Новости за 19.01.2016

Martin Luther King Jr. Day turned out to be quite eventful for Hollywood. Jada Pinkett Smith announced via video that she would be boycotting this year’s Academy Awards because of the exclusion of black performances in the four major acting categories. This is the second year in a row that black actors have been shut out.

Spike Lee and Jada Pinkett Smith are planning to boycott this year’s Oscars ceremony because of the lack of diversity among this year’s nominees. Cheryl Boone Isaacs, who is the first black woman to head the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, issued a statement saying that she was "heartbroken and frustrated about the lack of inclusion," and that the academy is moving heaven and earth to change the makeup of its membership.

Daniel Holtzclaw, the former Oklahoma City police officer convicted on 18 of 36 charges of rape and sexual assault against seven black women and one underage black girl, will be sentenced Jan. 21.

Even as the country celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. day on Monday, one Omaha, Neb., resident had a “N--ger Obama” sign posted up in his window for all to see, WOWT reports. 

A St. Paul, Minn., police sergeant is facing an investigation after he reportedly encouraged drivers to run over Black Lives Matter protesters at an upcoming rally, the Pioneer Press reports. 

I’m typing these words in fear, my fingers softly brushing the keys on my laptop so I don’t make too much sound. I’m also eating my breakfast quickly, furiously, madly and quietly, like a prisoner in solitary just given a pack of saltines. I’m shoeless because my Tims make too much noise on the hardwood floor, and the temperature in my living room is approximately 97 degrees because my present and dire circumstance dictates that it be this way. Every 15 minutes or so I wash my hands, frantically and frenetically... Читать дальше...

The family of 16-year-old Gynnya McMillen are left with many questions and little answers after the teen was found unresponsive at Kentucky juvenile detention center.

Ishmael Gilbert had only been working at the Glendale, Ind., Target for a few days when an elderly woman approached his checkout line to purchase her items. The 19-year-old rung up her items and then learned that she would be paying for them in coins.

After George W. Bush ran the country into the ground, we all clearly and desperately wanted change. 

Admit it: When you finally tuned out (or logged out) of this past Sunday night’s Democratic presidential primary debate, you walked away with the distinct feeling that black people have only one or two issues to worry about.

No one said it would be easy.

Two high school seniors sent an email from a Muslim student’s account that announced a bomb threat, the Washington Post reports.