Covers - Black Lives Matter On TIME Magazine Following South Carolina Police Shooting

After he almost got away with it, video surfaced incriminating 33-year-old Officer Michael Slager in the shooting death of unarmed black man Walter Scott. Now, TIME Magazine has joined the conversation, using the trending hashtag black lives matter on their latest cover.

Man Cleared of Murder After Being Wrongfully Jailed 39 Years Will Receive $1M Compensation

Ricky Jackson, was freed last year after spending 39 years in prison after he was falsely convicted for a murder he didn't commit, and will now receive around $1m as compensation from the state of Ohio. He was one of three men sent to death row in 1975 after being convicted of aggravated murder in the slaying of a businessman outside a corner store in Cleveland.

Prosecutors at the time of the case relied on the testimony of a 13 year-old boy to convict Mr Jackson, now 58. Years later, the boy, Eddie Vernon, who earlier claimed to witness the crime recanted his testimony and told authorities he had never actually witnessed the crime.

Kanye West Calls Racism A Silly Concept & Has No Problem With White People Using N-Word

Kanye West had a sit down with Clique TV in France during the Paris Fashion Week which he recently attended with wife Kim Kardashian. One of the topics that came up was racism and Kanye gave his own interesting perspective which is that racism is a non-thing and that it's outdated and overtaken by recent happenings. He also has no problem with white people using the N-word at concerts or singing along to rap music.

“It’s true that white people use that word at concerts. It’s like when my words get taken out of context. I can say anything I want on a beat, but when I would say it in an interview, it would be taken out of context, and all, ‘Oh, he’s an ego-maniac.’ But it’s like, ‘Wait a second, this is the way people rap.'”

Ernestine Johnson Performs 'The Average Black Girl' on Arsenio Hall Show

Ernestine Johnson kicks off the Aresnio Hall show with an amazing and moving performance of "The Average Black Girl." You will get chills from this spoken word!

White Waitress Writes Viral Blog Post Defending Black Boyfriend From Racist Bullies

Ashlyn Sullivan wrote a blog post in December 2014 that is still buzzing over the internet. Ashlyn works as a waitress in Wichita, Kansas and she wrote the post because six drunk teenage guys had given her a hard time at her work and made rude comments about her relationship. She said she had tried to use her boyfriend to get them to behave initially, but things got out of hand when she showed them a photo of her and her black boyfriend.

Ashlyn says one of them resorted to racist abuse, asking; “Awh girl, why are you dating a n*gger? They ain’t gone treat you right.”

There was a blow up and it was later that Ashlyn wrote the blog post titled, "I am not dating a Racial Slur", and defending her boyfriend which has now gone viral. Read an excerpt below...

Benedict Cumberbatch Calls Black People 'Colored' On TV - Tenders Apology After Outcry

Benedict Cumberbatch has got into some hot water after referring to black actors as “coloured” during an interview with Tavis Smiley on PBS a few days ago. The Oscar nominated actor used the phrase during a debate about the diversity problems that black British actors face in the UK compared to the US, which he argued has been more open to casting them.

“I think as far as coloured actors go, it gets really different in the UK, and a lot of my friends have had more opportunities here [in America] than in the UK, and that’s something that needs to change.”

White Dad With African American Daughter Slams N-Word Bullies, But She Uses It Too

Brad Knudson posted a video to YouTube on Monday Jan 19, which quickly went viral and now has over 1 million views. In it, he defends his 14-year-old adopted African American daughter against twin bullies who had called her the N-word. The bullying had happened on New Year's Eve and after the parents of the twins waved aside what happened, the enraged dad decided to bring it online to campaign against bullying.

'I love my daughter and I don't want her to end up committing suicide because of freaking morons. I can't have this hanging over us and my daughter thinking the worst.'

#OscarsSoWhite - Twitter Complains About All-White Oscar Nominations

#OscarsSoWhite is the hashtag many on Twitter especially blacks and minorities are using to call out the non-diverse nominess for this year's Oscars. I mentioned in my initail post that David Oyelowo failed to make the cut for Best Actor like many expected. Others believe the film was generally snubbed, from the director to supporting actor roles, and say that with today also being Martin Luther King day, it would've been a nice birthday present if the film received more recognition.

There are collage photos of the mostly all-white nominess for the best actor, best actress and other categories, comparing them to FOX News anchors, Republican Party presidential hopefuls and senate committee chairmen.

Black Twitter Brings Focus To #NAACPBombing Which Has Gone Unreported

First, I saw NAACP trending, followed by  #NAACPBomb and  #NAACPBombing. I finally clicked and found there had been a racially motivated bomb attack outside a Colorado NAACP office building yesterday. The hashtags are asking why no major news outlets have reported on the explosion which the FBI have called "deliberate". This is coming after the uproar surrounding the terrorist attack in France this morning.

Most of the tweets using these hashtags are criticizing the mainstream media for their lack of coverage of the attack. According to the FBI, someone planted an in improvised explosive device on the wall of the group’s Colorado Springs office, right next to a gasoline can. However, when the IED exploded, the gosline failed to ignite meaning that there were no casualties.

NYPD Cop Caught Punching Handcuffed Black Teen

After all that has been happening with the police, and especially in New York with the choking death of Eric Garner, one would expect the NYPD officers to be more judicious in their work. However, a plainclothes police officer has been caught on camera punching one of two teenagers who were already in handcuffs during a street arrest.

The video, uploaded to YouTube last Monday, shows three officers restraining the teenager. Suddenly, a plainclothes officer hurls himself onto the suspect, punching him twice in the back.

George Stinney Jr: Black 14-Year-Old Executed By Electric Chair in 1944 Finally Exonerated

14 year old George Stinney Jnr. was executed in South Carolina United States for allegedly beating two young white girls to death, but yesterday Wednesday Dec 17th, 70 years after his death, a judge threw out the original murder conviction.

When George was executed in 1944, he was so small he had to seat on a phone book in the electric chair. He's officially the youngest person to be executed in the U.S. in the 20th century.

George was found guilty of beating the girls, 11 and 8 years old with a railroad spike. His trial lasted only three hours and it took the a jury of all white people just 10 minutes to find him guilty - this was just 3 months after the girls were found murdered.

The Obamas Speak On Racist Experiences, Spark #ThingsMichelleObamaThinksAreRacist?

#ThingsMichelleObamaThinksAreRacist began to trend on Twitter after an interview with President Obama and Michelle Obama revealed their first-hand encounters with racism. The first couple spoke honestly and openly with People Magazine about the tough questions America is facing over race in the wake of recent police killings of unarmed black men.

The President recalled a time when he was handed car keys to fetch the vehicle at valet-parking, while he waited outside a restaurant after dinner saying that happens to a lot of black men.

Mario Balotelli Charged Over 'Racist' Instagram Picture By English Football Association

Mario Balotelli, a forward for English premier league team, Liverpool, has been charged by the Football Association for posting a controversial meme of the Nintendo's Super Mario on instagram. Several races are referenced in the meme, which concludes by saying the character, "jumps like a black man and grabs coins like a jew.”

Just a few hours after Balotelli posted it on December 1, many people said they found it offensive and accused him of Racism and Antisemitism.

Viral Photo Of White Police Officer Hugging Small Black Boy Staged? #FreeHugs

Viral Ferguson hug photo staged? That is the question many black people are asking days after the above touching photo of a white police officer hugging an emotional African-American boy went viral. Many are going as far as calling the image a white media propaganda to denigrate black protesters.

The photo was taken at a Portland, Oregon protest following the St Loius grand jury ruling that no criminal charges would be brought against Officer Darren Wilson for the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri this past summer.

Eric Garner - No Indictment for White Cop Who Put Him In Chokehold?

Today, Black Twitter is mourning Eric Garner as well as #TamirRice - the 12 year old boy shot and killed by Cleveland police because he was playing with a BB Gun.

Back in July, Daniel Pantaleo, a New York City police officer had placed Eric Garner in the chokehold that led to his death after Garner was detained on the street for apparently selling illegal cigarettes [Read initial report here].

Riots Break Out After Grand Jury Decision In Ferguson Shooting

Violent protests and riots have erupted in Ferguson after a St. Louis County grand jury has come to the decision not to bring any criminal charges against Darren Wilson, the white police officer who shot and killed unarmed African American teenager, Michael Brown, earlier in the summer.

Also, other cities around the country, including New York, Oakland California, and Seattle have record smaller level protests. Many protesters are raising their hands in surrender like some say Michael Brown did before he was killed. Others lay down in the road because they say Brown was left dead laying on the road for over 4 hours.

Halle Berry Sues Gabriel Aubry For Straightening Daughter's Hair To Make Her Look White

Halle Berry recently took her ex-boyfriend and baby daddy Gabriel Aubry to court to reduce the amount of child support she has to pay to him for thejoint custody he has of their six-year-old daughter Nahla.

Now, the two are back in court again over what Halle thinks are racial tensions. Halle Berry took Aubry to court this week for trying to make Nahla look "white," and always straightening her hair.

Comedy Central Drops Artie Lange After Sex Slave Tweets To ESPN's Cari Champion

Yes, iSupportCari though I'm just hearing this news now. Yesterday, comedian Artie Lange targeted some racist and sexually degrading tweets at Cari Champion, the female African American host of ESPN First Takes. He described her as “my slave” with himself as Thomas Jefferson, and said he was pleasuring himself whilst watching her show.

While outrage spread almost immediately with the hashtag, iSupportCari, the comedian refused to remove the tweets or apologize until today when his gig with Comedy Central's @Midnight was cancelled. See below for his non-apology and the offensive tweets.

American Couple Detained In Qatar For Death Of Adopted African Daughter

It will be 2 years in January since an American couple, Matthew and Grace Huang, have been held in Qatar for the death of their adopted Black daughter, Gloria, whom they have been accused of starving to death, Yahoo News reports.

Serena Williams Blasts Russian Official Who Called Her & Venus, The William's Brothers

Serena Williams has slammed a Russian Tennis official over some of his remarks which she said were “insensitive,” “sexist” and “racist.”

Serena and Venus Williams are popularly known as the William's Sisters, and between them, they have 25 Grand Slam singles titles, several doubles, with Serena being the current world #1 tennis champion. And to think someone would just so casually insult their efforts because they're black and women? SMH...