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Editor’s note: This article contains social media posts that some may find offensive. Being a black student on a predominantly white campus isn’t always easy. Especially when some of your white classmates repeatedly post racist comments on a popular social media app used by college students. Such is the case at American University. Members of…

Ebony’s November cover, with a shattered photo of The Cosby Show’s fictitious Huxtable family, has drawn a lot of praise as well as criticism. It seems as though people, after all these years of drugging and sexual assault allegations against Bill Cosby, still have a hard time separating Cosby from his Dr. Huxtable character and coming…

The Milwaukee Bucks’ John Henson recently attempted to visit Schwanke-Kasten Jewelers in Whitefish Bay, Wis., but unfortunately, his efforts were thwarted by employees who locked the door and called the police on him. Before Henson could enter the jewelry store, employees locked the doors and called police, he said. After the police arrived, Henson was questioned…

On Monday we reported that Oprah Winfrey purchased a 10 percent stake in Weight Watchers for $48 million. The acquisition came with a five-year endorsement agreement that would make Winfrey the face of the brand for some of its promotional efforts. Well, because of Winfrey’s power, reach and brand appeal, her 10 percent equity stake…

Beyoncé is not much for words. I think it’s because of an insecurity she has about the idea that she doesn’t speak, or write, very well (which is why I think she rarely tweets), and also having personal issues knock the wind out of her these past few years, leaving her numb and raw. Personal issues…

Who knew that Drake had a little Puff Daddy (circa 1996) in him? In Drake’s new video for his song “Hotline Bling,” the 6 God is twirling, diddly-daddling, cha-cha-ing and doing a lot of Diddy-isms that Puffy used to do in his Bad Boy videos back in the day. It’s Drake in rare form: a…

It seems that Anthony Mackie is backtracking when it comes to his “endorsement” of Donald Trump. During an interview with BET about his upcoming movie, Our Brand Is Crisis, Mackie seemingly gave two thumbs-up for Trump when he was asked about Trump’s presidential candidacy. The Captain America actor said that he would be “100 percent” in…

Editor’s note: This post contains tweets that some may find offensive. Star Wars: Episode VII—The Force Awakens has a racist troll up in arms because of the diverse cast. A twitter user, who obviously never knew Darth Vader was voiced by a black man or never paid attention to the luxurious waves in Lando Calrissian’s…

There’s about to be a lot of “Happy” people at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. The man in the big brown hat, aka Pharrell Williams, has been named artist in residence for 2015. The performer, songwriter, producer, designer and entrepreneur kicks off his residency with a town hall event in midtown Manhattan…

Let’s just add this to another thing black people can’t do. Well, actually, with recent reports about black shoppers being profiled in the Georgetown section of Washington, D.C., we already knew that shopping while black was an issue. But who knew that big-time NBA players had to deal with it, too? The Milwaukee Bucks’ John…