I sometimes worry that Black History Month is counter-productive. Yes, it’s nice to have a platform to celebrate the culture and shine a light on the continued struggles…
Read more 12 Black History Month Recs | Cup of JoIn June 2020, I wrote an essay, my first here, called Five Things I Want To Tell My White Friends. I was reeling in the wake of George…
Read more Five More Things I Want to Tell My White Friends | Cup of JoAnother example of racial profiling has surfaced, leaving many of us once again asking: when will this stop? A Florida teen, who was simply out for a walk…
Read more London Stock Exchange Fires Wannabe Zimmerman For Harassing & Threatening Florida Teen For ‘Walking While Black’ In His Own NeighborhoodSource: EyeEm Mobile GmbH / Getty BOSSIP has covered a lot of racism and a lot of hate crimes but we’ve never heard of anything like this…
Read more Hate Crimes: Black Swimmer At Gettysburg College Had N-Word Carved In His Chest By White TeammateFew DNC speakers embodied that “We won’t go back” like the Exonerated Five, saying Donald TrumpDonald Trump hasn’t changed since he called for their modern-day lynching as teens.…
Read more Rev. Al Sharpton Introduces Exonerated Five’s DNC Speech About Donald Trump Calling For Their Wrongful Execution: ’45 Wanted Us Unalived’Source: Tom Williams / Getty Black Republicans let some of the wildest things fly out of their mouths and this one is a instant furry-faced classic. Rep. Byron…
Read more Spit Shine Them Boots! Congressman Byron Donalds Misses Jim Crow Because “Black Families Were Together”Source: Hurlburt Field/Facebook / facebook Florida Deputy Fired After Fatal Shooting Of U.S. Airman Roger Fortson He was so young with a full life ahead of him. Roger…
Read more #RogerFortson Update: Florida Deputy Eddie Duran Fired For Fatally Shooting Black U.S. Airman After Responding To Wrong AddressSource: Tom Williams/Kent Nishimura / Getty GOP Colleagues Secretly Applaud Crockett’s Response to Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Outburst This drama-filled week of government clap-backs has led to several GOP…
Read more Capitol Hill Catfight Continues: Conservatives Cosign Jasmine Crockett’s Clapback At Marjorie Taylor GreeneSource: Allen J. Schaben / Getty Jerrod Carmichael is a lot of things; comedian, actor, host—but his latest gaggle of goofy gaffes gives him all the prerequisites to…
Read more KKKringy KKKlarification: Jerrod Carmichael Backtracks On Goofy Gaffe About White Boyfriend, Claims Alleged ‘Race Play’ Joke Is MisquotedThe BeyHive is swarming to Beyoncé’s defense after Dukes of Hazard has-been John Schneider compared her to a “dog” for making country music. Source: Kevin Mazur/Allen Berezovsky / Getty During…
Read more The Haves & I Think TF Not: Right Winger John Schneider Slammed For Comparing Beyoncé To ‘Dog’ Urinating On Country Music, BeyHive Swarms Unserious SaltineSource: Kevin Dietsch / Getty The year has just started but since there is an election in November this is your reminder that conservatives only really care about…
Read more Culture War Casualty: Harvard's First Black President Claudine Gay Forced To Resign Following Accusations Of Antisemitism And Racism By Conservative ClownsWe’re finishing the fourth quarter super strong when it comes to entertainment, particularly films. Source: Variety / Getty AMERICAN FICTION, Cord Jefferson’s hilarious directorial debut, arrives in theaters everywhere…
Read more 'American Fiction' Director Cord Jefferson Addresses How Black Artists Are Pushed Into 'Revolving Door Of Trauma And Misery' When CreatingSocial media celebrated like Christmas came early because someone stabbed Derek Chauvin, the ex-cop convicted of killing George Floyd. Source: Hennepin County Jail / Hennepin County Jail It…
Read more ‘Happy Shanksgiving!’ George Floyd’s Convicted Murderer Derek Chauvin Stuck Like A Pig In Federal Prison StabbingDoja Cat is kicking up more controversy by calling her fans “dumb” in her latest teaser and calling critics “f**king stupid” for accusing her of wearing “blackface.” Source:…
Read more Tried & True Troll Doja Cat Reacts To ‘Blackface’ Accusations, Continues ‘Cash Grab’ Comments While Performing ‘Say So’Source: Gustavo Andrade / Getty There’s no reason for animals like this to be walking the streets. Put her in a cage. A 43-year-old Portland woman named Janee…
Read more Soup Cookie Chronicles: Portland Karen Arrested For Spitting On, Punching, And N-Wording Black Security Guard Who Caught Her StealingSource: Grace Cary / Getty Racism in Texas?!? Say it ain’t so! According to Fox26, a white man in Stafford, Texas who works as an armed security guard…
Read more Everything’s N***er In Texas: Stafford Security Guard Goes On Racist Rant Following Road Rage Incident, Allegedly Spits On Black Woman
