Former President Donald Trump pleaded ignorance after garnering a wave of backlash over racist insults made by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe at his Madison Square Garden rally over the weekend. When speaking to Fox News host Sean Hannity on Tuesday, the Republican presidential candidate brushed aside the firestorm as not “a …
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The Archbishop of San Juan, Puerto Rico, has demanded Republican candidate Donald Trump personally apologize after controversial comedian Tony Hinchcliffe called Puerto Rico “a floating island of garbage” and made racist comments about Latinos during Trump’s rally atMadison Square Garden on Sunday. “I enjoy a good joke,” Archbishop Roberto O. …
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Controversial comedian Tony Hinchcliffe made several racist comments about Latinos at former President Donald Trump’s rally on Sunday at Madison Square Garden in New York City. “I welcome migrants to the United States of America with open arms. And by open arms I mean like this,” Hinchcliffe said, waving his …
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The Miami Heat has announced its solidarity with Haitians amid the Trump campaign’s racist misinformation campaign. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance have repeatedly asserted the false claim that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio are eating cats and other pets, which they based on a …
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Donald Trump’s comments on Wednesday questioning whether Vice President Kamala Harris is Black were not an off-the-cuff expression of racism, but part of a broader campaign strategy that Trump and many of his key lieutenants plan to make a heavy focus of their final three-month sprint to retake the White …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. The majority of the new FX miniseries Clipped takes place in 2013 and 2014, during a tumultuous basketball season where Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling was forced …
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More than 800 Black women — including Lashana Lynch and Sheila Atim — and non-binary actors signed an open letter in support of Francesca Amewudah-Rivers, who has been the target of online racial abuse following the announcement of her casting as Juliet in a London West End production of Romeo …
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It’s been a strange few weeks for Saturday Night Live. Two weeks ago, during a night hosted by Madame Web actress Dakota Johnson, cast members Bowen Yang and Sarah Sherman distanced themselves from Dave Chappelle when the transphobic comedian crashed SNL’s goodbye segment at show’s end. Then, last week, the …
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Samuel L. Jackson, Jeffrey Wright, and David Oyelowo have all portrayed civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr., whose Atlanta sit-ins, Montgomery bus boycotts, and peaceful protests desegregated the nation. When Kelvin Harrison Jr. was first offered the role, he was overwhelmed by the weight of the historical figure and …
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The double standard is almost as old as hip-hop itself. A decorated filmmaker gets laurels for his or her latest bullet-laden gangster movie. A rock or country star is proclaimed a songwriting genius for violent tales of man’s inhumanity to man. But rappers are held to a different standard, their …
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