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Colbert Booed for Brutal Takedown of Bloombergs Debate Performance

Stephen Colbert began his live coverage of the Democratic debate that took place in his hometown of Charleston, South Carolina, Tuesday night by noting his controversial use of the stop-and-frisk policy. Ive met with black leaders to try to get an understanding of how I can better position myself, Bloomberg said at one point in the debate, to which Colbert replied, Mr. Mayor, I have a feeling a lot of black leaders want your position to be spread eagle up against a wall. Then, in response to Bloomberg pointing out…

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Chris Rock and Steve Martin Roast Oscars for Hiding Black Actors and Female Directors

The Academy Awards plenty of stars vying to fill that role anyway. After the Academys continued lack of diversity. This year, 19 out of the 20 acting nominees are white and all five director nominees are male. Theres so many great directors nominated this year, Rock said, to which Martin replied, I dont know, Chris, I thought there was something missing from the list this year. Vaginas? Rock asked to loud applause from the audience. He then honored Cynthia Erivo, the one and only black actor nominated this year by…

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Texas Episcopalians are giving $13 million to repair damage done by their church’s racist history

The first bishop elected to the Episcopal Diocese of Texas was a slave owner who pushed for loyalty to the Confederacy during the Civil War. The first church in the diocese, Christ Episcopal Church in Matagorda, was built by slaves. Now, Texas Episcopalians are addressing the church’s history of racism and slavery by dedicating $13 million to help heal the communities injured by it. Funding from the Missionary Vision for Racial Justice initiative will go toward “racial reconciliation projects and scholarships” at historically black colleges, seminaries, and organizations in Texas.…

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Hollywood Idiots Could Make #OscarsSoWhite Happen Again

This is a preview of our pop culture newsletter The Daily Beasts Obsessed, written by senior entertainment reporter Kevin Fallon. To receive the full newsletter in your inbox each week, RuPaul heads to Netflix. Werk? Oscar predictions. (#OscarsSoWhite again?) Behold Kim Kardashians refrigerator The Nanny!!! On Broadway!!! A Mariah Carey update. Duh. could happen again. If theres anything awards voters enjoy more than never learning from the mistakes of their past or evolving in anyway meaningful way…BAFTA voters did just that: Nominating not a single performer of color in the…

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