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If there was any doubt about Jesse Williams‘ trend setting qualities, his latest stream of tweets settles it. After journalist Jarrett Hill discovered that Donald Trump‘s wife Melania plagiarized portions of her keynote speech from Michelle Obama at the opening night of the Republican National Convention on Monday, Twitter went in for the kill, with Jesse Williams brilliantly […]

The time for change is now.

Social media blasted Wendy Williams for her comments about Jesse Williams‘ BET Black Lives Matter speech, HBCUs, and the NAACP after a clip from her show went viral this week. During Thursday’s edition of NewsOne Now, Roland Martin decided to educate the talk show host on the topics that have caused so many to raise […]

  Wendy Williams made some comments on Jesse Williams BET Awards acceptance speech on her show Wednesday, and landed herself in a whole bunch of hot water as a result. “I must say to you, he was on BET. His speech was very poignant,” she began. “On the other hand, I would be really offended if there was a […]

  Jesse Williams has, seemingly overnight, become one of the most important celebrity voices in the Black Lives Matter movement. Following news of Alton Sterling‘s death at the hands of police in Baton Rouge, the actor and activist took to Twitter to put those justifying the actions of the cops in their place as only he can: https://twitter.com/iJesseWilliams/status/750705238521188352 https://twitter.com/iJesseWilliams/status/750706994735034369 […]

The Black Community was inspired after Jesse Williams 2016 Humanitiarian Award Winning speech on BET. Others found it offensive enough to create a petition to have him fired from ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy. Petition creator, Erin Smith created a petition demanding that the network drop him for his “hate speech”. Here is what she had to say: […]

If you are a Drake fan, then you know just how much he loves the ladies and never hesitates to show his appreciation for them, whether it be in his music or fashion choices. Never one to shy away from proclaiming just how awesome black women are, Drizzy was seen wearing a T-shirt that declared […]

Jesse Williams' riveting BET Awards acceptance speech has left about 9,000 people in their feelings, hence the Change.org petition which was launched to get the dreamy actor fired from ABC's Grey's Anatomy.

Grey’s Anatomy producer Shonda Rhimes had a few words to say about that anti-Jesse Williams petition. https://twitter.com/BlackGirlNerds/status/750123358147190784 “Um, people? Boo don’t need a petition,” Rhimes tweeted Monday (July 4). The comment comes after a petition created by a woman named Erin Smith went live this weekend. Smith wanted to gather support to have Williams removed […]

  Yet another nonsensical reaction to Jesse Williams after his acceptance speech for his Humanitarian Award at the BET Awards. Now, some fans of  his show Grey’s Anatomy are claiming that his “racist” speech was in bad taste, and ant-white, with some even threatening to boycott the long-running show as a result. There is a Change.org petition circulating that has 462 […]

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