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Sep 21

Tell It Tuesday: Why Critics of BlacKKKlansman Need to Chill

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Photo via The Hollywood Reporter By Ta-Ning Connai Spike Lee has done it again! He’s made a movie that has pissed some people off. The man who garnered iconic status for his thought-provoking, in your face, knock you upside your head black conscious projects back in the early 80s to late 90s has not deviated from his brand of cinematic…

Sep 21

Folks Wanna Call CPS on Dad Pretending to Arrest His Baby

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Screenshot of video By Onicia Muller There's a one-minute clip of an adult male pretending to arrest a baby. A small fraction of Twitter users replied in-thread that police or Child Protective Services (CPS) should be involved. A larger portion seemed to view the role-play as a joke. As always, I have mixed thoughts about the situation. Mainly, was it…

Dec 18

Meet the Police Officer Who Blew Up on Instagram Doing Good in His Community

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Officer Norman and kids in his Little Rock community By Ta-ning Connai Officer Thomas Norman is clearly cut from a different cloth. Through his strategy for community policing (a mix of relatability, love, compassion and respect), he is changing the way many of us see law enforcement. He was doing good deeds behind the scenes in his hometown of Arkansas…

Sep 21

Neighbor Calls Police on a 12-year-old Boy for Mowing the Wrong Lawn & Now His Business is on Fiyah!

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Reggie Fields of 'Mr Reggie's Lawn Cutting Service' By Erickka Sy Savané Another day, another person calling the police on someone black for no good reason. There was 'BBQ Becky' who called the police on some black folks who were chefing it up with a grill in the park. 'Permit Patty' who got her fingers in a tizzy and called…

Sep 21

Seriously Though? A Woman Said She Saw Burglars. They Were Just Black Airbnb Guests.

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“Got surrounded by the police for being black in a white neighborhood,” wrote one of the guests (the granddaughter of Bob Marley). Credit Kelly Fyffe-Marshall, via IG By Daniel Victor It was an entirely routine moment: Four people exited the home they had rented on Airbnb in Rialto, Calif., and loaded suitcases into their car. Within minutes, several police cars…