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Posted Thursday 6/18/20 at 3:17AM EDT
Richard Pryor's comedy specials helped shine a light on police brutality
Dick Gregory told police brutality jokes before Pryor, starting with his 1961 debut album.
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Posted Thursday 6/18/20 at 3:17AM EDT
Rachel Lindsay: I hated the timing of the first black Bachelor announcement
Although the former Bachelorette had ramped up her criticism of The Bachelor franchise for not having a black lead amid...
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Posted Thursday 6/18/20 at 3:17AM EDT
Hasan Minhaj discusses how his Patriot Act looks so good in quarantine and his police episode from nine months ago
"We wanted to figure out how to deliver Patriot Act and make it feel like it’s not just live from...
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Posted Wednesday 6/17/20 at 6:27PM EDT
Dear White People creator Justin Simien has "complicated" feelings over the surge in the show's demand amid George Floyd protests
Parrot Analytics found that Dear White People has seen a 329% surge in demand amid global support for the Black...
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Posted Wednesday 6/17/20 at 6:27PM EDT
HBO's Real Sports to tackle racial injustice and coronavirus pandemic in a special episode
Bryant Gumbel has been working hard for the June 23 episode that will focus on everything from the Major League...
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Posted Wednesday 6/17/20 at 1:43PM EDT
LAPD cop show The Rookie to address police brutality in Season 3
ABC Entertainment president Karey Burke tells Deadline that in wake of the George Floyd police brutality protests, The Rookie creator...
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Posted Wednesday 6/17/20 at 1:43PM EDT
Below Deck Mediterranean star Peter Hunziker fired over a racist social media post
Hunziker becomes the latest Bravo star to be terminated over past racist behavior.
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Posted Wednesday 6/17/20 at 1:43PM EDT
Live PD's syndicated spinoff canceled
Sony Pictures Television has dropped Live PD Police Patrol a week after A&E canceled Live PD in wake of police...
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Posted Wednesday 6/17/20 at 1:43PM EDT
Jimmy Kimmel: Fox News is obsessed with the "nonexistent movement" to cancel PAW Patrol because there's no more looting
"Fox News, by the way, I think they might be disappointed that there’s no looting going on anymore because they...
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Reality TV thrives on offensive people: So what happens when they keep getting fired?
The racial reckoning sparked by the George Floyd protests has led to the firing of Vanderpump Rules' Stassi Schroeder and...
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Posted Wednesday 6/17/20 at 12:02AM EDT
MTV fires Siesta Key star Alex Kompothecras for allegedly sharing racist posts
"We’ve made the decision to cut ties with Alex and are editing the current season to minimize his presence," the...
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Posted Wednesday 6/17/20 at 12:02AM EDT
Jon Stewart's flawed take on police brutality shows how out of touch he is with racial politics
In an extensive New York Times Magazine interview, the former Daily Show host seemed to downplay police brutality as "an...
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Posted Wednesday 6/17/20 at 12:02AM EDT
L.A. Riots 25th anniversary documentary filmmakers weigh in on George Floyd protest comparisons
In 2017, the 25th anniversary of the 1992 Rodney King verdict "uprising" spawned a number of documentaries, including John Ridley's...
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Posted Wednesday 6/17/20 at 12:02AM EDT
Scrubs' Zach Braff and Donald Faison talk tackling racism: Braff says it's not enough to have a black best friend
The former co-stars and Scrubs podcast hosts said on The Kelly Clarkson Show that there is still a long way...
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Posted Wednesday 6/17/20 at 12:02AM EDT
Could Becca Kufrin's Bachelorette relationship end over fiancé Garrett Yrigoyen's pro-cop stance?
Yrigoyen, who had to apologize for offensive Instagram posts when he was on The Bachelor, has come under fire for...