Chipotle is reconsidering its controversial decision to fire one of its restaurant managers for telling a group of black customers they had to prove they could pay before ordering, after a series of tweets emerged showing the alleged victims boasting about 'dining and dashing'. Masaud Ali, 21, claimed he'd been a target of racism after... Continue Reading →
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/embed/video/1806528.html A Chipotle manager has been fired after she was filmed telling customers that they had to pay before being served. The video, which was posted to Twitter on Friday morning, features a group of young black men who are told they cannot order until they prove they have money to pay. In the video, the manager... Continue Reading →
The Obamas are “Becoming” — billionaires. The launch of Michelle Obama’s cross-country book tour for her new memoir, “Becoming,” last week is just the latest marker on the road to fabulous wealth for the former first couple, who are on their way to becoming a billion-dollar brand. In addition to a $65 million book advance... Continue Reading →
Kanye West was deeply moved by the story of a Chicago security guard who was murdered by the cops after he subdued a gunman ... and has stepped up big time to help his family. West heard the story of Jemel Roberson -- who was gunned down by police after stopping a drunken man with a gun --... Continue Reading →
LeBron James couldn't help but think about his own boys after Trayvon Martin's death ... saying he realized that could've been one of his kids who was killed. TMZ Sports has a first look at the final episode (airing Saturday at 9 PM) of his 3-part docu-series, "Shut Up and Dribble" ... which focuses on the impact NBA players... Continue Reading →
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07vZD9XJiNQ Michelle Obama says it was never easy being the wife of a driven politician. The demands of campaigning and politics strained their marriage, and they sought help in couples' therapy. In their first national TV interview together, Gayle King also spoke with Marian Robinson, Obama’s mother, about her eight years in the White House.... Continue Reading →
A white county commissioner in northeast Kansas who told a black city planner that he belongs to "the master race" as he rejected her proposed development plan is coming under pressure from fellow commissioners to resign. Leavenworth County Commissioner Louis Klemp cited the master race — the Nazi ideology of Aryan supremacy — at a... Continue Reading →
Michelle Obama and her brother, Craig Robinson, reflect on growing up on Chicago's South Side, plus the former first lady shares how her daughters have gotten guidance from the Bush sisters. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4OJL69hld4 SOURCE: Good Morning America
Veteran Alabama law enforcement officer Mark Pettway grew up in a black neighborhood called "Dynamite Hill" because the Ku Klux Klan bombed so many houses there in the 1950s and '60s. Now, after becoming the first black person elected sheriff in Birmingham - on the same day voters elected the community's first black district attorney... Continue Reading →
Channing Dungey, the first African American to lead a U.S. broadcast network, has departed her role as president, ABC Entertainment. Karey Burke, head of original programming for cable channel Freeform, has been tapped to replace her. Dungey’s departure comes as corporate parent Disney prepares for a massive overhaul of its television business units tied to... Continue Reading →
Another day, another coffee shop calling the police on a black person for something ridiculous. The morning of Nov. 7 was just like any other for Tirza Wilbon White. She walked into her local Fairfax, Va., Dunkin’ Donuts, a place she visits so regularly, employees know her by sight. She set up her laptop to... Continue Reading →
Sen. Kamala Harris compared ICE, the federal deportation agency, to the Ku Klux Klan Thursday, drawing a fierce retort from the agency’s acting director who said there is no equivalence between patriotic officers enforcing the law, and a racist mob bent on violence and intimidation. The exchange came as Ronald D. Vitiello, the acting director... Continue Reading →
Model and actress Kim Porter, who dated rapper Diddy for 13 years and is the mother of three of his kids, died on Thursday at her Toluca Lake, Calif., home, a source close to Porter confirmed to Variety. TMZ, which first reported the news, said Porter went into cardiac arrest on Thursday at noon after suffering from pneumonia for several weeks, though her official... Continue Reading →
Jemel Roberson couldn't wait for his son's first Christmas. With a 9-month-old boy and another baby on the way, the 26-year-old security guard was working extra shifts to buy gifts for his son and his child's mother, family attorney Lee Merritt said. During one of his shifts last weekend, a gunman started shooting up Manny's... Continue Reading →
The 8th Annual Black College Summit paired close to 400 eager high school, community college, and four-year college students with school representatives from numerous Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), at Holman UM Church on Thursday, November 8. The goal was to connect community college and high school students with HBCU recruiters providing on-site acceptance,... Continue Reading →
