Kheris Rogers, a 10-year-old fifth grader from South L.A. has experienced her share of bullying for having dark skin — by both white and Black kids — throughout elementary school. She even remembers a time back in first grade when her teacher told all the students to draw themselves, handing her a black crayon instead […]
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As the Carters are wont to do, Bey and Blue were #unbothered and unapologetic in their collective Grammy slay. Peep their realness and let it be the motivation you need to to rock the mess out of this Monday and ALL the days. 1. Blue, posted up fresh to death in her hot pink pantsuit, […]
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“Our glorious diversities — our diversities of faith and colors and creeds — that is not a threat to who we are. It makes us who we are.” – Michelle Obama It’s official. First Lady Michelle Obama gave her final speech as FLOTUS at the White House’s 2017 National School Counselor of the Year […]
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They get it from their momma. By Ayanna Thompson Malia and Sasha Obama round out the trio of trailblazers (including their mom) who have blessed us with so much class these last eight years. As the Obamas’ last term comes to a close (cue ugly cry), we’re runnin’ it back right quick and taking a […]
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By Andréa Butler Yara Shahidi has been woke. At just 16 years old, she’s already made a name for herself not only as an actress on the hit show Black-ish but also as an ardent activist. We’ve watched her rep at the DNC, speak on panels about diversity, and use her social media platforms to […]
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Lupita Nyongo, star of the new Disney movie Queen of Katwe and an all-around Black girl who rocks, just hit an Instagram follower count of 3 mill. To celebrate, she tapped into her alter ego “Troublemaker” and blessed us with a video of her freestyling like a boss. Check it out: View this post on […]
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By Kennadi Harris I used to believe that being Black and proud or “down for the cause” required a few things: You had to go natural, live Erykah Badu lyrics, and not listen to “oversexualized” artists, such as Nicki Minaj or Rihanna. (Please forgive my past self. I love them now.)Now, I know that there […]
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It looks like Tony Stark will be hanging up his Iron Man suit soon, and when he does, Riri Williams — a new Marvel character — will put it on. According to TIME, Riri is so beast at science — genius level, in fact — that she gets to enroll in MIT at the age […]
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IT. IS. HAPPENING. A Black woman is going to be the face on that new fetty! More specifically, the face is going to be of the baddest ride-or-die Black girl who rocks in history — Harriet Tubman. Instead of replacing the mug of Alexander Hamilton (he helped create the Treasury Department and is also the […]
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Brown. Columbia. Cornell. Dartmouth. Harvard. The University of Pennsylvania. Princeton. Yale. The Ivy Leagues. And 17-year-old Augusta Uwamanzu-Nna just got accepted to every last one of them! Current valedictorian of Long Island’s Elmont Memorial High School, Augusta applied to four other schools, as well, locking in acceptances to all of them, too. Now, all she […]
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