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Sandra Bland – Say her name

Sandra Bland is another black life lost under hinky police circumstances. The 28-year-old’s death in a Texas county jail on 13 July, three days after a routine traffic stop turned into a …

Zoe Kravitz was ‘too urban’ for The Dark Knight Rises

Zoë Kravitz was denied an audition for a small part in the critically acclaimed Christopher Nolan-directed The Dark Knight Rises. Why? I hear you ask. Because of the colour of her skin …

Ackee and Saltfish – a match made in taste bud heaven

Ackee and Saltfish is the National Dish of Jamaica, but neither ingredient is of Jamaican origin. Ackee Ackee is derived from the original name Ankye, which comes from the Twi language of Ghana. …

David Michael – Lewisham’s first black policeman

Former Lewisham Labour Councillor David Michael was also chair of the Safer Stronger Communities Select Committee. Before becoming a councillor, he spent decades working for the police. David …

Kanye and Kim on Time’s “100 Most Influential People” list

Time Magazine has released its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world and Kanye West sits in the number one spot. The list is comprised of a selection of people who are blazing …

Kanye West shows the Brit Awards that Britain’s got black talent

Whenever Kanye causes a stir in the media I’m one of the first to side eye and question his bad decisions but his performance at the Brit Awards has to be applauded. This is coming from someone who …

Jamaica has a population of 2.7 million people and 1.1 million people live below the poverty line. It’s no wonder then that some young children are the breadwinners for their families, often weaving …

Jamaica looks set to legalise ganga

The Jamaican cabinet has approved a bill to legalise the possession of small amounts of marijuana. The bill appears to be full-on decriminalisation and legalisation: The country is eliminating …

Fact check: The etymology of picnic

We’ve debunked the tale of how Black Friday came about, now we will fact check the crazy tale of the etymology of picnic. Have you heard the story about where the word picnic comes from? If you …

Billie Holiday sings Strange Fruit

Originally written as a poem “Bitter Fruit” by Abel Meeropol became a song performed famously by Billie Holiday. Meeropol, a white, Jewish high school teacher from the Bronx and a member …

Origins of Black Friday and other lies told to us

In this post we fact check the origins of Black Friday and the Willie Lynch speech. Toni Braxton posted a call to boycott Black Friday on her Facebook page with an image of a slave auction and text …

Piers Morgan sticks his nose into the N-word debate

Piers Morgan wrote an article for the ‘Daily Fail’ suggesting that if Black Americans want the N-word to die, they will have to kill it themselves. Asking black folks to stop using that word is …