Posts Tagged ‘University of Southern California’
Los Angeles City Council declares ‘John Singleton Day’
Tuesday was declared “John Singleton Day” by Los Angeles City Council President Herb J. Wesson Jr. as a way to pay homage to the legendary filmmaker. The announcement and private celebration took place at the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California, where Singleton was a star student and graduated in 1990,…
Read MoreTwitter on fire after Dr. Dre brags on daughter getting into USC legally
Legendary West Coast rapper and producer Dr. Dre is catching serious blowback after bragging on Instagram that his daughter got into the University of Southern California without any help from her parents and that no one had to go to jail for it. Dr. Dre, 54, was obviously taking a vicious swipe at defamed and…
Read MoreUSC responds to Taraji P. Henson’s account of son getting racially profiled
Earlier this week, “Empire” star Taraji P. Henson shared that her son was racially profiled in Glendale, California. “Then he’s at [the] University of Southern California, the school that I was going to transfer him to, when police stopped him for having his hands in his pockets,” she said during an interview with Uptown magazine.…
Read MoreTaraji P. Henson’s son was racially profiled at USC
“Empire” star Taraji P. Henson is taking the necessary steps to prevent her son from becoming a statistic, a victim of police misconduct and over militarization. The single mom, 43, has a college-age son, Marcel, 20, who was recently racially profiled by police in Glendale, California. In an interview with Uptown magazine, she divulges why her…
Read MoreNCAA Shows Double Standard for HBCUs and Poor Academic Performance
In theory, the NCAA is supposed to be the objective watch dog for all collegiate athletics programs. In theory, it serves punishment for offenders in the same objective manner. The reality is that it maintains a harsher standard for historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) when compared to major white institutions. I am the product…
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