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“The world is a ghetto,” declares legendary funk band War on its 1972 classic of the same name. And in the music world, that “ghetto” for black artists has long been “urban” music departments and genre shackles that have essentially segregated them based on the color of their skin. To make so-called “urban” music was …
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British officials said Thursday the grave of an enslaved African man has been vandalized in an apparent “retaliation attack” after protesters in the city of Bristol toppled the statue of a prominent slave trader. Two headstones in memory of Scipio Africanus, who lived in Bristol in the 18th century, were smashed. A message scrawled in …
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Publix Supermarkets has reportedly banned Black Lives Matter garb in the workplace. The company received backlash after a teenage employee in Florida said he was sent home for wearing the letters “BLM” written on his face mask. According to the boy, a district manager has since contacted him to explain their position. “He doesn’t know …
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A white Atlanta police officer was charged with murder on Wednesday after shooting African American suspect Rayshard Brooks during an attempted arrest last week. Officers Garrett Rolfe and Devin Brosnan were called to an Atlanta Wendy’s on Friday when an employee complained that Brooks was sleeping in his car while blocking the drive-thru. The officers …
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Atlanta police are looking for two white women who are suspected of starting a fire at the southwest Atlanta Wendy’s where Rayshard Brooks was shot dead by police. Atlanta officials on Tuesday released new photos of one of the two suspects at a press conference at a fire station. The photos, from surveillance footage, show a white …
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Senator Ted Cruz (R., Texas) demanded in a Wednesday letter that Google CEO Sundar Pichai explain why the platform threatened to demonetize the right wing news website The Federalist over comments on articles related to recent Black Lives Matter protests. “As evidence by its actions yesterday, Google seems more than happy to play this censorship role …
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“The world is a ghetto,” declares legendary funk band War on its 1972 classic of the same name. And in the music world, that “ghetto” for black artists has long been “urban” music departments and genre shackles that have essentially segregated them based on the color of their skin. To make so-called “urban” music was …
