The Neighborhood makes a difference. Blog King, Mass Appeal LOS ANGELES — Season two of “The Neighborhood” premiered Monday night on CBS and, even though the show remains racist as hell, it’s downright hilarious in an Archie Bunker – George Jefferson kinda way. As anchors of a variegated cast, Cedric The Entertainer (Calvin Butler), Tichina Arnold (Tina Butler), Max Greenfield ...

Janelle Monae ruffles feathers.  Blog King, Mass Appeal MIAMI –Uh-oh! Somebody’s in hot water (or hot grease). Kansas City native Janelle Monáe ruffled some feathers (pun intended) on Sunday when she lambasted remiss Negroes for allowing Popeyes Chicken to take precedence over exercising the right to vote. As part of its poultry war with Chick-fil-A, the greasy fast food chain ...

Jay-Z & NFL teaming up. Blog King, Mass Appeal NEW YORK — Rap mogul Jay-Z, a huge apologist for Colin Kaepernick, is teaming up with the NFL on social activism and event planning because, according to league officials, his Roc Nation agency will “strengthen [the] community through music and the NFL’s Inspire Change Initiative.” The alliance was announced Tuesday. The ...

White woman utters N-word. Blog King, Mass Appeal NORTH HILLS — Dammit President Trump! Look what you’ve done. Nancy Goodman, the 71-year-old white lady caught on video calling two black women the N-word, said she won’t apologize for uttering the racial slur and she wouldn’t hesitate to use it again. The incident went down the other day at a Bonefish ...

Trump ticks off Congresswomen.  Blog King, Mass Appeal WASHINGTON — “Why don’t they go back” where they came from. Those are the racially-charged words of President Donald Trump who’s catching hell after he suggested that a quartet of Democratic congresswomen return to their native land. His targets are Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, Rashida Tlaib of ...

American Airlines pisses off doctor.  Blog King, Mass Appeal MIAMI — “Won’t you back that azz up!” Tisha Rowe — a sexy doctor from Houston, Texas — is seeking litigation against American Airlines after two black flight attendants told her to cover her big curvy ass or get off the plane. Their derrière behest transpired on June 30th as Tisha ...

Michelle Obama talks adversity.  Blog King, Mass Appeal NEW ORLEANS — “Ain’t no mountain high enough…” Michelle Obama raised eyebrows Saturday night at the 2019 Essence Festival when she drew parallels between black women in politics and mountain-climbing. Donning a sexy curly fry hairdo, the former First Lady told CBS News anchor Gayle King she traveled through hell and back ...

Police released Jussie’s videos.  Blog King, Mass Appeal CHICAGO — Law enforcement officials in Chicago have released more than 70 hours of raw video in the matter of former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett who remains under investigation for lying to police about a staged hate crime. In one video, body cam footage shows a blurred-faced Jussie wearing a noose around ...

Protesters seeking ‘big time’ changes. Blog King, Mass Appeal KANSAS CITY, Kan — No justice, no peace? A coterie of demonstrators in Wyandotte County took it to the streets Wednesday afternoon in what they’re calling a “March for Justice” in downtown Kansas City, Kansas — claiming there’s been “decades of misconduct” by the KCK Police Department. “This will only begin ...

Black man is suing Buffalo Wild Wings. Blog King, Mass Appeal OVERLAND PARK — A 55-year-old black man has filed a federal lawsuit against Buffalo Wild Wings in Overland Park, Kansas — claiming managers repeatedly uttered racist remarks while allowing white employees to snub African-American customers for one reason: “Blacks don’t give good tips.” The restaurant is located in the ...