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David Banner: Trump's Election Is a Good Thing for Black Folks
David Banner, for one, is not freaking out about the election of Donald Trump as president. In fact, by his reasoning, this may be a good thing for the black community. The day after the election, the socially conscious MC from the Dirty Dirty posted his thoughts to Facebook. Banner says that he’s never scared,…
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Oprah Sounds Off on Donald Trump Win, Faces Backlash
Two days after the election of Donald Trump, Oprah Winfrey spoke with the Associated Press and said that although she was in disbelief over Trump’s presidential win, she also said that after seeing Trump’s meeting with President Barack Obama, she remained optimistic. She tweeted, “Everybody take a deep breath! Hope Lives!” “I could sense, maybe…
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Facebook Glitch Tells Thousands That They’re Dead
In what is being described as a “widespread glitch,” thousands of Facebook users who accessed their profiles Friday saw that they appeared in the “remembering” format. Even founder Mark Zuckerberg had this message on his page: “We hope people who love Mark will find comfort in the things others share to remember and celebrate his…
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Watch: Chimamanda Adichie Schools White Man: ‘You Don’t Get To Define Racism’
There is a conservative trope that many like to play up (like the so-called race card), basically saying that they are “silenced” on race because they are white. Well, R. Emmett Tyrrell, editor-in-chief of the American Spectator, tried it with author, self-proclaimed feminist and all-around badass Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on BBC News Tonight, and was…
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10 Most Unsung New Jack Swing Groups
Epic ’90s nostalgia is truly incomplete without a few jams to help you get your groove on. But in the late ’80s and early ’90s, there was a new R&B sound that was rockin’ the airwaves and the dance floor. New jack swing, a contemporary sound born and bred in the New York City club…
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St. Louis-Area Cop Under Investigation for Gleefully Posing With Dead Body
A St. Louis mother is demanding answers after a local news station showed her a photo of a police officer giving a thumbs-up over her dead son’s body. Kim Staton learned that her 28-year-old son, Omar Raham, was found dead in his Pine Lawn, Mo., home Aug. 8. The medical examiner ruled Raham’s death an…
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T.I. Goes Off on Lil Wayne for Disrespecting Black Lives Matter
Although Lil Wayne apologized for the asinine statements he made on the Black Lives Matter movement during a recently aired interview with ABC’s Nightline—first appearing to be unaware of the movement, then saying, “I don’t feel connected to a damn thing that ain’t got nothin’ to do with me … ”—that still didn’t stop his…
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Hampton University’s Emancipation Oak Threatened by Highway Expansion
Hampton University leaders are concerned that their campus is being threatened by a Virginia Department of Transportation plan to widen Interstate 64 leading into the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel. ABC 13News Now reports that VDOT officials recently met with university leaders to let them know that they may need to acquire some of their land…
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DC to Vote on Becoming 51st State on Election Day
Filled with the longtime rallying cry of “No taxation without representation,” supporters of D.C. statehood will finally get a chance to vote on just that. On Election Day, the District of Columbia will vote on its first referendum on becoming the country’s 51st state, something that would eventually require an amendment to the U.S. Constitution…
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Texas Cop Fired After Being Accused of Giving Homeless Man Dog-Excrement Sandwich
An officer from the San Antonio Police Department in Texas has been fired for allegedly attempting to feed a dog-excrement sandwich to a homeless man. My San Antonio reports that the incident occurred in May when the officer reportedly placed fecal matter between two pieces of bread and gave it to a homeless person in…
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