‘What was the joke?’: White TikToker under fire for laying hair like edges, jokingly naming them ‘sticky bangs’
‘I decided that I’m gonna make it a trend. I’m gonna call it sticky bangs.’
On Mar 1, 2022 by Tricia Crimmins
How NBA meme culture foretells an increasingly problematic present and future
The troubling tale of Zion Williamson.
On Feb 25, 2022 by Kahron Spearman
‘I don’t know any hobo that wears $200 plus sneakers.’: Manager criticizes Black office worker over dress code (updated)
‘It should not matter what he’s dressed like.’
On Feb 24, 2022 by Linda Hamilton
Can Nigerian soccer prince Maduka Okoye handle the weight of a nation?
The light-skinned idol is poised to anchor his team for a generation. But damaging stereotypes follow him online.
On Feb 19, 2022 by Chidinma Iwu
‘This was an incredibly insensitive event’: TikToker accuses white students of mocking song from movie about Harriet Tubman at school dance
The TikToker said the students requested the song be played because they have an ‘infatuation’ with it.
On Feb 17, 2022 by Tricia Crimmins
‘It was disrespectful’: Creators say TikTok’s Black History Month event with Nicki Minaj was dominated by non-Black creators
‘It was disrespectful.’
On Feb 11, 2022 by Linda Hamilton
‘There is absolutely zero context that would make this acceptable’: Black man begs cop to ‘stop’ as he presses into his neck, lies on top of him
‘You’re choking me. You’re choking me.’
On Feb 10, 2022 by Tricia Crimmins
‘Take her crown back’: Teen exposed for using N-word in video after becoming Miss Teen Washington USA
The pageant organizers have reportedly been aware of the video since October 2020.
On Feb 10, 2022 by Laiken Neumann
TikToker says he played the Sims on now-ex-boyfriend’s computer—and found Black Sims chained up
‘That’s actually deranged.’
On Feb 9, 2022 by Tricia Crimmins
The fight to #SaveMuny, the South’s first desegregated golf course
Inside the nationwide movement to make golf affordable, and why Ben Crenshaw is getting involved.
On Feb 4, 2022 by John Scott Lewinski
‘Rent is paid and it’s illegal to move me out’: Woman says landlord is trying to kick her out of apartment she’s lived in for 4 years (updated)
‘Get the f*ck out and goodbye.’
On Feb 4, 2022 by Tricia Crimmins
‘Girl, bye. Tell them to catch me down the road’: ‘Karen’ allegedly calls cops on Black Amazon worker
‘She wanna be Karen today so bad.’
On Feb 2, 2022 by Tricia Crimmins
‘You dodged a bullet. That guy has 0 personality’: TikToker says she didn’t get job because of her voicemail greeting, sparking debate
‘This voicemail is childish but it shouldn’t have stopped you from getting a job.’
On Feb 1, 2022 by Clara Wang
Online movement calls attention to death of Lauren Smith-Fields after police take over a month to open criminal investigation
The 23-year-old was found dead while on a Bumble date with an older white man.
On Jan 28, 2022 by Moises Mendez II
‘She told all the black customers IHOP was out of straws’: Black customer says IHOP worker only gave white customers straws in viral TikTok
‘Leave her a penny tip!’
On Jan 25, 2022 by Laiken Neumann
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