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Variety reported.Bandmates Bela, Lucia, Eloise and Mila made waves in recent days when a clip of them rocking out to a track titled “Racist, Sexist Boy” at the LA Public Library went viral. “A little while before we went into lockdown, a boy in my class came up to me and said that his dad told him to stay away from Chinese people,” Mila, 10, says in the performance recorded earlier this month.

 in a message on GoFundMe.“Disrespect, slammed doors, misdirection, glaring inconsistencies, extreme confusion, and ultimately, silence.” When they did eventually receive the files, the family noted how official logs were missing for both the April 17 assault and the April 18 discovery of Mikayla’s body. When challenged by the family on both points, investigators then threatened the family with publicizing Miller’s sexuality if they were to go public with these concerns.Millers’ family claimed

told People magazine that the decision to remove him from the competition “had to be made and we move on,” while also recognizing the 16-year-old singer’s talent.“A lot of times, we think about it, we grow up and we make mistakes and we look at our life behind us many times and we say, ‘God, what was I thinking about when I did that?’ ” Richie said of the young singer, who left the program when a video surfaced depicting him next to someone wearing what appeared to be a Ku Klux Klan hood.

posted a statement about his departure on Instagram Wednesday. “Hey y’all, this is gonna be a bit of a surprise but I am no longer gonna be on ‘American Idol,’” he wrote.

tweeted Friday, along with a video of the segment, which currently boasts nearly 500,000 views. In the clip, part of the “Nick News” series, host Jamie Yuccas discusses why certain areas face more health hazards than others.

will be televised — on a kids’ show, no less, according to a new documentary.“Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street,” in select theaters nationwide on Friday and inspired by a Michael Davis book, explores how a team of “rebels” had the wild idea to educate kids through the democratizing medium of TV — and create a world inspired by the civil rights movement that still resonates nearly 52 years on.“It was like a ripple effect: pulling people in until they got a dream team of individuals who

who no longer voices the controversial character, says he’s taking some unconventional steps to find out why his portrayal was offensive toward the Indian community. “I was speaking at my son’s school, I was talking to the Indian kids there because I wanted to get their input,” Azaria told Shepard during Monday’s podcast.

Aboriginal actor Meyne Wyatt on Tuesday called out the “rampant” racism and homophobia on the sets of iconic Australian show Neighbours.

in which the Duchess of Sussex alleged the royals raised “concerns” over how dark son Archie’s skin might be.“I know you’re hearing my accent and thinking, ‘Oh no, he’s not black, he’s British.’ Let me reassure you that I am black,” Kaluuya said. “I’m black and I’m British.

th of April to the 5th of May.

according to a statement from the workshop. The resources acknowledge that babies and kids “notice physical differences” and give parents the tools to turn that into a teachable moment.“We believe in a world where all children can reach their full potential and humanity — and do so in celebration of their races, ethnicities, and cultures,” reads the statement.

renewed outcry following the shootings at an Atlanta spa, the former “Tonight Show” host expressed his regret over his racist comments during a Zoom call with Guy Aoki — leader of the activist group Media Action Network for Asian Americans. Leno’s offensive jokes prompted MANAA to undergo a nearly 15-year-long campaign to pressure NBC to cut ties with him.

NBC News confirmed.The 51-year-old actor made individual $10,000 GoFundMe donations to the families of Soon Chung Park, Hyun Jung Grant, Suncha Kim, Xiaojie Tan and Yong Yue under his birth name: Kendrick Kang-Joh Jeong.“The Hangover” and “Community” scene-stealer, whose parents migrated to the US from South Korea, also shared the crowd-sourced fundraisers to his Twitter account so that others could contribute too.

specifically the horror movies “Get Out” (2017) and 2019’s “Us” — which broke box office records for the horror genre.A trailer that debuted Monday — ironically, exactly two years to the date when “Us” hit theaters — shows a black family moving into a home in what seems to be a predominately white neighborhood in 1950s America.

racist stereotype.“I think the Apu stories are fantastic, and he’s one of the most nuanced characters on a silly two-dimensional cartoon show,” the show’s creator Groening told USA Today of the show’s Indian-American Kwik-E-Mart shopkeeper.“So, yeah, I’m proud of Apu,” he insisted.“We’ve got plans for Apu, but we have to see if we can make the stories work … We’re working on something kind of ambitious.

Matt James was announced as the first black Bachelor in the franchise’s nearly 20-year history. His appointment was lauded as a giant leap for the beloved ABC reality dating show, which had long been criticized for excluding people of color.

Chinese Chippy Girl” podcast. “Somebody had actually created a website — a hate site.

recent tirade over the Oprah Winfrey TV special — but the “archaic” and “racist” British monarchy.Pierce — who played Markle’s dad on the TV drama — raised eyebrows in a radio interview in which he ripped the royal Oprah sit-down as “insignificant,” “insensitive and offensive” and “full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”But in a series of tweets Tuesday night, he explained that his comments the previous day were not intended as an attack on the Duchess of Sussex.“I was fortunate to tell

“Lovecraft Country” actress who’s going viral for revealing that the production darkened her skin on set for a role.

Oprah Winfrey interview aired Monday morning, Harry complained that UK reports about his life with Markle, whose mother is black, were often “inherently corrupt or racist or biased.”Asked by Winfrey if he left the UK “because of racism,” Harry, 36, admitted it was “a large part of it.”However, the UK as a country is “not bigoted,” the Duke of Sussex stressed — instead blaming media coverage and rumors about him and his wife for “filtering out to the rest of society.”Markle, meanwhile, was

Disney+. The classic film podcast “ You Must Remember This” has an excellent series about the controversial movie and how it came to be.The goal of “Reframed Classics” is to help give audiences the tools to discuss films from a different era and not just dismiss or cancel them.

Chris Harrison stepped down amid a controversy over excusing alleged racism.The show announced the change on its Instagram account Saturday night — and Acho, 30, could hardly contain his excitement.“IT’S OFFICIAL: I’ve accepted the Rose & am honored to be hosting the @bachelorabc After the Final Rose this year,” the Dallas-born bruiser wrote on Twitter. “It’s been a pivotal season & this episode will be one of the most storied shows in its history.

Andra Day as Billie Holiday, who has already been nominated for two Golden Globes for the performance. The harrowing tale of Holiday’s traumatic childhood and tumultuous life in the spotlight has been famously recounted in the 1972 classic “Lady Sings the Blues,” starring Diana Ross, and on Broadway in the musical “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill,” led by Audra McDonald in 2014.

The Dating Divide: Race and Desire in the Era of Online Romance,” sociologists Jennifer Lundquist, Celeste Vaughan Curington and Ken Hou-Lin show how online dating sites exacerbate racial divisions.They found that race-related “preference” filters on digital dating platforms help foster racist attitudes — especially toward black women. “Filtering out people based on race is a normal practice on dating apps,” Lundquist told The Post. “The idea of having racial preferences is unacceptable and

according to the Associated Press. While fans are likely familiar with his association with the flag, musician Jeremy Ivey first called attention to Combs’ problematic history in a February 1 tweet.

took a leave from the show this week for “excusing” a contestant’s past racist behavior.“What Chris said was wrong and disappointing,” Zima, a correspondent on “Entertainment Tonight,” wrote on Saturday.

Chris Harrison’s recent interview defending 24-year-old Rachael Kirkconnell’s allegedly racist behavior. “We are the women of ‘Bachelor’ Season 25.

has announced it will implement changes to “include new adventures that stay true to the experience we know and love – more humor, wildlife and skipper heart – and also reflect and value the diversity of the world around us.The boat ride — first opened in 1955 in Anaheim and later at the Orlando park — was originally inspired by European wilderness explorers of the early 20th century, and simulates the world’s most storied waterways including the Mekong and Irrawaddy rivers in Southeast Asia,

Lady Gaga has urged fans to “unlearn” white supremacist beliefs.The Poker Face hitmaker was honored with the Yolanda Denise King “Higher Ground” award at The King Center’s Beloved Community awards on Saturday (January 16, 2021) in recognition of her work as an artist, as co-founder of the Born This Way Foundation – which supports the mental health of young people and works with them to create a kinder world – her campaigning in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, and also her advocacy to

photograph shared by @infamouschar appears to have been lifted from the original user, who was not credited, and the man in the image remains anonymous.Nevertheless, the tweet has raked in more than 525,000 likes in 36 hours, with many in the replies vowing to buy a version of the novelty shirt for themselves.