A Polish reality competition show is dealing with controversy after two of its performers donned blackface to perform as Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar.
Cultural appropriation, defined by dictionary.com as “the act of adopting elements of an outside, often minority culture, including knowledge, practices, and symbols, without understanding or respecting the original culture and context.” Some think it’s appreciating the culture, rather than offending the culture. Watching movies of the Egyptian culture, with white actors, is offensive. It’s not being sensitive, when the […]
An Atlants Charter school is under a lot of heat a recent performance, that has now gone viral. On Thursday, the Kindenzi School at Old Fourth Ward held a program geared toward providing cultural competency training for teachers. Well, during the performance second graders recited the poem “We Wear the Mask,” by Laurence Dunbar. Videos […]
https://www.facebook.com/TheHayride/posts/10155052764394675 Robbie Gatti, a Louisiana politician, who dressed up as Tiger Woods by donning blackface for a community event is defending the controversial costume. He’s being blasted by residents in Bossier City, Louisiana after a photograph of him in blackface at First Baptist Church surfaced this week. However, Gatti insists that his blackface was merely part […]
Several students at Oklahoma State University have protested after two photos of their peers in Blackface went viral. A student group is also promoting a "love and unity" message on campus.
A White member of the Blevins, Arkansas School Board was seen mocking the Black Lives Matter movement in blackface and now parents are up in arms.
A law professor causes a firestorm for wearing blackface to an off-campus Halloween party. Students and faculty are calling for the professor's resignation.
It's never a good idea to post or share anything online featuring an image of someone in blackface.
Earlier today, two Texas students that attend Lamar High School were photographed in blackface.
A fundraiser to benefit the officers in the Freddie Gray case was canceled Wednesday due to backlash from the main event: a former Baltimore police…
In response to a picture posted to her Twitter and Facebook accounts that shows son Bobby Deen in a brownface portrayal of Ricky Ricardo (I…
George Takei, the Japanese-American actor best known for his role as Hikaru Sulu on Star Trek, has apologized for referring to Supreme Court Justice Clarence…
