Romeo Rose is already pissed by ABC's selection of Rachel Lindsay, a
Sista, as being the first Black woman to head the upcoming dating series,
The Bachelorette
Back in February 14th, ABC revealed its first Black Bachelorette, Rachel Lindsay to star in the upcoming Bachelorette season. For fifteen seasons since its inception, nay, fourteen, no Women of Color has ever star in the series. JoJo Fletcher, a young woman of Persian and White descent, presided over the show last year.
Rachel Lindsay is an accomplished Lawyer from Texas, a conservative Republican state where the former bigot whose goes by the moniker "Romeo Rose" used to live. I wish her well.
After 14 years of whitewashing, ABC finally cast Rachel Lindsay as the first Black bachelorette.
Denzel Washington and Viola Davis stars in the movie Fences. The movie is nominated for an Academy Award.
For the Oscars, it's going to be a tad bit diverse. After two consecutive years of all-White nominees, the Academy Awards has decided to get things right.
The Academy nominated 10 black actors and filmmakers. It also has six-African American themed films, an Indian adventure, and Pacific Islander-themed movie.
Name recognition goes to Barry Jenkins, who scored a nomination for Moonlight. Ava DuVernay's 13th was nominated for her documentary as well as Raoul Peck's I Am Not Your Negro and OJ: Made In America from Ezra Edelman.
The black themed movies for Best Picture include Moonlight, Fences and Hidden Figures.
Denzel Washington, Octavia Spencer, Viola Davis, Ruth Negga, Mahershala Ali, and Naomie Harris were nominated for an Oscar.
Birth of Nation was snubbed. Nate Parker's hit movie was scarred by allegations of rape being brought to light.
Hollywood is trying to make strives in diversity. Of course, during the 2014-15 session, #OscarsSoWhite became a lightening rod in the entertainment industry. Many actors of color denounced the awards for not advocating diversity.
Looks like all their "whitesplaining" finally caught up with them. As of April, the retailer will shut down all of its locations. It will owned by as Canadian company Gildan Activewear.
All 110 stores will be gone. It will put 3,400 people out of their jobs.
It was "Made in America" and was considered "Sweatshop Free".
Dov Charney, the Canadian American businessman who created American Apparel warned the company that if you fire him, AA will fall. He was right. The company fired him out the cannon after he was accused of sexual harassment and misuse of funds.
This also brings the bad news to another company that tried to "whitesplain" fashion is out of the game as well. The Limited will close its 250 locations. The Limited is based out of Columbus and operates in the affluent suburb of New Albany.
So as President Barack Obama leaves the White House, his replacement will take over. Fuhrer Donald J. Trump will run a country of 325 million Americans. He will be the most divisive person to lead this country. And as he begins, retail stores begin to fall apart.
Cleveland Police officers Frank Garmack and Tim Loehmann may have escaped a state and federal murder charge but they're not out of the woods yet. They have an internal investigation they are dealing with.
This could eventually have them fired out the cannon. They both have been in the freezer pending the outcome of the federal civil rights investigation. In November 2014, the two approached Tamir Rice at a park. They responded to a call of a young male with a firearm. Loehmann within a few seconds of contact shot and killed Tamir as he exited the cruiser.
William Cunningham was also named in this investigation as well and he could be fired out the cannon.
They have hearings at the end of the month, according to local media.
Loehmann faces six charges for falsifying previous employment history on his application for the Cleveland Police Department. Loehmann did not disclose that he “was allowed to resign” from his prior job at the Independence, Ohio, Police Department, local media reported.
He may have also failed to mention he had been insubordinate and dishonest to a superior, and that the department had concluded that he had, “an inability to emotionally function.”
Garmback, who drove Loehmann to the scene, faces two charges stemming from allegations that he drove too close to Rice while responding and did not let the dispatcher know when he arrived. The third officer, Cunningham, is alleged to have been off-duty and working an unpermitted second job at the Cudell Recreation Center at the time of the shooting, and is accused of completing and signing a false report.
If found guilty, they can be suspended without pay or their jobs could be terminated.
The Cleveland Police Association President Stephen Loomis issued a statement defending the officers.
“There is no question, and there has never been, that the death of Tamir Rice was tragic,” Loomis said in the statement. “Nevertheless, all agree that Officer Loehmann was not wrong in reacting the way he did.”
He added that it was disappointing that Garmback was being charged for driving too close to Rice, “when it is apparent that the car slid in the ice and mud well beyond what he had intended.”
Loehmann and Garmback, who are white, had responded to a report of a “guy with a pistol” at the Cudell Recreation Center on Nov. 22, 2014, where Rice, who was black, had been playing. While the person who called police had mentioned the gun was “probably fake,” that description was not mentioned to the responding officers, according to local media.
More than a year after a grand jury declined to criminally charge Cleveland police officers for the fatal shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, who was carrying a toy gun at the time, the police chief announced Friday that they are facing internal disciplinary charges.
Loehmann, who shot Rice, faces six charges for falsifying previous employment history on his application for the Cleveland Police Department. Loehmann did not disclose that he “was allowed to resign” from his prior job at the Independence, Ohio, Police Department, local media reported.
Corrupt cop Tim Loehmann (center) when he was then officer for Independence, Ohio.
He may have also failed to mention he had been insubordinate and dishonest to a superior, and that the department had concluded that he had, “an inability to emotionally function.”
Garmback, who drove Loehmann to the scene, faces two charges stemming from allegations that he drove too close to Rice while responding and did not let the dispatcher know when he arrived. The third officer, Cunningham, is alleged to have been off-duty and working an unpermitted second job at the Cudell Recreation Center at the time of the shooting, and is accused of completing and signing a false report.
If found guilty, they can be suspended without pay or their jobs could be terminated.
The Cleveland Police Association President Stephen Loomis issued a statement defending the officers.
“There is no question, and there has never been, that the death of Tamir Rice was tragic,” Loomis said in the statement. “Nevertheless, all agree that Officer Loehmann was not wrong in reacting the way he did.”
He added that it was disappointing that Garmback was being charged for driving too close to Rice, “when it is apparent that the car slid in the ice and mud well beyond what he had intended.”
Loehmann and Garmback, who are white, had responded to a report of a “guy with a pistol” at the Cudell Recreation Center on Nov. 22, 2014, where Rice, who was black, had been playing. While the person who called police had mentioned the gun was “probably fake,” that description was not mentioned to the responding officers, according to local media.
Within a second of exiting the car, Loehmann shot Rice, who at that point had an airsoft pellet gun in his waistband. The shooting triggered a national uproar, resurfacing a history of black boys and men dying at the hands of police and spurring several investigations.
The next month, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder released an unrelated report that Cleveland police had consistently exhibited unnecessary and excessive use of force – even in cases where police were simply called for a mental health check.
“Accountability and legitimacy are essential for communities to trust their police departments,” Holder said in a statement at the time, “and for there to be genuine collaboration between police and the citizens they serve.”
Details of Loehmann’s previous employment history also emerged in local media outlets.
Corrupt cop Frank Garmback tried to cover for Loehmann.
One year later, a Cuyahoga County grand jury decided that Loehmann and Garmback should not be charged, a decision that the county prosecutor upheld.
Since then, an internal police committee has spent a year focusing on the two officers, which led to the charges police announced on Friday.
The Justice Department is also reviewing the case to see whether they violated any federal civil rights laws.
Rice’s mother told the Associated Press after the announcement on Friday that she was upset that Loehmann is avoiding charges for a second time for his use of force, and that both officers should be fired.
“I think this process has taken entirely too long,” Samaria Rice said.
They are innocent until proven guilty by a grand jury.
Whine with Tomi. This blonde beeyotch is becoming more mainstream by Black entertainers Trevor Noah and Charlamagne Tha God.
Since The Daily Show host Trevor Noah's interview with conservative troll (alt-right darling) Tomi Lahren, many people are seeing her as a potential threat to journalism and social integrity.
To go so blind with accusations against people she barely knows is one thing. To reward her with book deals and a television show spewing racially charged rhetoric is another.
Lahren is about to leave The Blaze network soon. She is gunning for bigger opportunities now that her man-crush fuhrer Donald J. Trump won the election. She, Matt Drudge, Ann Coulter, Alex Jones, Michael Savage, and Sean "Softball" Hannity are doing a gloating tour. Her most famous outburst was the nasty comparison of Black Lives Matter to the Klan. She believes that the BLM's protesters are similar to the Klan.
She also took aim at Beyonce, Jay-Z, Colin Kaepernick, Jesse Williams and others.
Lahren is a "Hop-Hop Republican" as she describes herself.
Her most recent feud is involving Wale, a Washington, DC, rapper who is closely associated with Miami rapper Rick Ross.
Wale was addressing Lahren by song by calling her "Tammy" instead of her actual name. He was trying to subliminally call her out for her negative compassions of Black leaders by saying her name wrong.
The alt-rights hate us
Some back baby mommas hate us
We only learn half of the drama, other side crazy
On behalf of Charlemagne I'm sure he ain't trading sides
Maybe I should meet Tammy Lahren, I'll Lauryn Hill her
Trainor, she miseducated anyway
Prolly hate the color of my face
Lahren took the bait and she's been feuding with Wale ever since.
So if you're gonna put someone in a song...diss 'em.. perhaps get their fricken name right next time @Wale
Now Raw Story and many other outlets are digging into her past. Her past was full of teenage joy and first year college scenarios. She was then a raging liberal before she became a darling of the white extremist movement.
Syracuse University student Matt Gehring uncovered a series of videos from Lahren's University of Nevada-Las Vegas days, where she hosted a political roundtable show on UNLV-TV called "The Scramble."
In the 2014 videos, Lahren (whose signature shout-at-the-camera approach is noticeably absent) can be seen acknowledging the scientific consensus that climate change is real, and advocating for lawmakers to address the “multi-dimensional issue” of gun violence.
"Despite this cold snap, scientists have reached a consensus: climate change is occurring," Lahren said in one video. "What are we going to do about it is the controversial question we will address here today."
In 2017, Tomi calls everyone snowflakes and fragile. But in 2014, Tomi hosted this civil discussion about slurs and their place in society. pic.twitter.com/ed31Be9e5k
Tomi won't mention the words "gun control" without blaming Islam. But she calls it a multi-dimensional issue here, with no mention of Islam. pic.twitter.com/evDEUVbdPc
As Gehring points out, while Lahren today "won't mention the words 'gun control' without blaming Islam," in college she managed to get through an entire segment on the nuances of gun violence without mentioning the religion.
"We need to understand that it's a multi-dimensional issue,"she said in 2014. "So anytime you have a rampage or school shooting, it's not caused by one thing. It's not cause by the gun, it's not caused by the violent media or video games, it's not caused by mental health—anything entirely. It's a multi-dimensional issue so it needs to be addressed from all angles."
So far, the troll responded to videos with the words,"So!"
Lahren doesn't apologize for her past. All she cares about is basically getting attention and spewing her rants.
I refuse to normalize racism. I reject this bullshit and I will never respect Fuhrer Donald J. Trump and vice fuhrer Mike Pence. I will not tolerate the racism, sexism, homophobia, Islamophobia, nepotism, favoritism and anti-semitism.
We are human beings first, everything else last. Unfortunately in the oh-so-United States, there's no united we stand. It's fuck it, I'm out for my own.
Our friends over at Mic.com have reported on the nonstop internet trolling from the fuhrer's minions.
Old Navy takes a dose of hate when they rolled out their latest ad featuring an interracial family.
Of course, now this is an example of the nonsense we're dealing with. And in 19 days this controversial billionaire who happens to be an immature racist, sexist, pussy grabbing, Islamophobic, xenophobic former reality television star. Trump is an ignoramus. He is an old fart and his supporters are bunch of bigots.
Joe Mixon regrets the encounter. His reputation as an abuser of women sticks.
Oklahoma Sooners tailback Joe Mixon faces the wrath of the junk food media after he served a woman a knuckle style chili. The victim finally speaks out and demands accountability.
Back in 2014, Mixon entered Pickleman's Cafe and walked up upon Amelia Molitor. They had a brief engagement. Amelia would shove him and slap him over the face. That's when he served her a knuckle style chili.
Apparently she called him a NIGGER before she shove him.
Watch the video. It's disturbing.
The force laid her out. She had to get her jaw wired shut. She now suffers from PTSD and fears the retribution from the public for telling her story. She had ended her social media ties after the alt-right started trolling her with death threats and "That's what you get" remarks.
Now in Euless, Texas, Amelia is back in the spotlight telling her story.
"I though that every single person looked at me knew me and hated me," she told the junk food media.
Much of the criticism was focused on her and not Mixon. The social media wanted to shame her for slapping Mixon. They passed around the public records of her arrest for minor weed possession.
Molitor quit her job and went into hiding. She feared the video will not tell the complete story. She admits slapping him but there's more to the story.
Mixon was charged with a misdemeanor for the serving her knuckle style chili and he entered a plea.
He was given in-house and 100 hours of community control and anger management.
The public release of the video should get him fired out the cannon. But is it too late?
He got freezer burn for the 2014 season and was able to play in 2015 and present season. He will be participating in the Sugar Bowl on January 2. This could be his last game with the Sooners.
But with this video release, will this affect his chances with the NFL if he is enlisting for the draft?
Will the release of the Joe Mixon assault tape affect his chances with the NFL?
I want to say that Mixon was wrong. He should have at least tried to walk away and got the attention of the police. I mean he might have jeopardized his career because of this.
Mixon's attorneys said that he formally apologized to Amelia and hopes to put this ugly thing behind him.
I blame Donald J. Trump, Mike Pence, Mary Fallin, James Lankford and Jim Inhofe for the actions of Joe Mixon. They allowed this young man to punch this woman in the face. They don't support funds for assault victims. They allowed that corrupt Tulsa cop Betty Shelby murder Terence Crutcher. They allowed earthquakes disrupt the state's natural beauty because of their obsession to look for Black gold, Texas tea.
Ace Hardware refuse to sell items to Standing Rock protesters.
Conservatives are boycotting Kellogg's for not sponsoring websites like Breitbart. The white extremist website was crucial to that controversial billionaire/racist/sexist/pussy grabbing/reality television star. He will be is your next president. They promoted stories that many consider anti-Black, anti-Muslim, anti-LGBT, anti-Native American and anti-immigrant.
Kellogg's promotes diversity and they don't want to be associated with hate and they along with other venues cut ties to Breitbart. Now the white extremist are mad an they are throwing their cereals and snacks in the toilet.
Now, Ace Hardware is facing the wrath of the consumer. Now progressives are boycotting the hardware company for supporting the crucial treatment of Native Americans protesting a pipeline that could inflict harm on the water supply in the Midwest.
Keep fighting.
The hardware company said that it will support its affiliates refusal to sale items to Standing Rock Protesters. The company said it will not sell "incendiary" products in the vicinity of Standing Rock pipeline.
The refusal to sell propane to thousands of Native Americans and their allie who are now camped in blizzard conditions. These are the people who are defending the Missouri River and burial places from Dakota Access Pipeline. This is the latest in a campaign of total disregard for human life by North Dakota governor Jack Dalrymple and Morton County sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier.
The Standing Rock protest is ignored by the junk food media. For nearly a year, the Standing Rock Native American reservation and its allies have protested the Dakota Access Pipeline. The pipeline could threaten the water supply and their spiritual grounds.
Protests began in March and it's been ongoing ever since. The junk food media has ignored the brutal police encounters with protesters. Morton County's sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier has been in the crosshairs of the protesters, He has demanded they be removed by order of the court.
Some of the protesters were injured by the police dogs. Some were injured by police projectiles and pepper spray. This is being ignored.
This issue is ongoing and President Barack Obama and the incoming dictator haven't mentioned much about it.
Energy Transfer Partners is hoping to built this pipeline and they're hopeful the dictator could get the ball rolling.
Gotta love the clickbait stories of racist Trump supporters. Last night I posted the video of two White people flaunting their privilege at Black women. They were brutally attacking Black women and claiming that bad customer service was an act of racism towards them.
Now it's reported that the woman who featured in the video ranting at two Michael's employees was the woman who had ranted at two workers at a Peet's Coffee and Tea store in Chicago.
Her name is Jennifer Boyle and she's now in hiding after the videos were published.
Someone recognized her and posted her name and address and LinkedIn profile to social media.
She attended DePaul University and worked as a human resource business partner at Sinai Health System.
The poster said that in the workplace, she was truly the bitch in the video. He claimed that she's "batshit, racist and crazy."
"She is just as nuts in person as this video depicts," said the poster. "From a legal perspective, I am not sure what I am or am allow to say; but I will leave it at this. Everyone was happy when they found out she was no longer welcome back."
George Carlin was right on politicians. Wish he was alive to see Trump as the president.
The late George Carlin hated politicians. He hated charlatans and if he was alive today, he would hate Donald J. Trump, the 45th President of The United States.
Trump and Mike Pence will take over on January 20th, 2017. For the next four or eight years, these two will run the country. Hope the best for them. But I don't consider them my leaders.
Be safe this Halloween. Drink and party responsibly.
What's the deal with white people wearing racially offensive attire?
Two incidents that happened over the weekend has social media lit up. You know some White people believe it's funny to dress up in attire to represent a theme. It's pretty damn offensive when White people dress up in attire disrespecting Latinos, Muslims, Native Americans and Black people.
Then of course they play the hapless victim when they're called out for their subvert racism.
University of Central Arkansas had to put a student in the freezer after he posted on social media himself in blackface. He was mocking Bill Cosby, the disgrace media mogul who is accused of raping numerous women. He's facing a trail in one case.
A white University of Central Arkansas student has been expelled — and his fraternity chapter is now suspended — after he posted a photo on Instagram showing himself in blackface, apparently portraying Cosby.
The student, sophomore Brock Denton, said online he is “scared for my life” after facing death threats for the controversial costume.
Denton privately posted a photo on his Instagram page last week showing him in blackface and a Cosby-style sweater, standing with two other white men.
He wrote with the photo, “It was a bold night.”
Denton’s frat, Sigma Tau Gamma, held its Halloween party on Friday, according to The Echo student newspaper.
The school immediately cracked down, expelling Denton and suspending the campus' Sigma Tau Gamma chapter, pending an investigation into the post.
After his icing, Denton begged for forgiveness in a lengthy Instagram post filled with syntax errors.
“I have been sent death threats, threats to burn my house down. I am scared for my life,” he wrote.
“I am the farthest thing from discrimination (sic), as a matter of fact I fight for equality everyday, I’ve been writing a book for the past two years on what it really means to be a good person.”
He also blamed social media for creating a “corrupted society in regard to heated controversial topics such as this.”
“Please except my apology not because of me but because of the sake of this great nation (sic),” Denton wrote.
The reality of being a celebrity has Kim Kardashian thinking it's not all that's it's cracked up to be.
It's going to be a quiet birthday for the most talked about reality star in the world. Kim Kardashian-West turns 36 year old today. The celebrity agitator hasn't been on social media since October 2. The Paris robbery really rattled her and it's sure seems like she's heading for a low-key lifestyle.
All her public appearances were cancelled indefinitely.
This bit of drama wasn't reality television. This was actually reality. Kim and her family were appearing at Fashion Week in Paris. Kim and her family were having a good time in Paris and decided to stay at the Hotel de Pourtales.
While her bodyguard Pascal Duvier was with Kourtney and Kendall, Kim went to bed early.
About 2am, five men on bicycles grabbed a man who worked at the hotel. The man was held at gunpoint and ordered to unlocked the security doors. As he was hit in the head and handcuffed, they go to the room where Kim was staying at.
They forced their way into the room and grabbed Kim out of her bed. They held a gun to her head.
They tied Kim up and she begged them not to kill her. They didn't kill her, they gagged her and thrown her into the bathroom. They shut the door and rummaged through her stuff.
They managed to steal her personal phones, her jewelry all totalling over $10 million.
They were caught on camera escaping into the darkness.
Around that time, her husband, rapper/producer Kanye West was performing in New York. He abruptly stopped the show and left for France. After the incident, the family went back to New York under heavy security. Kim decided to skip the Las Vegas B-Day show and Kanye for the time being is still continuing his concert tours.
CBS news program 60 Minutes decides to air the Kim Kardashian interview in which she openly said that she can handle the pressure of being in the limelight.
Were the thieves enticed by the social media from Kim?
Okay, I am going to be blunt about the social media. I would never post anything valuable online.
I would never let people know that I am leaving for vacation on social media. I would never post any pictures online while I'm gone out of town.
I would never post pictures of my relationships online.
I am pretty jealous of people who post on social media. I don't want to waste my time looking at that stuff. I have enough issues to worry about.
Here's her guest appearance on Last Man Standing in which Mandy (played by Molly Ephraim) meets her idol at a bookstore
Bonus feature: Kim's appearance on 2 Broke Girls. When Max (played by Kat Dennings) and Caroline (played by Beth Behrs) were opening up their cupcake store, Kim makes a purchase.
Dr, Tanuka Cross was told to sit down after she tried to assist an ailing airline passenger. She posted on Facebook about the experience and it went viral.
A woman who flew on Delta Airlines is none too happy about her experience.
Dr. Tamika Cross was shoved aside by Delta's flight crew after a passenger was having a medical issue.
On a trip from Detroit to Chicago, Cross had told the crew that she's a doctor, but the flight crew ignored her. They believed that she wasn't legitimate.
They told her to sit down or be restrained.
So she hits social media to let the world know how Delta employees react to professionals.
I'm sure many of my fellow young, corporate America working women of color can all understand my frustration when I say I'm sick of being disrespected.
Was on Delta flight DL945 and someone 2 rows in front of me was screaming for help. Her husband was unresponsive. I naturally jumped into Doctor mode as no one else was getting up. Unbuckle my seatbelt and throw my tray table up and as I'm about to stand up, flight attendant says "everyone stay calm, it's just a night terror, he is alright". I continue to watch the scene closely.
A couple mins later he is unresponsive again and the flight attendant yells "call overhead for a physician on board". I raised my hand to grab her attention. She said to me "oh no sweetie put ur hand down, we are looking for actual physicians or nurses or some type of medical personnel, we don't have time to talk to you" I tried to inform her that I was a physician but I was continually cut off by condescending remarks.
Then overhead they paged "any physician on board please press your button". I stare at her as I go to press my button. She said "oh wow you're an actual physician?" I reply yes. She said "let me see your credentials. What type of Doctor are you? Where do you work? Why were you in Detroit?" (Please remember this man is still in need of help and she is blocking my row from even standing up while
Bombarding me with questions).
I respond "OBGYN, work in Houston, in Detroit for a wedding, but believe it or not they DO HAVE doctors in Detroit. Now excuse me so I can help the man in need". Another "seasoned" white male approaches the row and says he is a physician as well. She says to me "thanks for your help but he can help us, and he has his credentials". (Mind you he hasn't shown anything to her. Just showed up and fit the "description of a doctor") I stay seated. Mind blown. Blood boiling. (Man is responding the his questions and is seemingly better now Thank God)
Then this heifer has the nerve to ask for my input on what to do next about 10 mins later. I tell her we need vitals and blood sugar. She comes back to report to me a BP of 80/50 (super low, to my non medical peeps) and they can't find a glucometer. We continue down that pathway of medical work up, but the point is she needed my help and I continued to help despite the choice words I had saved up for her. The patient and his wife weren't the problem, they needed help and we were mid flight.
She came and apologized to me several times and offering me skymiles. I kindly refused. This is going higher than her. I don't want skymiles in exchange for blatant discrimination. Whether this was race, age, gender discrimination, it's not right. She will not get away with this....and I will still get my skymiles....
It sparked #WhatADoctorLooksLikemovement on social media. It also sparked discussion about how Black doctors are treated in the general public.
Delta was none too happy about the situation. And of course, conservatives are trying to discredit her story by trying to claim she made it up for attention.
Delta released a statement over this.
Delta continues to investigate a story surfaced by Dr. Tamika Cross in a recent post on Facebook.
We are troubled by any accusations of discrimination and take them very seriously. The experience Dr. Cross has described is not reflective of Delta’s culture or of the values our employees live out every day. We are in the process of conducting a full investigation. We’ve reached out to Dr. Cross to speak with her directly, talked with our crew members and we’re reaching out to customers who were on board to gather as much information as we can.
While there is much we can’t share because our investigation involves confidential personnel matters, we do want to share what we can.
Three medical professionals identified themselves on the flight in question. Only one was able to produce documentation of medical training and that is the doctor who was asked to assist the customer onboard. In addition, paramedics met the flight to assist the customer further.
Flight attendants are trained to collect information from medical volunteers offering to assist with an onboard medical emergency. When an individual’s medical identification isn’t available, they’re instructed to ask questions such as where medical training was received or whether an individual has a business card or other documentation and ultimately to use their best judgment.
Delta's commitment to diversity, inclusion and respect of all of our customers worldwide is rooted deeply in our company’s values and culture. As a global carrier with a diverse workforce, serving a diverse customer base, we are committed to treating all passengers with kindness and respect.
I have to ask you a question. How you feel about Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump picking up this young Black girl?
The junk food media covered his Wisconsin rally when he decided to pick up and give her a kiss.
Donald Trump marveled over the beauty of a little girl in the audience and then invited her on stage.
"By the way, that is the most beautiful little girl," Trump said. "Hi Honey. You want to come see me?"
After the girl came on stage, Trump picked her up, asked her to introduce herself, and then proceeded to kiss her. In the full video, Trump kisses her once and when he tries to do it again, she turns away.
So here's my unscientific poll.
Donald Trump picking up this little child?
So far Donald Trump only managed to obtain at least 5% of the Black vote.
If you want to see how this went down, watch this video.
The right jealous that Obama got a better package.
When they go low, we go high! Those are the words of First Lady Michelle Obama. Her words of wisdom is a rally call to combat the absurdity of conservative misinformation.
Today, I hear that the conservatives are worked up over a 2008 picture of then Barack Obama on a desk with an erection.
That's right, the right is concerned about the president's manhood. They are complaining about the president getting an erection while campaigning.
This was splashed on The Drudge Report today. This is coming from some website that I refuse to mention. They catch the president on the phone and the agitators look down on his pants.
Aboard a flight, then Senator Barack Obama is talking on a cellphone as her arises from his seat; nearby a female reporter catches a glance of something that makes her uncomfortable, sending her skirmishing to the back of the plane.
The website claims that Obama, rather than downplay the awkward display, they said that he plays it up, positioning himself so the gathered reporters have little choice but to take in his "chauvinistic" performance.
The video was shot on through CNN. Of course, the right is bitching about CNN holding on to this "bombshell" of a story.
Snopes had determined that the erection is unfounded. For example, a misleading WikiLeaks e-mail was circulated with the claim that it documented Hillary Clinton's using the term "sand niggers" to refer to Muslims, and an out-of-context video of President Obama using the word "pussy" was passed around on social media.
Staunch supporters of Donald Trump spent the first half of October 2016 attempting to deflect criticism of the Republican presidential nominee after a 2005 video surfaced capturing him making lewd and offensive comments about women. One of the strategies they employed was to downplay Trump's comments by asserting that most men engaged in such "locker room talk" and accusing Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama of having said worse things.
The bro code. Billy Bush was placed in the freezer after being the second banana in Trump's crap shake.
In a stunning move, Billy Bush was placed in the freezer. Under the condition of anonymity, the network put the brakes on the NBC News host. The host of Today was the second banana in the infamous Donald Trump tapes.
A memo went out Sunday announcing this freeze pending further review.
He joined Today two months in.
The 2005 tape was made when Bush was a reporter on Access Hollywood. He was in the ride with Trump heading to the set of a soap opera. In the tape, Trump brags about kissing, groping and trying to have sex with women who were not his wife. Bush, joins in, laughing at some of Trump's comments and later encouraging an actress to hug Trump.
Bush had a brief conflict with Al Roker in Brazil. When Ryan Lochte pulled a bitch move, Bush defended him. Roker got angry and let him have it. Lochte and three of the American swimmers lied about being jacked in Rio.
The Access Hollywood tape was an embarrassment on multiple levels for NBC News. The news division for days had been aware of the tape from the NBC-owned entertainment show, but was scooped Friday by the Washington Post when the newspaper was tipped off about its existence.
Today had many other scandals in its time.
Look at the Jenna Wolf mess and the Ann Curry mess. Those were some real issues that drove Today down the crapper.
Bush is a nephew of 41. Bush is cousin to W. and Jeb. His first cousin Jenna Hager is a reporter for NBC News. Her sister Barbara endorsed Hillary Clinton for president.
Bush was then a correspondent to Access Hollywood.
O.G. mic drop. Ronny Chieng of The Daily Show rips apart Bill O'Reilly and Jesse Watters for an offensive skit about Chinese Americans.
Got to give it up to the folks over at The Daily Show, they see "bullshit" and their pointing it out!
Trevor Noah and Ronny Chieng lay into Bill O'Reilly and Jesse Watters for doing an offensive segment on The O'Reilly Factor. Watters who regularly ambushes people on the street once again had an opportunity to head to New York City's Chinatown to do a man on the street with older citizens who weren't following the U.S. Presidential Election.
Watters also did a handful of racial stereotypes of Asians.
"Is it the year of the dragon? Rabbit?"
"Do they call Chinese food in China just 'food?'"
"Do you know karate?"
Watch the video here.
The skit fell flat. Now Watters and his producer somewhat apologized for the skit.
But the apology wasn't sincere and it was up to Noah and Chieng to set the record straight.
"Everyone's been wondering who'd be the target for the year’s worst racism," Chieng said. "I didn't even know Asians were in the running."
Fool one.
Chieng, a comedian of Chinese descent raised in Malaysia, said he's especially angry that Watters relied on references to Pat Morita's "Miyagi" character from the original "Karate Kid" movie for laughs.
"That's like me making fun of America for "Saturday Night Fever and Mr. T.," Chieng said. "Real topical stuff, buddy."
Chieng isn't saying Asians can't be the targets of humor, but he wants to raise the bar.
"If you want to come at Chinese people, make fun of China's high pollution or the fact they censor most of the internet which, in this case, is a good thing, since no person in China will have to watch your garbage attempt at comedy."
Chieng also pointed out that karate isn't Chinese. Watters was doing a routine spar with a martial arts trainer.
Chieng actually went to New York's Chinatown to meet with the citizens. He shows the video and asked them questions about Watters and O'Reilly's attempt at interviewing.
It was brutal.
For his part, Watters was promoted to host his own show on the weekend.
Watters was involved in a spat with The Huffington Post this year. At the White House Correspondents Association Dinner, HuffPost chief Ryan Grim and reporter Amanda Terkel confronted Watters at a party. Watters ambushed Terkel on her vacation with her family and she wanted him to apologize for it. Grim records him on his iPhone and Watters got angry. Watters snatched his phone and then they get into a shoving matching. Grim's phone was damaged and Watters refused to apologize for the encounter.
There's a viral video online of a mom being pissed off at Def Jam's Vince Staples. The Long Beach rapper got Krystle Partido's attention. The mom from Oklahoma was ranting for 11 minutes about the rapper's song. She heard the song on a local radio station and she got emotional about this song.
"Norf Norf" just got more attention. I haven't heard the song but I will give it some attention.
Staples's Summertime '06 was released as a double album. It was released in June 2015 and it was critically acclaimed.
"I cannot believe this stuff is on the radio." She called the rapper's song "crap". Then she starts tearing up about it.
She reads the lyrics and said the N-word.
The online community went after her. She got death threats and criticism for attacking an entertainer.
However, one vital person in the mother’s corner is Staples himself. He’s saying that people online should respect an opinion that’s different from their own.
"I don't really have much to say about the video — I don't think it's funny at all," Staples told The Independent on Wednesday. "It's not right to attack someone over their stance, their opinions, and their religion. I think that's very immature."
Rapper appreciates the concern. He didn't condemn Oklahoma mom. He actually praised her.
In the mother's recording, she describes the 2015 track as "crap" and says that the lyrics infuriated her. "I remember listening to the top hits as a kid," she says. "You know Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Backstreet Boys, and N'SYNC. Those were the top hits when I was a kid. Nowadays it's not the same, not the same at all."
She admitted that the curse words were removed from the track but encouraged fellow parents to pay attention to music their children are listening to.
"I'm raising four little girls and that just breaks my heart," she says while sobbing. "I tell you right now, music has a strong influence on our children. I normally never listen to that radio station, it's almost like I was meant to hear to let you guys know about it."
To be clear, "Norf Norf" depicts the harsh reality of growing up on the north side of Long Beach, where folks have nothing productive to do but gangbang—a problem Staples has tried to remedy by investing in youth programs in the area.
Oklahoma mom cries over Vince Staples song.
Still, Staples believes that the negative reaction to the mother's video underscores a deeper problem in the states.
"We already have a lot of issues between black and white relations in this country based on misunderstandings," Staples continued. "In my eyes, she doesn't look like a racist. She doesn't look like a mean person. It's not very responsible for people to try to take that and jump, looking for some sort of commentary on these issues."
"It's just not right that’s she’s being attacked—it’s not okay."
Partido was surprised when the rapper gave her praise. She was thankful that the rapper appreciated her stance and hope they could one day meet and talk about it.
Staples has often talked about his life in Long Beach and the violence he grew up in. He works at community centers when he's not rapping.
The Albright College community is outraged over a student who decided to twerk it in Blackface.
The student whose name wasn't released was seen on social media apparently mocking Black Lives Matter. The Snapchat video shows a White student wearing an Albright College t-shirt with her face painted brown.
The student was immediately identified and expelled from the college. The student's name isn't public. The student erased her social media footprint. We'll find out her name soon. We're going to check the Hello Racist blog and find out.
The president of Albright College issued an immediate apology.
"We unequivocally condemn the behavior in the video. It is unacceptable by any member of our community and in no way represent the values of Albright."
In the video, the student disparages the Black Lives Matter movement, which arose from police slayings of mostly unarmed black men over the past two years. The student also performs a dance.
“Multiple students of multiple races were involved” in creating the video, McMillan said.
“We will continue to review the facts of the matter so that the most appropriate sanctions for those who took part can be determined.”
McMillan said the private college, which has about 1,700 undergraduates, had been recognized by U.S. News & World Report as one of the most ethnically and economically diverse institutions in the United States.
Man dresses like a gorilla to mock Black Lives Matter protesters.
A man was sent to the county lockup after his was intimidating #BlackLivesMatter protesters by handing out bananas and dressing like a gorilla.
Tristan Rettke, a soon-to-be former freshman from East Tennessee State University was busted for intimidation. Rettke was wearing a bag emblazoned with the losing side of the Civil War.
One of the protesters said, "I saw him come down the steps as a gorilla."
Jaylen Grimes said, "He pulled out his burlap sack and then he had the rope and whatnot and then he started offering us bananas. A lot of us didn't take it, but I just took as a sign of peace offering and just to show him that, just because he's being disrespectful toward me, I won't be disrespectful towards him."
East Tennessee State University has launched an internal student-conduct investigation on the man.
They released a statement.
Earlier today during a student-led Black Lives Matter event at Borchuck Plaza, our campus community was outraged by the behavior of one student who confronted the participants. The actions of this one individual go against the values of our university where people come first and all are treated with dignity and respect.
Chimp got chumped.
We are exceptionally proud of the students who were peacefully participating in the event and the manner in which they exercised restraint, thoughtfulness and strength in the face of inappropriate and offensive behavior.
THe ETSU Department of Public Safety staff responded to the incident. At this time, criminal charges are pending before the local district attorney and an internal student-conduct investigation has begun.
Our university values diversity, inclusivity and respect for others. In keeping with those values, there will be an opportunity for community dialogue inside the D.P. Culp Auditorium. University leadership will be present.
The man is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. He could face expulsion and a ban from the campus. He could face a hefty fine and community services.
