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Monday, October 4, 2021

Kansas City High School Teacher Gave Students a Worksheet Containing Racial, Misogynistic and Homophobic Slurs

Only a few days after a teacher in a Kansas City high school used the n-word during class, the Raytown school district is now investigating a second racial incident that took place last week, according to the Associated Press.

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Sterling K. Brown to Star and Executive Produce Upcoming Limited Series, Washington Black

Hulu has just given a limited-series order to an upcoming adventure series, Washington Black, based on the international best-selling novel from Esi Edugyan, The Root has learned.

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$100,000 Donation Launches Breonna Taylor Memorial Scholarship Fund


A Los Angeles-based cosmetics company has donated $100,000 to the University of Louisville to launch the Breonna Taylor Memorial Endowment to support nursing students in honor of the 26-year-old woman who was shot and killed by cops who messed up a drug raid last year

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'That Would Be a Lot of Money': Mike Tyson Volunteers to Whoop Logan Paul's Ass for $100 Million

Since trading in their YouTube exploits for boxing gloves, serial idiots Jake and Logan Paul have brought plenty of attention (and embarrassment) to the sport of boxing while being surprisingly effective at either taking down or standing up to a respectable list of accomplished fighters.

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In Honor of Chadwick Boseman, Netflix Creates $5.4 Million Scholarship for Howard University Students

The life and work of the late Chadwick Boseman continues to create a lasting impact as it relates to his alma mater, Howard University.

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