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Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Shaun Ross: Meet fashion's first albino male model

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Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

White Texas grandfather handcuffed for 'babysitting' black granddaughter

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Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Samuel L. Jackson voted for Obama 'because he was black'

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Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Some blacks insist: 'I'm not African-American'

(AP) – The labels used to describe Americans of African descent mark the movement of a people from the slave house to the White House. Today, many are resisting this progression by holding on to a name from the past: ‘black’…
/ February 6, 2012
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Black Republicans raise their profile, focus on character

From the Sacramento Bee– Vinciane Ngonsi, a 23-year-old Truman State senior, said she, too, has been ridiculed when her African-American peers who are Democrats find out she’s not one of them…
/ January 17, 2012
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

New York City parks department employee arrested after hanging black baby doll from noose

Police arrested Fariz Ahmemulic and charged him with aggravated harassment as a hate crime for the incident, CBS New York reports…
/ January 13, 2012

Black-Latino celebrities speak about their difficulties in Hollywood

VIDEO – Christina Milian, Kat Deluna, Tatyana Ali and Laz Alonso are just a few of the performers audiences are accustomed to seeing play traditional African-American roles in film and television…
/ January 12, 2012
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Lawsuit: Bias against 'fat, black or ugly' at Panera franchise

A Panera Bread franchisee had a policy of keeping “fat, black or ugly” people off of the cash registers and out of management positions…
/ January 11, 2012
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Mexicans recreate 'black doll-white doll' experiment to measure skin color preference south of the border

The children, mostly brown-skinned, almost uniformly say the white doll was “better” or was most like them…
/ January 6, 2012
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Obama to black leaders: 'We have to stay unified'

theGRIO REPORT – More than 100 community leaders gathered at the White House Executive Office Building Wednesday for an African-American policy and leadership conference…
/ November 9, 2011