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Kimora Lee Simmons’ daughter Aoki is considering quitting her modeling career after facing ongoing comparisons to her mother and being told she is “not pretty enough.” The 22-year-old took to Instagram Live to share her negative experiences in the fashion industry. “You go somewhere and get told over and over and over again, ‘No, no,

The Los Angeles Unified School District is putting an end to a $120-million academic program designed to help Black students. Race will no longer be a factor in determining which students receive support.  The decision comes after a Virginia-based conservative group Parents Defending Education filed a complaint with the federal Office for Civil Rights against

The Brooklyn food scene has welcomed a new shop celebrating Caribbean culture. Sebastian’s Spices and Slices is a pizza shop offering slices inspired by traditional West Indian recipes. It opened in the Little Caribbean section of the Flatbush neighborhood.  11-year-old entrepreneur Sebastian Wilson founded the shop with the help of his parents. “My mom works a

Darryl George, the Barbers Hill High School student in Mont Belvieu, Texas, whose hairstyle nearly cost him his junior year, has filed a petition to return for his senior year.  George has asked a federal judge for a temporary restraining order to prevent district officials from punishing him further. According to The Associated Press, it would allow him to return