Tag: social commentary
News
Girl threatened with expulsion from school unless she tames her afro *UPDATE*
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Vanessa VanDyke, 12, faces expulsion from her Central Florida school if she doesn't cut, or at least groom her puffy afro...
Controversy
School Sends Girl Home Because of Her Unkempt Dreadlocks (Video)
A 6-year-old Tulsa, Oklahoma girl was sent home from school because her unkempt dreadlocks violated the school's dress code.
Tiana Parker's father, Terrance Parker, told...
Commentary
RNC Speaker Tells Blacks: Gays, Immigrants Take Priority Over You
A speaker at a Republican National Committee luncheon commemorating the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington said issues concerning the gays and immigrants...
Uncategorized
Rapper J. Cole says Obama wouldn’t be president if he were dark skinned
Rapper J. Cole sparked controversy when he said President Obama wouldn't have been elected if his skin was dark.
In an interview with BET, Cole...
Controversy
Black Celebrities Come Out in Support of Paula Deen
Actress Stacey Dash, NFL player Kris Jenkins and civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton are among the black notables who have come forward in...
Controversy
Video: Paula Deen Begs for Your Forgiveness *Update* Food Network Fires Deen
Celebrity chef Paula Deen is reeling from the backlash to her admission that she routinely calls black people "niggers." In a video released by...