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Members of the Black community are looking at Jennifer Lopez sideways after the Latina singer calls herself a “Black girl from the Bronx” on her newest collaborative single. J-Lo, 51, provided vocals on Colombian singer Maluma’s single “Lonely.” According to Hollywood Unlocked and The Source, the single was sung in Spanish, with J-Lo belting out…

After showing up in support of her husband, Kanye West, who hosted Yeezy Fashion Show 8 on Monday, March 2, 2020, Kim Kardashian West is receiving a great deal of criticism for sporting waist-length braids. The fashion icon and mother of four shared images of her outfit on social media and users promptly had a…

Many Black women’s feelings about Jennifer Lopez using the phrase “Bronx Girl Magic” can be summed up with this tweet: can black girls have anything. anything at all. — jhaunay-amanie (@wrightmywayout) January 30, 2020 J-Lo faces charges of being a culture vulture after she stunted with a t-shirt while leaning back inside her vehicle with…

Gucci is back at it again, insulting people of color’s cultures with their designs and calling it “fashion.” This time, the luxury Italian fashion house is getting roasted for its “Indy Full Turban” which is a Dastaar, a religiously significant Sikh headdress. The turban first sparked outrage in February 2018 after it was seen being…

The ways in which America continues to co-opt, appropriate and profit off Black culture seem endless, and this peculiar phenomenon continues to amaze its prolific producers. The country has always exemplified a ravenous appetite for Black culture, evidenced by the ways in which America watches it, patronizes it and consumes it — even if the nation…

After being bombarded with charges of cultural appropriation yet again, several artists have come to the defense of superstar Bruno Mars. Most recently, Charlie Wilson and 9th Wonder took to social media to heap praise onto Bruno, with Wilson calling him a “genuine talent, pure and simple.” “Bruno, with this album, helped bring back that classic…

Another argument has erupted on social media about whether or not Bruno Mars is a culture vulture. Today, a video has surfaced of a woman passionately explaining during an intense debate why she feels Bruno Mars, 32, culturally appropriates black music. Several others pointedly agreed. Others vehemently disagreed and stated why. The video and the…

Wendy Williams is not too fond of Kim Kardashian breaking the internet again. In fact, Williams obviously detests the entire Kardashian clan like a contagious virus. Williams probably hasn’t eaten all week simply because she has gorged herself by feasting on the easy targets the Kardashians are. And when Kardashian posted a number of nude…

After singer Miley Cyrus reached adulthood, she traded in her bubblegum pop for risque rap. Then last year, the former Nickelodeon star flung aside rap music like it was an old coat — and then spat on it by telling Rolling Stone she detested the misogyny, violence and debauchery associated with hip-hop — and returned to her…

The landscape of hip-hop has definitely changed since the birth of the music genre more than 40 years ago and now more than ever there are White faces behind the mics of today’s big rap hits. Recently, rap’s reigning queen Nicki Minaj decided to weigh in on the impact of White artists on the game…

This lady is making a mockery of cultural appropriation claims. A blogger, Sachi Feris is urging parents not to dress their children up as characters from other racial backgrounds and ethnicities, calling it “cultural appropriation.” On her blog, Raising Race Conscious Children, Feris wrote a feature titled, “MOANA, ELSA, AND HALLOWEEN.” It reads in part:…

As the feeling goes in the Black community, the wider society loves what African Americans contribute to society — they just don’t love the race that produces that contribution. And even more, they love stealing it, misappropriating it and abusing that contribution for their own profit and selfish desires. As an example, a luxury toilet…

White culture vultures have plundered the treasure trove of Black music for decades in order to ignite their careers, undergo an image transformation or to resuscitate careers on a downward spiral. Social media has provided Blacks with a platform to articulate their age-old resentment and disgust for Caucasian pop stars who exploit the hip-hop genre for…

It just keeps happening. White folks getting credit for starting and popularizing trends that Black people have been using or flossing for many years. The honchos at E! Online Style are the latest people to make this mistake, giving Kylie Jenner credit for something Blacks have been sporting for decades. This time Jenner got credited…

A Twitter user created an uproar after it was said on the social media platform the user noticed a trend among many white pop music stars and their transition from adolescent bubble-gum music into adulthood. The Twitter user, Richey Colazzo PR, used Disney Channel child star-turned-industry-singer Miley Cyrus as Exhibit A. Cyrus, who was gyrating…

The White woman who ignited a national debate over her being caught masquerading as a Black woman will headline the Naturally Isis Braid-On, Economic Liberty March and Rally in Dallas. Rachel Dolezal was invited by Isis Brantley, a celebrity stylist, natural hair activist, and owner of the Institute of Ancestral Braiding. Brantley’s announcement shocked the…

A Black female university student garnered a lot of negative attention this past week for being caught on camera chastising a White man for wearing dreads. Now the man who filmed the incident is speaking out. In the viral video, Bonita Tindle is face-to-face with fellow San Francisco State University student Cory Goldstein. He tells her, “You’re saying…

“RuPaul’s Drag Race” may have seemed like a flash in the pan kind of show when it started eight years ago, but after eight successful seasons on Logo, it’s clear that “Drag Race” has become a niche cultural phenomenon and has helped to launch the careers of 100 different drag queens. But like many other successful ideas…

It’s been a little over a month since Nicki Minaj menacingly asked Miley Cyrus at the 2015 MTV VMAs “Miley, what’s good?!” after Cyrus criticized her for implying MTV is racist with their VMA nominations. Since then, the two have avoided talking about each other in the press. But now Minaj is speaking about Cyrus again…

“Atlanta Plastic’s” Dr. McKnight-Baron speaks about the big butt plastic surgery craze, from cultural appropriation to its impact on society. The “Atlanta Plastic” docuseries airs on Lifetime on Fridays at 10 p.m.