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Chrissy Teigen recalled the moment her starry status couldn’t protect her and husband John Legend from experiencing racism. “We were in a nicer neighborhood at night, driving slowly, looking for John’s godmother’s home. These two guys were in a pickup truck slowly tailing us, flashing their lights and trying to speak to us,” Teigen, 34, …

An inside look at how the 146th Kentucky Derby will shape up: Max Player (15-1) Trainer: Steven M. Asmussen Jockey: Ricardo Santana, Jr. Current Form: Ran home 3rd in the Belmont Stakes then 3rd again in the Travers, both won by Tiz The Law. Won the Withers 3 races back. Worth a wager?: Max has …

The American Psychological Association has released recommendations on how to address the country’s “racism pandemic” amid national backlash and civil unrest over several high-profile deaths of black Americans at the hands of police. “We are living in a racism pandemic, which is taking a heavy psychological toll on our African American citizens,” APA President Sandra Shullman …

Film critics deemed it a cinematic milestone when Disney cast John Boyega as “Star Wars’ ” first-ever black stormtrooper in 2014’s “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.” However, in a new interview with British GQ,  the British-Nigerian actor claimed that his character still played second fiddle to his white co-stars. “They gave all the nuance to Adam …

Talking Heads frontman David Byrne issued a lengthy apology Tuesday for wearing black and brown face in a decades-old video for the rock band. Byrne appeared in the racist makeup in the 1984 concert film “Stop Making Sense,” in which he portrays a number of different people interviewing himself while wearing his iconic “big suit.” …

Dozens of former McDonald’s franchisees say the fast-food giant steered them toward restaurants in poor, crime-ridden neighborhoods because they were black. The 52 entrepreneurs made the allegations in a sweeping racial discrimination lawsuit accusing McDonald’s of sending them on a “financial suicide mission” and denying them the same opportunities it gave white franchisees. “McDonald’s proclaims …

Hot 97 has fired longtime staffer Paddy Duke after a new documentary alleged that he was part of a mob that killed a black teen in the ’80s. Duke, born Pasquale Raucci, was hired by the famed radio station’s parent company in 1994 and eventually became its commercial programming director, according to the Root. But …

The National Basketball Association hates racism. They are very clear about this. In the playoffs being played in the bubble in Orlando, “Black Lives Matter” is emblazoned not just on the shirts players wear but on the court itself. So when the Los Angeles Clippers’ Montrezl Harrell clearly called Dallas Maverick Luka Doncic a “bitch …

Racism and anti-Semitism were second nature to him, and yet the cancel culture gives him a free pass every time. In a cancel culture targeting everyone from Confederate to Union generals, Columbus to Winston Churchill, Francis Scott Key to even Abraham Lincoln and all of Mt. Rushmore, and where the racial statements and attitudes of …

Racism is a monstrous presence in HBO’s new series “Lovecraft Country” — and is joined by nightmarish beasts from the works of author H.P. Lovecraft. In the series, produced by Jordan Peele and JJ Abrams, stars Jonathan Majors, Courtney B. Vance and Jurnee Smollett battle not only racial prejudice, but slimy creatures with sharp teeth. …