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The Root1mon
Woman Who Called Black Toddler N-word is Getting Rich With Donations, But Internet Says Not So Fast
If you read our story about the Playground Karen (if you haven’t, you can read it here), then you know about the horrible racist video of her calling a black child the N-word. And mow ...
The Root1mon
Playground Karen Who Called Black Toddler the N-Word Raises Tens of Thousands of Dollars...For Herself
The viral video, posted on Instagram on Wednesday (April 30), shows a white woman, holding a baby of her own, being confronted after calling an autistic Black toddler the N-word. A man holding the ...
Victorville Daily Press1mon
Victor Valley's only blues band keeps the genre alive with hundreds of shows per year
Henry Merenda, 61, leads The Blue Henry's, a popular blues band in California's High ... A third album is in the works with the current band lineup. A black flat cap complemented Hank Merenda's ...
NJ.com1mon
Black N.J. woman finds n-word written in front of her home | Calavia-Robertson
On Saturday morning, Raysa Hardy, a Black woman who lives in Hillside with her family, says she awoke to find something “deeply disturbing” outside of her home: Someone had written the “n ...
MusicRadar2mon
“Black people made rock n roll yeaaaah”: Lizzo set to pick up her guitar and play ‘godmother of rock 'n’ roll’ Sister Rosetta Tharpe in new biopic
She was one of the pivotal figures who first linked gospel to rhythm and blues and paved the way for many of ... When the news broke that she was down to play Tharpe, she posted: “Black people made ...
WTVM3mon
Black History Month: Remembering Columbus native, Blues singer ‘Ma Rainey’
The Ma Rainey House and Blues Museum is one ... and underpaying their black artists,” said Jones.iney,” said Tour Guide, Jazlyn Jones. Ma Rainey and the band played to audiences at tent ...
New York Daily News4mon
BLACK HISTORY MONTH: From blues to hip hop, African influence makes America rock — and roll
Black American music is music of the spirit ... grooves reflect the outer galaxy of the song “Ob-La-Di,” where all blues is pure hipness. It wasn’t just the contribution of music but ...
The Advocate4mon
Review: Imani Perry's 'Black in Blues' explores Black history, culture through the color blue
It’s embedded in modern English language (“true blue,” “I’m feeling so blue,” “black and blue,” etc.), in music (the blues) and in history (from the indigo trade to the color of ...
Christian Science Monitor4mon
From indigo to the blues, the history of Black people is woven in a single color
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...
Los Angeles Times4mon
How blues (the colors and the sounds) tell the story of African America
Imani Perry’s “Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People” is one of those books that slips the boundaries, or disregards them altogether in its way. A meditation, or a series ...
The Washington Post4mon
Imani Perry writes about the ties between Blackness and blueness
As Perry points out in her dexterous new book, “Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People,” Blackness and blueness have been bound up with each other from the first. Like blue ...
AllHipHop5mon
Fat Joe Criticized Over “Radical Black Racists” Remarks In N-Word Laced Rant
Who ain’t Black American.” Fat Joe clarified he was talking about “the FBA” before disparaging the group. “Whoever the f### these broke n##### is,” he added. “I’m just keeping it a ...