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Posted Tuesday 7/14/20 at 11:23PM EDT
Real Housewives of Atlanta's Porsha Williams and Love & Hip Hop's Yandy Smith arrested during a Breonna Taylor protest
The reality stars were among a group of celebrities and activists who were taken into custody Tuesday afternoon while peacefully...
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ESPN accused of having an enduring racist culture behind the camera
ESPN's Black employees have begun speaking out on the sports giant's everyday racism and barriers in a series of conference...
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Posted Monday 7/13/20 at 11:06AM EDT
CNN is launching “a new and expanded race team" to tackle race and systemic racism
"We are pleased to share the news of a new and expanded race team, which will contribute to all CNN...
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Posted Friday 7/10/20 at 7:35PM EDT
Why did HBO Max order a Gotham police drama amid a backlash over cop shows?
"Who thought now would be the right time for a Gotham cop show?" Vivian Kane says of HBO Max's announcement...
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Posted Friday 7/10/20 at 3:49AM EDT
SNL's Bowen Yang reveals he was a high school improv group with one of the cops in the Elijah McClain death
McClain was a 23-year-old Black man who died last summer after Aurora, Colorado police officers put him in a chokehold...
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Posted Thursday 7/09/20 at 2:25AM EDT
ESPN announcer apologizes, may lose job over racially insensitive remark
Amid the Black Lives Matter protests a month ago, ESPN held a passionate two-hour conference call among its college football...
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Posted Wednesday 7/08/20 at 1:18PM EDT
Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas is more relevant than ever in 2020 -- so why did HBO cancel it in 2019?
“It is very bizarre to think that when we did it, people just weren’t ready to hear about it or...
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The Dukes of Hazzard stars have differing views on the General Lee's Confederate flag controversy
A month ago, Amazon was reportedly considering pulling The Dukes of Hazzard from its IMDb TV streaming service amid the...
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Posted Tuesday 7/07/20 at 12:44PM EDT
Terry Crews and Don Lemon have a heated exchange over Black Lives Matter
The Brooklyn Nine-Nine star defended his criticism of the Black Lives Matter movement during an appearance Monday night on CNN.
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Posted Monday 7/06/20 at 9:49PM EDT
Dear White People creator Justin Simien calls viewership soaring 600% during Black Lives Matter protests "a weird consolation prize"
"It’s nice that it’s happening," says Simien, adding: "It’s devastating that it’s happening on the heels of yet another series...
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Posted Monday 7/06/20 at 1:15PM EDT
Fox News begins capitalizing "Black" when referring to race
Effective today, Fox News will capitalize Black "when it is used as an adjective describing people, a community, or culture,"...
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Posted Monday 7/06/20 at 1:15PM EDT
Andy Samberg admits it's "definitely a challenge" portraying cops on Brooklyn Nine-Nine in wake of police brutality protests
"We're taking a step back, and the writers are all rethinking how we're going to move forward, as well as...
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How Netflix became a leader in Black content as the rest of Hollywood scrambles to catch up
Amid the George Floyd protests on June 10, Netflix released a "Black Lives Matter" collection of 56 shows, films and...
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Posted Thursday 7/02/20 at 9:25PM EDT
NFL plans to play the Black national anthem before Week 1 games
ESPN reports that "Lift Every Voice And Sing," traditionally known as the Black national anthem, is expected to be performed...
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TV's "now problematic" episodes have always been problematic
There's a natural tendency to blame "cancel culture" when TV shows and movies we like become "problematic now," says Jeva...