The officer says he was given a poor performance review because his reports weren't adding up to support the idea that Black and Hispanic teens were the biggest perpetrators of hopping turnstiles.
Last week Buzzfeed shed a light on the size 10 wingtips white folks get wedged in their mouths when they unknowingly say racially insensitive things. By flipping stereotypes about Asians on their heads, we were treated to spot-on quips like, “How do you eat with a knife and fork? That looks so hard!” Now they […]
The heavily publicized deaths of young Black men like Trayvon Martin, Oscar Grant and Sean Bell have inspired discussion, debate and analysis of why society paints African-American males with this coat of fear. Those deaths (and many more like it that go unpublicized) inspired Brooklyn-based filmmaker Mya B to explore the stereotypes that fuel the […]
As we previously reported, Kendrick Lamar was named Rapper Of The Year by GQ Magazine however he did not attend their Man Of The Year Party as a result of the interview that was conducted on him. His camp released a statement yesterday about the incident and how they felt the racial overtones of the interview had simply […]
According to TMZ, GQ Magazine‘s “Rapper of the Year”, Kendrick Lamar boycotted the mag’s Men of the Year Party on Tuesday because of the way that they chose to interview and write about him in the mag. In the interview, which GQ released this week, writer Steve Marsh expresses surprise at Kendrick’s discipline, the fact that he doesn’t […]
If art actually imitated life you’d see shows where men took care of their kids (that were good) and movies where threats to America were not always people of color. Unfortunately, warped perceptions rule the day in Hollywood and the folks at Cracked.com have pointed out some of the biggest stereotypes in movie-making. Must Read: […]
