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I talk about media insensitivity all the time on SisterSpeak (4p-6pm) and I’m still amazed by the questionable content we are exposed to daily. The offender this time is an online Mountain Dew commercial depicting black men in a line-up being viewed  by a white female. It’s the latest ad featuring rapper Tyler the Creator […]

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  During the coverage of the Boston Marathon Bombing,  it became sort of a syndrome when covering the story: premature news reporting from “reliable sources” that got it really wrong.  In fact, trying to be first over getting it right caused plenty of embarassment for CNN anchor John King and the entire network.  One is […]

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Forbes released their annual list of “100 Most Powerful Women” and featured eleven of the most powerful black women in the world. Watch the slideshow on TheGrio.com

When the 11th Annual Tribeca Film Festival kicks-off today in New York, there are six black films recommended by The Grio.com that they recommend as “must-see” movies. The movies include 2 Days in New York starring Chris Rock, War Witch the story of a 14 year-old  who faces unspeakable tragedies, Benji, the short-life story of […]

Do you agree with Bill Cosby that calling George Zimmerman a racist doesn’t solve anything.  Mr. Cosby says that the focus should be on guns and not race. Take our poll and read  The Grio story here

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It may have already been removed because I couldn’t find it but The Grio and the Daily Caller is reporting that George Zimmerman’s Myspace page name was “datniggytb”. Read the entire story here on The Grio.

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Yesterday we shared a story about the University of Texas and their school newspaper, The Daily Texan which published an editorial cartoon that showed a mother telling the story of a “sweet, innocent, colored boy killed by the big bad white man”.  The cartoonist was fired and the University of Texas’ newspaper editorial board apologized for the […]