Today marks what would’ve been Malcolm X‘s 90th birthday, had he not been gunned down in his prime. Many have studied the human rights activist in depth by studying Alex Haley‘s The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Manning Marable‘s Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention, and other scholarly works. And then others have simply viewed Spike Lee‘s Malcolm X to gain better insight. Either way, the goal is to learn something about one of our greatest historical figures, flaws and all. So let’s see how well you know Malcolm X …

What is Malcolm’s birth date?

What is Malcolm’s birth date? May 19, 1925.

Where was Malcolm born?

Where was Malcolm born? Omaha, NE.

In which part of New York was Malcolm assassinated?

In which part of New York was Malcolm assassinated? Malcolm was killed while delivering a speech at Harlem’s Audubon Ballroom.

How old was Malcolm when he was killed?

How old was Malcolm when he was killed? He died on February 21, 1965 just before his 40th birthday.

What name did Malcolm adopt after making hajj?

What name did Malcolm adopt after making hajj? Al-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz.

Who was Malcolm’s wife?

Who was Malcolm’s wife? Betty Shabazz.

How many children did Malcolm and Betty have?

How many children did Malcolm and Betty have? They had six children, Qubilah Shabazz, Ilyasah Shabazz, Attallah Shabazz, Malikah Shabazz, Gamilah Lumumba Shabazz, and Malaak Shabazz.

Which championship boxer and Nation of Islam member did Malcolm X have a close friendship with at one point?

Which championship boxer and Nation of Islam member did Malcolm X have a close friendship with at one point? Muhammad Ali.

Which revolutionary phrase is Malcolm X known for?

Which revolutionary phrase is Malcolm X known for? “By any means necessary.”

Did Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. ever meet?

Did Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. ever meet? The activists met only once for a minute on March 26, 1964.

“It’s politically incorrect to talk about racism in Hollywood. But that’s not the real world. That’s not 90 percent of America. And people think that we’ve got Obama in and things have changed. In fact, I think that only inflamed things.”

— Lee Daniels speaks to AdWeek about post-racialism and racism in the United States. The filmmaker and Empire co-creator also revealed that he has sheltered his son from discrimination. “He’s 19, and he doesn’t realize that he’s a Black man in America,” Daniels said. “Ignoring why taxis weren’t picking us up, … just shooting by us in New York City. And shielding him from the truth.”

Philippa Okoye is suing her former boss at a financial planning company for mocking her interracial marriage to San Francisco 49er Lawrence Okoye and harassment.

Philippa claims in a lawsuit filed Monday in New York that the CEO of deVere Group Benjamin Alderson created a Wolf of Wall Street-style environment at the firm. She says she was the only woman of a staff of about 21 employees when she started in Oct. 2013. She was a senior investment advisor. Philippa says she quickly became a target of harassment for dating a Black man who was pursuing his football career on the West Coast, according to court documents.

“How many times has big Lawrence cheated on you?” Alderson allegedly asked Philippa before she married Lawrence.

“So Philippa, how many cheerleaders has your boyfriend f—– today?” Alderson allegedly said, among many other vulgar, racist insults.

Philippa complained and was demoted, but Alderson allegedly continued his attack, this time targeting her Christian faith. She alleges in the papers that Alderson called her a “Bible basher” and would sing hymns when walking past her desk. She also claims employees regularly discussed sex, strippers, prostitutes, and drugs.

Philippa says she was ordered to work remotely in California, but was ultimately fired for what her boss said was performance reasons. Philippa, however, argues that she was terminated for complaining about the sexual harassment.

She says she suffered anxiety because she was in fear of losing her job. And now she wants damages.

deVere Group released a statement on Philippa’s claim:

“These false and incredulous allegations made by a disgruntled former employee are vigorously and categorically denied,” the spokesman said in a statement. “We are shocked and dismayed that a legitimate employment termination has sparked such a malicious response.”

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Two Valencia College students, in Orlando, filed a lawsuit May 14th against the school, claiming they were forced to undergo vaginal probes as part of the medical diagnostic program.

The students, who were only identified as Jane Doe 1 and Jane Doe 2, allege the weekly examinations were part of the learning process and the college and its employees retaliated against pupils who complained.

According to the suit, the chair of the college’s Sonography Program, Barbara Ball, told the students “they could find another school if they did not wish to be probed.” To make matters worse, Ball allegedly made sexually suggestive comments to students as they were examined.

The students also complained to Linda Sheehan, clinical and lab coordinator for the program, who along with Ball allegedly reduced their grades, threatened to have the students blacklisted with local institutions and, ultimately forced them to resign from the program.

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“Plaintiffs experienced discomfort and embarrassment each time they had to endure this forced probing of their sexual organs,” according to the lawsuit complaint.

The practice of medical students performing procedures on each other isn’t uncommon and is known as peer physical examination (PPE). However, the U.S. National Library of Medicine has called for a growing need to make clear policies regarding PPEs at medical schools.

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If you’ve ever wondered how First Lady Michelle Obama got those guns she’s known for … You know the arms she loves to show off in sleeveless sheaths when other women her age are ashamed to show theirs … Well, the White House just released a video of Obama beating the ish out of a punching bag.

No, Obama isn’t training to battle her haters to the death, she’s celebrating the fifth anniversary of her Let’s Move! campaign by showing off her top five workouts.

In the video, Obama challenges the rest of America to get off their asses by showing that she punches like a girl — hard and strong — and she has a pretty knockout-style roundhouse kick. In addition to these two exercises, Obama also enjoys jumping rope which is awesome cardio, dropping it high and low into jumping squats which will keep her rump high, tightening her core which is the foundation of balance, posture, and movement in general, and lifting weights which increases heart health amongst other benefits.

Check out the video below and let us know if you think you can keep up with Michelle Obama …

It’s best not to mess with Omarosa Manigualt‘s coin or her brand even if you’re living in a different hemisphere from The Apprentice vet. It’s too bad Pettifleur Berenger of The Real Housewives of Melbourne is learning this lesson the hard way.

Omarosa served Berenger a cease-and-desist letter regarding her recently published self-help book, Switch the Bitch: My Formula to Being the Champion of Your Life, Not the Victim. Now, if you’re an Omarosa fan, then you know bitching has been her shtick since 2008 when she published her own bitch-help book, The Bitch Switch: Knowing How To Turn It On and Off.

Now we know Omarosa doesn’t back down from a fight. And she not only threw the first punch with that letter, but also fired off a couple of parting shots within the missive. She and lawyer Bradford M. Cohen demanded a full accounting of Berenger’s book sales, which they say “should not take long” since Switch the Bitch is an “absolute bore to read.”

If Berenger doesn’t pull her book from bookshelves (who am I kidding bookstores are sadly dying), then Omarosa is prepared to sue for $150,000 for each violation of her copyright.

It might be time for little flower Pettifleur to grow some thorns to battle Omarosa.

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On Sunday, May 17th, a B.O.B. fan got more than he bargained for when he aggressively stormed the stage while the rapper was performing in Sacramento.

The fan, whose name hasn’t been released, reportedly flipped out on security, throwing at least one hit, after reaching the stage at the KSFM’s 102.5 Live concert. Security reportedly gave him a beat down as a result.

The team of guards swarmed the man and took turns punching him. Eventually, security took the guy behind a barrier in order to avoid the prying eyes of other concertgoers. But the barrier didn’t actually shield them from the crowd and the altercation was still visible.

One guard directed two more punches to the fan’s face, even though he was already subdued and handcuffed.

Although the entire altercation, which some are calling excessive force, was caught on video, the Sacramento Police Department says it won’t investigate unless the unnamed victim files a complaint.

Watch the video of the B.O.B. fan’s beat down and let us know if you think security took it too far …

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A photo posted by Baris (@kingbobbybrown) on May 17, 2015 at 6:14pm PDT

Bobby Brown is in a tight spot, one that none of us would ever want to confront. He’s expecting a new baby with his wife Alicia Etheredge-Brown, while having to deal with daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown being on life support. However, it seems he has been able to appreciate the positive moments in his life while vigilantly supporting Bobbi Kristina. The soon-to-be father of six and Alicia celebrated the impending birth of their little one, whose sex will be a surprise to the parents, at a coed baby shower at their home in Woodland Hills, CA over the weekend.

My Lady and Baby

A photo posted by Baris (@kingbobbybrown) on May 17, 2015 at 7:47pm PDT

Guests played the typical baby shower games, like the don’t say “baby” one. And Alicia even decked out her belly with a henna tattoo depicting a tree, the sun, and tiny baby footprints.

#best day #beautiful #blessed #family #thankfulness #baby shower

A photo posted by Alicia Etheredge-Brown (@aliciaebrown) on May 18, 2015 at 6:38pm PDT

Bobby was recently granted co-guardianship with Bobbi Kristina’s grandmother Pat Houston.

The FBI is investigating the possible cover-up of the police shooting death of a Black teen in Georgia in 2011.

Union City Police Officer Luther Lewis shot Ariston Waiters twice in the back, as he was handcuffing the 19 year old on Dec. 14, 2011. The teen was face down at the time.

Lewis claimed to investigators there was a struggle and Waiters reached for his gun. There were no witnesses to close-range shooting. And Lewis neglected to inform the next officer on the scene after the shooting. A grand jury didn’t indict him for murder in May 2012, and he left the Union City Police Department in 2014.

New evidence is now casting a shadow of doubt on Lewis’ version of the events, and senior officers are suspected of covering up his actions.

Private investigator TJ Ward, who recently discovered a witness in the Natalee Holloway case, has uncovered evidence that raises questions about how police investigated Waiters death.

In addition to the new evidence, a whistle blower has come forward. Union City Police Lt. Chris McElroy has also raised questions about the events and actions that caused Waiters to die.

“I just hope that it is looked at more thoroughly to make sure that there is nothing inappropriate that occurred,” said Lt. McElroy to the Daily Mail.

The FBI had previously closed its investigation into Waiters’ death, but this new evidence makes room for a full-scale probe.

By Isoul Harris

“Everything you do, you do it well. I am constantly impressed,” I recently admitted to superstar actress Anne Hathaway. Since she held her own next to the legendary Meryl Streep as the dowdy assistant turned fashion diva in The Devil Wears Prada, Hathaway has had my attention. “Honestly, I just try to give the audience everything that I have to give,” she replied. “They deserve it.”

And give everything is what she did recently during a special performance of the play Grounded at the acclaimed Public Theater in New York’s East Village. Directed by Tony award winner Julie Taymor (The Lion King, Frida) and written by George Brant, the play centers on a female Air Force pilot who, because of personal reasons, is now a drone pilot working from a military facility in the western United States.

For over 85 minutes, a solo Hathaway commands the stage as the swagger-filled unnamed officer who, while proud to serve her country, also laments now being on the “chair force”. As the play progresses, the pilot’s bravura begins to crack and her internal struggle over killing targets is revealed. This powerful play is quite topical being the

Obama Administration recently admitted that two civilian hostages were mistakenly killed during a drone strike in January of this year.

American Express, for which I serve as a paid ambassador, offered Insider Access for the night with Anne Hathaway through their signature By Invitation Only program, which creates singular and ultra-exclusive events just for its Platinum and Centurion cardholders. These often once in a lifetime events–involving sports, fashion, fine dining and visual and performing arts—are not open to the general public.

I called AMEX’s concierge service (where they gladly inform you of all the exclusive offerings) and I used my platinum card to secure tickets to the show (with premium seats), which also included a post-performance Q&A with Anne, Julie Taymor and George Brant. Afterwards, the group of card members was escorted to a private reception in The Library at the Public, a restaurant and bar on the 2nd floor, where we ate, sipped on champagne and were able to meet Ms. Hathaway.

“Thank you for your kind words, I truly appreciate it,” Anne said to me. And while posing for our picture, she leans in and whispers, “And you smell awesome.” I smile and thank the gods. Well, Versace Eros that is.

Janice Dickinson is taking beleaguered Bill Cosby to court for defamation.  The former supermodel is suing the comedian for calling her a liar over allegations that he’d drugged and raped her in 1982.

From CNN:

Dickson said she has suffered emotional distress and lost business deals, engagements and celebrity show participation.

“Defendant Cosby knows that he drugged and raped Ms. Dickinson,” the lawsuit says. “He knows that calling her rape disclosure a lie was a false statement.”

Dickinson is one of three women suing Cosby for defamation.  About 30 women have come forward in the 18 months with sordid stories about Cosby serving them spiked beverages and then sexually assaulting them.  The attacks were spread out over the last four decades.

Cosby has denied all accusations and has never been charged with any crimes. Last week, he appeared on ABC News to address the controversy.

-Colby Carrington

When it comes to engaging with the paparazzi or TMZ, it’s best for celebrities to have a sense of humor. Or at least that’s Taye Diggs’ approach …

When the TMZ cameras caught up with Diggs after he’d finished boxing at an L.A. gym, he had a little fun with the interviewer, who was asking about Diggs taking on the role of Hedwig in Hedwig and the Angry Itch on Broadway. Diggs will be the first Black actor to play Hedwig, a transgender woman who “brings her fourth-wall-smashing rock and roll saga to New York to set the record straight about her life, her loves, and the botched operation that left her with that ‘angry inch.’ ” It’s a role quite different from any others Diggs has taken on.

The camera guy asked Diggs how he was preparing for the role. A slightly annoyed-looking Diggs quickly and almost convincingly spun a tale of “ass play” and working as a male prostitute in 10th and 11th grades. It’s a must-see …

On Monday, Alexis Jones-Rhodes left her home in Decatur, GA with her cap and gown and told her family she was leaving to sign in for commencement activities at Clark-Atlanta University. Later that day, her family headed to Panther Stadium to watch the 22 year old graduate. However, Jones-Rhodes never walked across the stage and her family hasn’t seen her since.

To make Jones-Rhodes’ disappearance even more confusing, Clark-Atlanta says she wasn’t even eligible to graduate. In a statement, the university said it was “highly unlikely” that Jones-Rhodes’ graduation wear was ordered through the school. It said cap and gown orders are generated based on student eligibility to graduate. “We know that Ms. Jones-Rhodes’ name was not on the official list forwarded for 2015 commencement orders. We also have no record of her having paid the fees to cover that purchase,” said Clark-Atlanta in the statement.

The DeKalb County Police Department is investigating her disappearance.

Jones-Rhodes was last seen wearing a white dress and driving a black 2006 Hyundai Accent with a Georgia license plate of BPC6177, said police. She is 5’5″ tall and weighs 127 pounds.

Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Alexis Jones-Rhodes or her car are asked to call the DeKalb County Police Department at 770-724-7710.

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We only have to wait one more day, ladies and gentleman, to watch Robert Ri’chard, Darrin Dewitt Henson, Tyson Beckford, Michael Jai White, and Ginuwine strip down in Chocolate City, which was written and directed by Jean-Claude LaMarre. The film focuses on Michael McCoy (Ri’chard) who turns to strip dancing in order to pay for college and support his mother Katherine (Vivica A. Fox). However, the newbie quickly draws the ire of veteran strippers Rude Boy (Beckford) and Pharaoh (Ginuwine), who are jealous of the amateur’s success. The film will be released May 22nd, in select theaters and OnDemand. We caught up with Ri’chard and Henson to discuss the impetus behind the Chocolate City, awkward moments on set, and what it’s like to go from actor to male entertainer.

UPTOWN: We’ve seen the college-student-turned-dancer story from the female perspective before, like in The Players Club. Why do you think Hollywood and viewers are ready for the male perspective now?

Ri’chard: I think the male perspective is very American. Men are taught to be providers. Chocolate has a family element of lending a hand where you can.

Henson: There’s a large audience that went out to see similar films, but we hadn’t seen it from a Black male perspective. There’s an underground culture of Black strippers, who are paying their way through college or taking care of their families. Chocolate highlights that.

UPTOWN: How did you prepare to morph into a stripper?

Henson: You stay prepared so you don’t have to get prepared. Dance was a very strong element. I choreographed the film. Robert is a great dancer. Even Tyson took a run as a stripper previously. There are so many different elements of “Chocolate” in this film. Everyone was trying to get into the best shape.

UPTOWN: What was the most awkward moment on set?

Henson: Being a choreographer, you would think I’d be comfortable on set, but I’d never taken my clothes off before. My dancing background was more pop. I was really nervous. These women are standing there and it’s very intimidating. But when you get the response it’s empowering.

Ri’chard: The women were at bulge height.

UPTOWN: Most rewarding?

Ri’chard: We’re breaking grounds for this type of entertainment. We’re NWA!

UPTOWN: Was there any healthy competition between you and the other actors?

Ri’chard: The first night we went on [Bolo The Entertainer] really set the bar high. So we had to go just as hard.

Henson: As a male stripper or dancer your job is to entertain the crowd and we had to do that as actors.

UPTOWN: What did you think about Deadline’s article on 2015 being the year of ethnic casting?

Henson: One of the things that I’ve learned in my tenure as an African American actor is everyone has their own individual story. But what happens in Hollywood when you have a popular show like Empire, Hollywood is more willing to take a risk. It’s just what we see in America, it goes in waves. I think people are working all the time but it may not be advertised as such. In America, you have Black actors acting all the time, but when it comes to feature films we may not be seen. It’s really about the economic follow through from the audience.

To point out one period of time is unfair. And I think it’s wrong because everyday is a day of education. So when we project that onto film and TV, then we negate the people who are already there.

Ri’chard: The year of African-American culture. It sounds like sports. It’s the year of the Cavs and we’ve assembled an all-star cast!

UPTOWN: Racial profiling and police brutality are prominent topics today. Have you had any experiences with either?

Henson: I have been in situations that were compromising. I’m not sure it had to do with my brown skin, but I had an issue with how I was being spoken to and treated. A lack of funding and education makes things boil. The average citizen doesn’t need to have a police officer’s foot in their neck.

Ri’chard: I come from a military family. I feel like if you can’t beat them, join them. I volunteer at a police department to understand the jargon and culture of that world. Now, lot of time when they approach you, they see you as one of them.

When it comes to being honored in Hollywood, Black actors aren’t nominated for awards as often as their white counterparts. However, every accolade doesn’t have to come in the form of trophy. Some distinctions come in the form of handprints in cement outside the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.

Since the 1920s, actors and celebrities have been leaving their handprints and autograph in cement at the TCL Chinese Theatre, previously known as Grauman’s and Mann’s Chinese Theater. Yesterday, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson joined the list of Black Hollywood elite who’ve been immortalized at the Chinese Theatre during a Handprint Ceremony. This is quite the prestigious honor because The Rock began his career as a wrestler, and the WWE is known for bad acting more than Oscar-worthy performances. The star of SAN ANDREAS, which will be in theaters on May 29th, tweeted his excitement at receiving this distinction.

Face of an excited (and clearly tough) turbo nerd.. #Immortalization #ChineseTheater #Blessed https://t.co/tI1ch3idDm

— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) May 21, 2015

Check out The Rock’s Handprint Ceremony on the next page and see who else from Black Hollywood has made the cut …

Morgan Freeman

Whoopi Goldberg

Danny Glover

Denzel Washington

Michael Jackson

Will Smith

Samuel L. Jackson

Vin Diesel

Eddie Murphy

When it comes to commenting on the love lives of celebrities and their sometimes sordid relationships, the golden rule to remember is: you don’t really know that person, so the shit you’re specifically saying about that person is little more than speculation. With that being said, Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson appears to be the kind of man that most women would label as “husband-material.” At only 26 years old, he is financially stable (most sports journalists believe he will have signed a contract paying him about $20 million a year by this time next year), he’s in great shape, he’s a devout God-fearing man, a philanthropist and he has proven that he’s not scared of commitment (he married his college sweetheart, Ashton Meem, in 2012). So as he approached his first full year of being newly divorced and news broke that Wilson might be dating singer Ciara, the pop culture world seemingly rejoiced at them being a couple – well, everyone except me.

It’s not that I wasn’t happy that they found each other, or that I thought they might not be a good match (refer to the golden rule above). Where most people saw two, highly attractive people battling through their past relationship pain to find a deep connection in an unlikely place, I saw something else that was definitely not as romantic. I knew the “look how Ciara upgraded from Future and found herself a great guy” social media narrative was complete BS because a man fresh out of a serious relationship is not serious relationship quality.

If a woman is looking for a man she can truly build a solid and fruitful life with, what is the best thing she can do? Look at all the great guys fresh out of long and/or serious relationships with the same disconcerting eye that she gives unemployed dudes who spend their days half-depressed, while she slaves away at work. Why? Because both relationships will face the same sad fate of great potential being squandered by horrible timing.

Russell Wilson, even with his seemingly-authentic humble nature, knows that he has so much going for him that rushing into a relationship is the last thing he must do, even if he discovers the most spectacular woman in the world. When a man experiences a tough breakup, the truth is that most men need a good amount of time to not only recognize what it is we’re feeling, but we also need time to be selfish. Regardless of your gender, it’s easy to lose yourself in a relationship to the point where when you break-up, you need to find yourself again. It’s not just remembering what you’re about, but also identifying who you currently are and what you want to be moving forward. All of that internal self-evaluation needs to be completed BEFORE a man starts seriously thinking about being in a new relationship, and although I don’t believe in arbitrary, Steve Harvey-like timelines, I think it’s fair to say that a year is far too soon to go from divorced into serious-relationship mode with a new person.

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Lincoln Anthony Blades blogs daily on his site ThisIsYourConscience.com, he’s an author of the book “You’re Not A Victim, You’re A Volunteer” and a weekly contributor for UPTOWN Magazine. He can be reached via Twitter @lincolnablades and on Facebook at This Is Your Conscience.

It used to be that kids were punished by being grounded for week: losing television privileges or computer or phone access. As much as times have changed and teens behaving badly now goes viral, so does the punishment.  One Denver mom recorded an epic Facebook shaming,

Val Starks discovered that her middle school aged daughter had been posting lingerie photos to her Facebook page and describing herself as a 19-year-old ‘freak.’ Starks was incensed, particularly because the girl was getting attention from adult men. In response, the single mother recorded a video with her daughter and posted it to the latter’s page, leaving no questions about how old the girl is, that the photos were beyond inappropriate and that the men who’d friended her needed to back off.

“You barely know how to wipe you ass good but you’re a freak right?” Stark asks the girl. “You got grown ass men as your friends on your Facebook page. So tell ’em that you’re 13, you’re not a freak and you barely know how to wipe your ass.”

She continues, “Don’t cry now. You weren’t crying when you were posting pictures on Facebook was you? In a bra…some little girl in some lace panties you know you don’t own.”

Much of the interrogation involved Starks having her daughter speak directly to the camera, emphasizing facts indicative of her age. “You still have a bed time. You… still watch Disney Channel. Tell ’em you’re 13 and still watch Disney Channel, Kristiana.”

Towards the end, Starks even puts the men who befriended her daughter on notice, bluntly urging them to delete her as a friend.

The video has been viewed over 13 million times since being posted on May 17. Though there were a handful of critics, most commenters praised Starks tough-love tactics.  She defended her actions, noting that her daughter had done this four times and previous attempts at discipline didn’t work. To the critics who felt Starks was too harsh, she explains that she’s just trying to protect her daughter, to prevent the girl from making mistakes she’d made, including getting a felony on her record because she was hanging out with people who were carrying marijuana.

“I said, ‘I did this because I love you, not because I really wanted to embarrass you,’ ” she tells KMGH. “I wanted to make a statement and a stand for all parents that this is not going to be tolerated.”

Watch the 5 minute video here:

In a follow up video, Starks thanks her supporters and leaves other parents with these words.

“It was really hard for me to do, but I didn’t want to be another parent on Facebook putting out a video where I beat my child or anything like that,” she says. “I wanted it to be something that showed from one mother to another mother, to the fathers out there struggling trying to raise a child or a teenage child, just to get them to be aware and to understand how serious it is and how important it is to be aware of what your child is doing at all times.”

– Colby Carrington

If you were wagging your finger at Google for its “n—a house” label when searching for the White House on Google Maps, the search engine has finally figured out who’s to blame. You!

Well, probably not you, unless you’ve got a self-hate problem, but I digress. Google says racist commenters who regularly use those words are the culprits. “Our ranking systems are designed to return results that match a person’s query,” said a Google spokesperson. “For Maps, this means using content about businesses and other public places from across the web.”

So basically, Google Maps matches searches for the White House with commonly used words to describe that location, based on public Internet discussions. That means there are a ton of web users describing the White House, and the Obamas indirectly, as such.

Google says it’s working on the “failure in our system,” but don’t expect a fix anytime soon. Maybe they’ll rectify the situation once President Barack Obama is no longer in office, but then that begs the question: How will racists, sexists, and misogynists describe the White House once Hillary Rodham Clinton is in office.

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It’s really difficult to understand why an able-bodied and -minded person would allow another individual to put a leash on them. But that’s exactly what Tyson Beckford allowed Britney Spears to do to him.

Spears reunited with her “Toxic” music video star in Las Vegas and walked him up and down the stage like a dog during her Planet Hollywood performance. There was a lot of leather and chains. Brit and her dancers were decked out in skimpy, bondage-like costumes. Beckford simply wore a denim-on-denim look, which may mean that his whole appearance was impromptu.

Now, there’s no word on whether bringing someone on stage for this purpose is a regular feature of the “Freakshow” portion of the show.

Either way, a Black man wearing a leash while a white, blonde woman leads him like an animal is offensive. Too bad spectators weren’t as outraged by this sight as those in Staten Island were when they saw a white man leading a woman on a leash at the mall.

Beckford is currently headlining Chippendale’s in Las Vegas and is starring as a male dancer in Chocolate City, which is in select theaters and OnDemand now.

Actor Danny Glover will not stand to be pushed to the side by a reporter rushing through a segment. On May 14, the San Francisco native visited local news station KTVU to talk about the American Postal Workers Union and their “day of action” to bring attention to reduced mail services and employment concerns.

Glover, whose parents were postal workers, was being interviewed by KTVU’s Tori Campbell.  The Q&A started off pleasant enough, with the 68 year old launching into the overlap between his family and the U.S. Post Office.  One minute and 25 seconds into the interview, Campbell cuts off the actor, alerting him that time was running out and asking him bluntly, “What do you want to accomplish with this day?”

Taken aback, Glover scolds, “Well, you should’ve given me more time, that’s the first thing. Why don’t you go on, if you don’t have enough time, don’t bother!” he retorted.

Watch the rest of the tense exchange here:

Later in the day, Glover tweeted this cheery, gracious response.

I heard @KTVU cut my interview short. Hopefully they’ll air it again! Here’s the full segment on today’s #0514Action http://t.co/XEl9tMRIHC

— Danny Glover (@mrdannyglover) May 14, 2015