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Rapper Rick Ross performs at BET's Rip The Runway 2013:Show at Hammerstein Ballroom on February 27, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for BET's Rip The Runway)

Petitions target Rick Ross, hip-hop for rape lyrics

Carrie Healey
theGRIO REPORT - Recent petitions have been launched on RapRehab.com and Change.org calling on hip-hop star Rick Ross to take responsibility and apologize for his lyrics referencing date rape on his new single, 'U.O.E.N.O. (You Ain't Even Know It)'...
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Shawty Lo, Phaedra Parks, and Shaunie O'Neal

Are blacks to blame for reality TV's popularity?

Sil Lai Abrams
OPINION - The onus is on the viewers to help shape the type of programming that we’re being sold and that we’re buying into...
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Rapper Shawty Lo (L) and his daughter attend The 2008 Dirty Awards at Georgia International Convention Center on November 24, 2008 in Atlanta (Photo by Ben Rose/WireImage for Radio One Inc.)

'All My Babies' Mamas' prompts online petition

Marquise Francis
theGRIO REPORT - A new reality show about his life, children and all of his baby mamas is slated to be released in spring of this year on Oxygen TV, but thousands are already protesting the show's production...
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Etsy sells golliwog memorabilia.

Etsy accused of racism for selling Sambo, Mammy memorabilia

Alexis Garrett Stodghill
Alongside a hand-knitted tea cozy, consumers can also purchase Black Sambo ashtrays and Aunt Jemima cookie jars using the e-commerce engine.
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Trayon tragedy: How black Hollywood has reacted

Chris Witherspoon
theGRIO REPORT - A few of black Hollywood's elite have shown support for Trayvon, but an overwhelming majority have not...
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