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Jane Wood Allen is probably wishing she had kept her racist comments off Facebook or had better privacy settings, because she’s now taking her racism to the unemployment line. Allen, who was a paraprofessional in Georgia’s Forsyth County Schools, was fired Monday after posting racist comments on Facebook. In one post, Allen referred to Michelle…

As I was heading back from New York City Monday afternoon, I saw a few tweets about Gloria Naylor’s writing, several quotes and people remembering how great a writer she was. I immediately headed to Google to search if anything had happened to her. And I saw nothing. As I searched through Twitter, I saw…

Netflix knew right away it had a hit on its hands when it released Luke Cage Friday. The much hyped 13-episode Marvel series definitely lived up to everyone’s expectations. With it breaking the streaming service Saturday and having people already on their second binge-watching session, we already know that fans can’t wait for the next season.…

While millions of people were streaming Netflix’s Luke Cage over the weekend, the streaming service suffered an hourlong outage Saturday. Could it be that Luke Cage’s release had everyone firing up their Netflix accounts and the company’s servers couldn’t handle the massive traffic? Netflix didn’t confirm or deny that Luke Cage caused the outage, but…

Last month, Leslie Jones’ personal website and iCloud information were hacked, and nude photos, along with other personal information, were posted online. Jones took a short break from social media during the incident, but when she returned, her fans cheered her on. Since the hacking incident, Jones has made light of it. First she joked…

A Forsyth County, Ga., teacher is under investigation after posting to Facebook a photo of Michelle Obama and a comment in which she referred to the first lady as a gorilla. Jane Wood Allen, a teacher at Chestatee Elementary School in Gainesville, Ga., posted a photo of the first lady, called her a gorilla and also made reference to…

Netflix’s Luke Cage is no doubt a huge success. After being released Friday, it has become one of the streaming service’s most-streamed series and has fans asking for a second season. Mike Colter, who stars as Luke Cage, is Marvel’s first black superhero, and the series focuses a lot on everyday issues plaguing the black…

The brand-spanking-new Trump hotel in Washington, D.C., just got a paint job courtesy of those who believe that black lives matter. The words “Black Lives Matter” and “No Justice No Peace” were spray-painted at one of the entrances of the Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C. Workers at the hotel covered up the messages with pieces…

Cedric the Entertainer and actor Kendrick Sampson, who plays the cute but devious Caleb Hapstall on How to Get Away With Murder, led a march of hundreds of men, women and children down Sunset Boulevard on Wednesday to protest the shooting deaths of black people by police. “We must get involved,” said Cedric, who said…

Editor’s note: This article contains a social media post that some may find offensive. Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kandi Burruss is urging folks not to fly Hawaiian Airlines after she claims she and her husband, Todd Tucker, were kicked off a flight for no legitimate reason. The singer-songwriter and reality-TV star took to Instagram yesterday to…