A Fair One
Comedian Shane Gillis is back under the microscope — with ‘SNL’ announcing he’s hosting, it reminds some people of the racial epithets he used in his podcasting days.
Shane’s known for his edgy stand-up comedy — he’s very popular on YouTube and Netflix — and while he hasn’t shied away from his past controversial humor, it’s jarring to hear him dropping slurs in the middle of anecdotal jokes.
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The Color Purple star Fantasia Barrino is saying she and her family were racially profiled by Airbnb. The actress shared that they were staying at a house booked on the website to celebrate her son’s birthday. She wrote on Twitter, “My stomach is so uneasy this morning. I don’t say much when people do me wrong, but I can’t stay quiet on how my family and I were just treated from a host with @Airbnb @airbnbhelp trying to kick my kids and I out at 12:00 midnight. The host accused us of having a party with loud noises outdoors because they saw balloons being dropped off and a game truck with no generator in the early part of the day.” She added, “It’s evident to me this was racial profiling and the treatment we received was due to the color of our…
In the past few months, hundreds of community members around the country have partnered with EJI’s Community Remembrance Project to acknowledge and document our history of racial terror by unveiling narrative historical markers.
On October 17, 904WARD and the Jacksonville Community Remembrance Project, in partnership with EJI, unveiled a historical marker at the Evergreen Cemetery in Jacksonville, Florida. The marker memorializes Bowman Cook and John Morine, two Black World War I veterans who were lynched during the Red Summer of 1919.
About 100 people gathered in person to attend the ceremony, which was also live streamed and is available to watch on the coalition’s YouTube page.
The coalition has hosted community soil collections for Bowman…