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Terry Crews Finally Apologizes for His Abject Inability to Shut the Hell Up. It May Be Too Little Too Late Though

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LeBron James and Lakers pays tribute to Kobe Bryant

Before the start of the Los Angeles Lakers versus Portland Trail Blazers on Friday night at the Staples Center, there was an emotional celebration for the late NBA legend Kobe Bryant. 

According to ESPN.com, each member of the Lakers starting five was introduced “one by one as ‘Kobe Bryant’ while wearing either Bryant’s No. 8 or No. 24 Lakers jersey.” 

Following moving video tributes, and performances by R&B singers Usher and Boyz II Men, and cellist Ben Hong, was an emotional speech by LeBron James since Bryant’s tragic death.

READ MORE LeBron James and Anthony Davis both get tatted to pay tribute to Kobe Bryant

James, standing in front of No. 8 and No. 24 wreaths, read off all of names of the victims in Sunday’s helicopter crash, including Bryant’s 13-year-old daughter, Gianna: “Alyssa Altobelli. John Altobelli. Keri Altobelli. Payton Chester. Sarah Chester. Christina Mauser. Ara Zobayan. Gianna Bryant. And Kobe Bryant.”

A bouquet of roses and the jerseys of former Los Angeles Lakers basketball player and his daughter Gianna draped on the very seats the to sat in during a final game they attended at the Staples Center.

Straying from the script, James tossed his notes and told the crowd, “I’m going to go straight from the heart.”

READ MORE LeBron James reacts to the death of Kobe Bryant: “I’m heartbroken and devastated”

“Now, I know at some point, we will have a memorial for Kobe but I look at this as a celebration tonight,” James said. “This is a celebration of the 20 years of the blood, the sweat, the tears, the broken-down body, the getting up, the sitting down, the everything. The countless hours, the determination to be as great as he could be. Tonight, we celebrate the kid that came here at 18 years of age, retired at 38 and became probably the best dad we’ve seen over the past three years, man.”   

“The Lakers lost the game 127-119, but that was almost an afterthought,” Youngmisuk said. “After a week full of tears, it became clear that the organization, its employees, players, and fans needed this moment to come together and cry, as many did in the stand and on the floor.” 

Bryant’s widow, Vanessa, nor her daughters Natalia, 17, Bianka, 3, and Capri, 7 months, were not in attendance for the ceremony. However, Vanessa posted a photo on Instagram in response to the tribute.

“There is no #24 without #2. #GirlDaddy #DaddysGirl #MyBabies #OurAngels.” 

 

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Stacey Abrams predicts she’ll be president by 2040

Stacey Abrams, former minority leader of the Georgia House, has a prediction she believes will come true: becoming president. 

In an interview with FiveThirtyEight for its “When Women Run” project, Abrams was asked of her political ambitions and whether the country will elect a black female president in the next 20 years, her answer: “Yes, absolutely.”  

“That’s my plan and I’m very pragmatic,” she said with a smile. 

READ MORE Stacey Abrams confirms she’d consider being VP: ‘I will not diminish my ambition’

Clare Malone inquired whether Abrams finds people questioning whether the country is ready for a black woman to take office tiresome.

“When something new is on the horizon, we are usually both equally curious and afraid. I don’t begrudge the question but I resent an answer that doesn’t accept the wholeness of who I am,” the Georgia Democrat said. 

Believing that she is electable as president, she also shined a light on the barriers of the system, a system in which she has challenged with her focus on Fair Fight, an initiative she started to promote fair elections and voter suppression.  

“I’m not solely an avatar for black women but I am a proud avatar of both of those things because it stands as an example to others of what’s possible,” Abrams said. “ But we also have to recognize that electability is not simply a question of whether you have the capacity and if people want you, it’s also if the system will allow it to happen.” 

READ MORE Stacey Abrams tackles voter suppression in new book due out in June

In November 2018, Abrams famously made waves during her run to become the nation’s first African American woman to become elected governor but lost the election by 1.4 percentage point. The then-Democratic nominee also refused to concede defeat against her opponent, Brian Kempt, a Republican secretary of state, describing him as an “architect of voter suppression.”

Malone posed the question around Abrams being discussed as a “potential vice presidential pick as a way to balance out a white nominee at the top of the ticket and how her race and gender placed first and foremost. 

“I accept that I exist in the political zeitgeist in a very specific way,” she said.

Adding that questions surrounding that are raised and sustained around race and gender is due to “the story that lies behind it.”

“I am a very accomplished person who has experience in a realm of issues and has the capacity to do this job. So, while I may chafe a bit at what spawns the question, I’m very proud of why I’m even in the conversation because I’m not in the conversation just because I’m a black woman.”

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Southern University becomes first HBCU to launch CBD oil product ALAFIA

Southern University and A&M College, the largest historically black university in Louisiana, has made its mark in a major way with the launch of its own hemp-derived CBD product: ALAFIA.

According to Forbes, ALAFIA, which comes from a Yoruba language meaning “inner peace,” is a result of a partnership between the Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Baton Rouge and Ilera Holistic Healthcare.

“The lab tested and pesticide-free products will be available for over-the-counter purchase across the U.S. soon, the makers say, in compliance with the 2018 Farm Bill,” the article states. 

READ MORE Cory Booker announces initiative that would provide almost $100 billion to HBCUs

Ilera Holistic Healthcare’s chairman, Osagie Imasogie, said the hemp product was created “with patients in mind” and is “proud of this partnership with Southern [University] and pleased to know our product will be available to the people of Louisiana and beyond.”

The line will only be able to select locations across the state of Louisiana featuring two products: Isolate CBD and Full Spectrum CBD. Additional products will be released at a later date, according to a company spokesperson. 

Yahoo! Finance reported that ALAFIA is available for nationwide sales and distribution.

Chanda Macias, Ph.D., CEO of Ilera Holistic Healthcare and Women Grow, said the goal of ALAFIA was to create “wellness products at affordable price points.”

READ MORE HBCU helps Bahamas students impacted by Dorian with offer of free semester

“No one should endure the stress of trying to balance a healthy lifestyle at high costs; that within itself is unhealthy,” Macias said. 

Macias says the new venture is history in the making as Southern University being the first HBCU to produce its own product line is groundbreaking.

“When you think of the rich history Southern University holds here in Louisiana, this launch only mirrors the monumental impacts this higher education institution has made in this country,” Macias said. “As an alum of an HBCU, Howard University, I am truly humbled and proud to be a part of this historic moment.”

Ray L. Belton, president of Southern University, praised the successful partnership.

“This is an exciting time for healthcare and business here in the state of Louisiana, and Southern is honored to be a part of it all.”

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White Nationalists are Everywhere. This Time, in the U.S. Coast Guard

Possibly the most insidious thing about white nationalism is that its disciples can and do pop up any and everywhere. White nationalism isn’t a profession. Racists don’t tend to include it in their LinkedIn profiles. They don’t work in designated buildings wearing clearly identifiable uniforms. Nope, because that…

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