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Racial animus is unquestionably at an all-time high in the United States of America. The spectacle of the mob storming Capitol Hill on Jan. 6 as Congress convened to count the votes from the Electoral College was shocking, but not an outlier event. There are a plethora of other examples that provide compelling evidence of…

The Louisville Metropolitan Police Department in Kentucky has informed two more officers of its intention to fire them for their “extreme violations” of departmental policies that led to Breonna Taylor’s unnecessary death. One of the officers, Detective Joshua Jaynes, will be fired for obtaining a search warrant under fraudulent means. The second officer, who the…

Defamed comic legend Bill Cosby reportedly kicked Lisa Bonet off the hit spin-off show “A Different World” when he found out she was pregnant. Bonet’s ex-husband and musician Lenny Kravitz outlines that memorable and infamous episode in 1988 in his memoir, Let Love Rule. Kravitz, 56, claims in the book that Cosby became extremely angry…

According to a not-so-subtle Instagram post by outspoken OG NeNe Leakes, more heads are going roll down the street from Bravo headquarters due to racism. It has already been widely reported that Bravo fired “Vanderpump Rules” stars Stassi Schroeder and Kristen Doute after a race-based scandal with fellow star Faith Stowers. According to the Daily…

Amid a local, state and federal investigation into the death of unarmed and handcuffed Black male George Floyd due to a cop’s knee being pressed into his neck, four officers have been terminated. Minneapolis police chief Medaria Arradondo announced the immediate dismissal of the officers after a bystander filmed one of the cops kneeling with…

Quirky and offbeat personalities Diamond & Silk were fired from Fox News after disseminating false information about the spread of the coronavirus. Ineitha Lynette “Diamond” Hardaway and Herneitha Rochelle “Silk” Richardson soared to national fame as arch-conservatives and staunch supporters of the current presidential administration. Diamond & Silk’s radical right-wing views catapulted them from an…

Chuck D, the frontman for the iconic and pioneering hip-hop group Public Enemy, now says all the fireworks created with the recent public firing of Flavor Flav was a hoax. As you recall, Flavor Flav, 61, vowed not to appear at a political rally for Vermont senator and Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, that was…

Tamar Braxton claims she finally has the receipts to prove that “The Real” co-host Loni Love orchestrated her shocking ouster from the daytime talk show. Braxton, 42, says that Love engineered a successful writing campaign to the show’s producers and executives to get Braxton fired. Moreover, Braxton says Love’s former friend who wrote for her…

The Chicago police superintendent has been fired just weeks before he planned to retire. According to the Chicago Tribune and CBS Chicago, Superintendent Eddie Johnson was fired by Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot after he reportedly lied to her about why he was found passed out in his parked car at a stop sign with the…

Gabrielle Union welcomed the TLC that her husband, NBA legend Dwyane Wade, was able to provide her during the Thanksgiving holiday week after her shocking ouster from the perennial hit show “America’s Got Talent.” View this post on Instagram Lord, you KNOW I'm tryin… whew 🥴 and breathe. Support is everything. ❤ @dwyanewade A post…

The Chicago police superintendent who was determined to prosecute former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett has been terminated just weeks before he planned to retire. According to the Chicago Tribune and CBS Chicago, Superintendent Eddie Johnson was fired by Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot after he reportedly lied to her about why he was found passed out…

Longtime “TMZ” personality Van Lathan has been fired, Page Six reports. Lathan was one of the more visible faces on the immensely popular tabloid-turned-TV show. Lathan, who rocketed to fame last year following his blistering rebuttal of Kanye West’s statement that slavery was “a choice,” reportedly was terminated after he allegedly threatened a co-worker. According…

Ousted and outcast NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown has employed a scorched-earth policy during his Twitter tirades after being terminated on Friday, Sept. 22. When the New England Patriots fired Brown, 31, on Friday, that represented the third team that Brown was essentially ex-communicated from in 2019 (Oakland and Pittsburgh are the other two). Now…

After legendary DJ Spinderella filed a lawsuit against her equally iconic former bandmates Salt-N-Pepa and the duo fired back with harsh rhetoric at the turntable titan, a federal judge in Dallas ordered the trio to the mediation table. As rolling out reported, Diedra “Spinderella” Roper, 48, filed a lawsuit against Cheryl “Salt” James, 53, and…

A.J. Calloway has been forced out as the co-host of the popular entertainment news show “Extra” after 14 years following an internal investigation into his alleged sexual assault of several females. “The Company has investigated the claims made into Mr. Calloway’s conduct and he and the Company have mutually agreed to part ways,” Warner Bros.…

Two Louisiana police officers received the harshest administrative penalty after suggesting that Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) should be assassinated for a statement she did not make. Former officer Charlie Rispoli was immediately fired for advocating violence after responding to a fake headline from satirical website snopes.com. The website said Ocasio-Cortez stated: “We pay soldiers too…

A Wendy’s employee in Florida is clean but is out of a job after he took a bath inside the workplace sink while his co-workers filmed it and egged him on. The episode caught the attention of Wendy’s executives when a Facebook user shared the video of the episode in Milton, Florida, about a 2-1/2-hour…

Millions of people use the ridesharing service Uber, and there are just as many tales about the drivers. However, one ride with an Uber driver, identified only as Timothy, has resulted in a viral video and him losing his job. Nicole Allen, of Rock Island, Illinois, uploaded a video of the driver calling her racist and demeaning…

The chance of former Kansas City Chiefs running back Kareem Hunt ever returning to play in the NFL is getting dimmer by the day. As rolling out reported previously, Hunt was immediately cut from the Chiefs after surveillance video of Hunt shoving and kicking a woman in the hallway of a Cleveland hotel in February…

Major media outlet CNN has fired perhaps one of its most well-known Black commentators, Marc Lamont Hill. On its website, an unidentified CNN spokesperson states “Marc Lamont Hill is no longer under contract with CNN.” Hill was speaking at the United Nations for as part of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of…