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Thursday, May 6, 2021

Washington Wizards Demand Justice, Accountability and Equality in Team Photo

In every American household, Black, white, or otherwise, picture day is kind of a big deal.

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Idaho Governor Signs White Fragility Bill Restricting Critical Race Theory From School Curriculum Into Law

Welp, it happened; Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed a white fragility bill pushed by state Republicans to restrict Critical Race Theory from being taught in the state’s schools and universities.

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Masked Man Pulls Out Gun During Zoom Lecture About Racism Within 'Eyes of Texas' Song

In recent months, there has been growing controversy surrounding the kinda, sorta, totally racist school song of the University of Texas. A student-led Zoom lecture at the University of Texas at Austin was interrupted when a masked man began loading a gun on camera.

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A Starlet's Secret Weapon: The Hollywood Reporter Names 'Image Architect' Law Roach Its 1st Black 'Stylist of the Year'

It’s one thing to construct the looks of of-the-moment talents like Zendaya and The Queen’s Gambit star Anya Taylor Joy; it’s quite another to hold center stage with two of the industry’s hottest starlets flanking you like couture-clad backup singers. But so it is for 2019 The Root 100 honoree Law Roach, who made

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Continues Republican Push to Make Voting Hard AF for Black People

Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, aka Big Baby Brian Kemp, continued the Republican streak of enslaving the fuck out of the Black vote by signing a controversial bill into law that would limit access to mail-in voting in the state, continuing to move on former President Trump’s continuous lie of election fraud in…

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