South African Minister for Sports, Arts and Recreation Nathi Mthethwa has announced a second wave of funding for South African artists and athletes. R77 million has been allocated to assist artists whose sole income comes from economic participation in the…
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In White Folks News: Ryan Reynolds Calls He And Blake Lively’s Plantation Wedding ‘A Giant F***ing Mistake’
Source: ANGELA WEISS / Getty Ryan Reynolds is apologizing for he and his wife Blake Lively’s 2012 wedding, which took place on a former slave plantation. The actor addressed the longtime controversy during a recent interview with Fast Company, letting the…
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‘We are no less American’: Deaths pile up on Texas border
RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas (AP) — When labor pains signaled that Clarissa Muñoz was at last going to be a mom, she jumped in a car and headed two hours down the Texas border into one of the nation’s most…
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Florida County To Pay Black Woman $150,000 After White Boss Say She Didn’t Fit His ‘Vision’ For What the Office Should Look
A Florida county will pay a Black woman after she was fired without reason from her job at the county tourism office in 2015. The agreement was for $150,000. Deidre Jackson was fired by her manager Eric Garvey in 2015….
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White Teen Forced Autistic Black Boy to Kiss His Shoe Will Not See Any Jail Time
A white teen was captured on video forcing an autistic Black boy to kiss his shoe in a video that came to light in June will not be forced to serve any time in jail. The 17-year-old white male was…
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Oregon man charged after yelling racial slurs and driving car at 78-year-old Black Woman Before Her Son Intervened
64-year-old John Blackmore is now facing criminal charges after being identified by Oregon police for attempting to hit a elderly Black woman with his car while she waited at her son’s apartment. The incident took place in Hillsboro, Oregon where…
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Court Rules Jamaican Schools Can Now Legally Ban Locs
Last week a court in Jamaica decided that school now have the right to ban students with locs from going to school. The decision comes after a two-year legal battle on whether Kensington Primary School could require a then-5-year-old girl…
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