Yet another nonsensical reaction to Jesse Williams after his acceptance speech for his Humanitarian Award at the BET Awards. Now, some fans of his show Grey’s Anatomy are claiming that his “racist” speech was in bad taste, and ant-white, with some even threatening to boycott the long-running show as a result. There is a Change.org petition circulating that has 462 […]
Many were inspired by Jesse Williams‘ impassioned speech at last week’s BET Awards, and one of them is the critically acclaimed poet and novelist Alice Walker. The Pulitzer Prize winner (for her classic novel The Color Purple) has written a poem honoring the actor for his incredible speech which he delivered after winning the BET Humanitarian Award for […]
We knew this was coming. After Jesse Williams raised the roof on the BET Awards with a stirring speech about civil justice, Black pride and appropriation, Stacey Dash felt the need to flex her pen to retaliate against it, even going so far as to call him a “plantation slave” for his words. And that’s […]
Kyrie Irving was the subject of some pretty bad accusations last week, when he was seen in a video of what appeared to be a yacht party attended exclusively white women. https://twitter.com/BigNeechi/status/746406058436997120 The video went viral, as users on Twitter condemned the NBA Champ of racism, and perpetuating the stereotype that NBA stars only go […]
The 2016 BET Awards were too Black for Tomi Lahren.
Jesse Williams is no stranger to being "woke." Check out nine other times he spoke perfectly about race in America.
The 2016 BET Awards was super-Black, and we lived for every moment of it. In case you missed it, we have a recap of the highlights from the show. 1. Surprise! It’s Beyoncé! There was chatter that Beyoncé would be appearing at the 2016 BET AWards. Many assumed that she would be doing that via […]
Get into a good groove with a few great shows airing over the holiday weekend.
Jesse Williams is utterly over the idea that Black people are just naturally angrier than everyone else in America. The “Grey’s Anatomy” star has been…
Jesse Williams is utterly over the idea that Black people are just naturally angrier than everyone else in America. The “Grey’s Anatomy” star has been very vocal about the injustices against the Black community that have been coming to light at a nearly constant rate over the last few years. Deaths of people like Trayvon […]
