All Blog Posts Tagged 'black' (654)

This debate started on Tumblr last night between a couple, where the girl saw White and Gold and her boyfriend saw Black and Blue. And that's when they almost broke the internet. This ugly dress went viral within hours.

Scientifically: Light enters the eye through the lens—different wavelengths corresponding to different colors.…

1. #Empire

Eight weeks in the making, Jamal Lyon finally came out in Wednesday night's episode. 

Here's what people are saying:

• "Empire is on the best shows to come to television in a while, high quality subjects they touch on, amazing cast and storylines." 
• "Empire sure knows how to raise your…

If you've got fond memories of blowing into video game cartridges, you've got Gerald "Jerry" Lawson to thank. As the head of engineering and marketing for Fairchild Semiconductor's gaming outfit in the mid-'70s, Lawson developed the first home gaming console that utilized interchangeable cartridges, the Fairchild Channel F. That system never…

One of the big winners of the Powerball jackpot from two weeks ago is a North Carolina single mother of four children. She said Monday that the $188 million prize will allow her to get her children the things they need, but she's not going to spoil them.

Marie…

Comedic actor Martin Lawrence and veteran Hollywood actress Lynn Whitfield delivered a memorable performance in the 1996 romantic comedy “A Thin Line Between Love And Hate,” and Martin recently took to social media to confirm that a part 2 is in the works.

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Tyga’s appearance on The Breakfast Club radio show on yesterday morning was to address his alleged relationship with a 17-year-old (and more). What Tyga said during that interview was worse than any of the insults hurled by Rose or Kardashian.

When inevitably…

Here's what Black Twitter is talking about.

1. #DontPanic

Amber Rose vs Khloe Kardashian

What people are saying:

    "Don't…

Few songs have stood the test of time quite like “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot.” From its roots in Oklahoma in the 1850s, people from all walks of life have made it their anthem. Joan Baez sang it from the stage of Woodstock, and believe it or not, it’s used to rally rugby fans in England.…

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Courtesy of WTVF: At least one person was killed and another hurt in a shooting in the north Nashville area.

Officers with the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department first responded to a shooting call at an apartment complex near Ed Temple Boulevard and Clarksville Pike just before 1 p.m. today.

One person was found shot to death in the parking…

Yasmin Eleby  decided to give herself she's never had before. And with her 40th birthday approaching and no potential husband in sight, she chose to gift herself with the elaborate wedding she’d always dreamed of. However, instead of vowing to love, forgive and honor a significant other, the Houston resident made the lifelong promises to herself.

The ceremony was held at the Houston Museum of African…

Nashville police are defending the officers involved in the shooting death of a black teenager Sunday night. In a highly unusual move, they’ve also released an interview with one of the officers before the investigation is complete.

Police were…

Bill Cosby recently suggested in an interview that he's only being treated fairly by the black media, a claim that is now being blasted by the black media.  Bob Butler, who is the president of the National Association of Black Journalists, says Cosby is wrong for thinking that race has played a role in the coverage of his rape accusations and says all reports…

The LA Times reports:

A white former police chief in a tiny South Carolina town has been indicted on murder charges in the 2011 shooting of an unarmed black…

Stop us if you've heard this one before -- an unarmed black man was fatally shot by a white police officer.

It happened in Phoenix last night (Wednesday). Cops were responding to a robbery call, as well as a noise complaint -- for loud music coming from an SUV.…

Tensions rose yesterday in the wake of the grand jury's decision not to indict the police officer who gave Eric Garner a chokehold leading to his death.

Azealia Banks took the opportunity to call out Iggy Azalea. The Harlem rapper tweeted (quote) “It’s funny to see people like Igloo Australia silent when these things happen... Black Culture is…

1) #JayZ


Twitter responds the the Uber Facts Tweet: “Beyoncé says she has only had sex with Jay-Z.”

What people are saying:

“I can say that…

A black boy holding a "Free Hugs" sign stood crying in front of a police barricade at a Ferguson rally in Portland. A white police officer motioned for him to come closer. The officer then asked the boy for a hug — and they embraced, the boy's anguished face streaming with tears.

A photographer captured…

Check out some of these local stores that are offering deep discounts on Thanksgiving and Black Friday.

*some ads may differ according to location…

Recently, in yet another attempt to claim something that Black people had all to themselves, white women have taken it upon themselves to use “nappy” to describe their own hair. Just search Instagram or Twitter for yourself – you’ll find mixed in between the thousands of pictures of fly black women with natural hair of all lengths,…