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Kevin Durant thegrio.com
The first time I saw Kevin Durant on a basketball court in person was really memorable. It was his first…
/ July 6, 2022
Singer Usher
Usher, thee ageless singer ran through a quick medley of hits sounding as good in 2022 as he did two…
/ July 6, 2022
Tennis player Althea Gibson
Althea Gibson ranks among the greatest all-time champions based on her 11 Grand Slam titles, but also considering the racism…
/ July 6, 2022
Oh, white people. You do things that are highly offensive, and when you get called out on it you suddenly…
/ July 5, 2022
Miles Bridges of the Charlotte Hornets
According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, one in four U.S. women suffers severe intimate physical violence.
/ July 5, 2022
We celebrate white Juneteenth with a long-overdue response to the (fake) Willie Lynch Letter, explaining the invention of whiteness.
/ July 5, 2022
Jayland Walker's death
The Jayland Walker shooting video is hard to watch. It hurt me to my soul to see the bodycam footage of…
/ July 4, 2022
First of all, I had no idea there was such thing as National Watermelon Month. I found out recently when…
/ July 4, 2022
My air conditioning unit died and my kids keep trying to sleep under all of their covers; sometimes you have…
/ July 3, 2022
Track star Sha'Carri Richardson
Sometimes we forget that international track star Sha’Carri Richardson is otherwise just another Black woman at age 22.
/ July 2, 2022
It’s said that nothing beats a failure but a try. Achieving a goal is the best outcome, followed by attempting…
/ July 1, 2022
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/ July 1, 2022