen II — a breakout star of DC’s “Aquaman” and HBO’s “Watchmen” — is the cover star of the latest Men’s Health, and contributed to the mag’s special report, “Race, Racism, and Black Men’s Health.” Oakland, Calif., native Abdul-Mateen recalls dealing with racism as a freshman at UC Berkeley. “I studied architecture, and … …
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Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, signed an executive directive on Wednesday ordering state employees to undergo “implicit bias training.” Executive directives allow the Michigan governor to establish procedures or basic policy for employees of the state’s executive branch. According to the directive, current state employees will be required to undergo “implicit bias training” by …
Film critics deemed it a cinematic milestone when Disney cast John Boyega as “Star Wars’ ” first-ever black stormtrooper in 2014’s “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.” However, in a new interview with British GQ, the British-Nigerian actor claimed that his character still played second fiddle to his white co-stars. “They gave all the nuance to Adam …
