Accusations of harrasment, racism at elite New York Atheletic Club

theGRIO REPORT - A private New York club with 144 years of elite history studded with Olympic medals has found itself in the midst of accusations of sexual harassment and racism...

Black lacrosse player boycotts '#Ninja Please' slogan

Similoluwa Ojurongbe

theGRIO REPORT - There are only three African-American professional lacrosse players in the entire country. One of them refused to play because of the racially charged slogan '#NinjaPlease', by Major League Lacrosse's sponsor Warrior Sports...

ESPN's Stephen A. Smith accused of dropping n-word on-air

Abdul Sada

The internet is buzzing with possibility that ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith might have dropped the N-Word during a segment on ESPN First Take...

Chevy Chase allegedly uses n-word on set of 'Community'

theGrio

theGRIO REPORT - Chase reportedly did not direct the racial slur at any of his African-American cast-mates and was instead complaining that the show's writers had gone to far writing offensive lines for his character...

Nicole Kidman refused to use n-word in new Lee Daniels film

theGrio

Oscar winning actress Nicole Kidman was willing to take a lot of risks with her role in the new Lee Daniels film The Paperboy -- but she drew the line at using the n-word...

Oprah called n-word for backing Ellen

Chris Witherspoon

theGRIO REPORT - Oprah recently revealed that she received hate messages of people calling her the n-word after appearing on an episode of the sitcom 'Ellen' in 1997...

In defense of Touré'

Joe Williams

OPINION - Touré’s blunt assessment of Romney’s 'ni**erization' of Obama, and the sanctimonious outrage it triggered, illustrated a disturbing trend in American politics...

Does GOP language delegitimize minorities?

Stephen A. Nuňo, NBC Latino

OPINION - Was Touré correct to say that by trying to access racial stereotypes about the “angry black man” Mitt Romney was engaging in the niggerization of President Obama? In a word, yes...