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Per usual, President Donald Trump took to Twitter to express his grievances with...well pretty much everyone.Golden State Warriors basketball star Stephen Curry talked about the White House invite saying to reporters on Friday, "I don't want to go...my beliefs stay the same." Ignoring the fact that Curry broke up with him first, Trump hopped on his Twitter account Saturday morning to rescind the invitation, saying it's an honor for an NBA championship team.Going to the White House is considered a great honor for a championship team.Stephen Curry is hesitating,therefore invitation is withdrawn!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 23, 2017 Twitter quickly responded, with one user even stating that Trump is more upset about being turned down by Curry than he was about neo-Nazis in Charlottesville, Virginia. When Steph Curry makes you angrier than Nazis, you might be Donald Trump. https://t.co/Bo9A4v8XdH— Dave Zirin (@EdgeofSports) September 23, 2017Are you upset Steph doesn't want to see you?— Bishop Talbert Swan (@TaIbertSwan) September 23, 2017Steph doesn't need to visit the White House to meet a #Dotard pretend-president. He met a Real President before👇#TakeAKnee #TheResistance 🔥 pic.twitter.com/NLVb3pfWzU— Gabriel Dan Radu (@GabrielDanRadu) September 23, 2017Donald Trump: “Stephen Curry is hesitating, therefore invitation is withdrawn!” Steph Curry: pic.twitter.com/KTYW7LDFEq— Josh Billinson (@jbillinson) September 23, 2017It's unclear whether the invitation is withdrawn from Curry alone or the entire team, but one Twitter user thought this might be the team's response to the news.Stephen Curry & The Golden State Warriors responding to Donald Trump White House comment pic.twitter.com/GheOVVXLI5— TreTheGentleman (@TreTheGentleman) September 23, 2017Celebrities also responded in support of Steph's decision, including ESPN's Jemele Hill who recently received backlash after calling Trump a white supremacist on Twitter.You can't be uninvited to something you weren't going to anyway pic.twitter.com/oZVmDn5ClH— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) September 23, 2017U bum @StephenCurry30 already said he ain't going! So therefore ain't no invite. Going to White House was a great honor until you showed up!— LeBron James (@KingJames) September 23, 2017 Man, nobody with any sense or self-respect considers it an honor to be within a 10 mile radius of you. It is known. https://t.co/J4L5w4mS8E— Ava DuVernay (@ava) September 23, 2017Curry isn't the only celebrity athlete Trump has targeted in the past few days. During a rally in Alabama for Sen. Luther Strange on Friday, Trump also had some harsh comments for NFL players protesting during the National...

People will learn that being compared to Kendall and Kylie Jenner isn't like winning an Oscar.When Sudanese-Australian models and sisters Duckie Thot and Nikki Perkins were compared to the famous socialites, Twitter quickly came for the user who dared to defile the two women's good name. #Wayment 😂 not "Candle" and "Kelly" though 😩 #DuckieThot #NikkiPerkins 📸: @gettyimagesA post shared by The Shade Room (@theshaderoom) on Sep 20, 2017 at 7:29pm PDTThe backlash was not a slight against the two Jenner sisters, but it was a proclamation that Duckie and Nikki are women in their own right who have created a brand of their own. And not to mention, Duckie and Nikki are older than Kylie and Kendall. As a young model, Duckie has graced runways all across Europe and proudly repped Rihanna's new beauty line, Fenty Beauty. She has used her platform to call out racism in the modeling industry by recounting a story in which she was bullied by a fellow model for having natural hair.Duckie wants to be an inspiration to other girls who are rarely represented in the modeling industry. When she announced her involvement in Pirelli's all-black girl calendar, she wrote on Instagram that this is for "the girls who've struggled with self-acceptance, wherever you are around the world, this is for you. This is for the culture."Ready for TRUMPOCALYPSE 👊🏿 @free_magazine @nicolaformichettiA post shared by Duckie Thot (@duckieofficial) on Sep 21, 2017 at 11:10am PDTWOW! Really feeling the love. Here's to waking up to another cover this morning. Never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined... THANK YOU!!! @free_magazine @nicolaformichetti #blessingsA post shared by Duckie Thot (@duckieofficial) on Sep 21, 2017 at 4:34am PDTNikki, on the other hand, has created a large following on Youtube accumulating 200,000 plus subscribers as a makeup guru. She is a wife, a mother and a businesswoman. Morning 🌻A post shared by Nikki Perkins (@jamieandniks) on Sep 9, 2017 at 3:50pm PDTHere is a clip where Nikki reviews Fenty Beauty:...

President Donald Trump does not have a friend in Jay Z.The 4:44 rapper criticized Trump and his administration for its overt appeal to white nationalism and white supremacy in an interview Friday, Sept. 22 with BBC Radio 1.  "I believe that we are resilient, especially us as black people and especially the culture. We've been through so much more than this guy," he said. "This guy, I'm looking at him like, man, this is a joke, with all — I can't even say with all due respect — with all disrespect." ⚠️ IT'S TIME ⚠️Hear JAY-Z perform in Radio 1's Live Lounge NOW 💥Watch & listen 👉 https://t.co/48RuyzVNDg #R1LiveLoungeMonth pic.twitter.com/MLi1QfURie— BBC Radio 1 (@BBCR1) September 22, 2017These statements aren't coming from nowhere.A month ago, the nation was rocked by protests in Charlottesville, Virginia where various white nationalist groups gathered to protest the removal of a Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee statue. And many were in the city to "preserve white heritage" because of their perceived belief that minorities were taking away their rights.After violence erupted and white supremacist James Alex Fields, Jr. rammed into a crowd of counter-protesters killing one and injuring 19 people, Trump claimed violence was equally on both sides. He even called some among the white nationalists "fine people." The president has made harsher statements about NFL players protesting the National Anthem. "We are all linked some kind of way. So if you oppress a certain people, everyone is in danger, karmically and in real life. If I'm being oppressed and you have this big, nice mansion, I'm coming inside there. That's gonna happen, that's just how life is."“Until everyone is free, no one is free,” Jay Z said. "Period. That's just a...

Tyra Banks recently recreated that unforgettable and forever meme-able moment from Cycle 4 of her popular reality show America's Next Top Model. The supermodel yelled at contestant Tiffany Richardson for her poor attitude when she was eliminated and the moment is now one of our favorite GIFs."I was rooting for you! We were all rooting for you! How dare you?"via GIPHYBanks recreated the ANTM scene on the post-show red carpet for America's Got Talent for which she hosted the 12th season. Twelve-year-old ventriloquist Darci Lynne Farmer was crowned the AGT champion during the live finale Wednesday, Sept. 20, but Banks and Preacher Lawson, who came in seventh place, had a throwback moment and we're totally here for it.Greatest #agtfinale moment: @tyrabanks tells @PreacherLawson "We were rooting for you! We were all rooting for you!" #ANTM pic.twitter.com/zy7ijfOBac— Carly Mallenbaum (@ThatGirlCarly) September 21, 2017 While Lawson didn't seem to get the reference, we know every word of that emotionally shocking argument and keep the GIF saved in our phones for appropriate situations. Richardson talked to BuzzFeed about that memorable moment years later. Relive the ANTM scene in the video...

During a rally in Huntsville, Alabama for Sen. Luther Strange on Friday, President Donald Trump went on an unhinged rant calling for NFL owners to fire players who "disrespect" the flag on Sunday. Trump's statements were aimed at many active NFL players who have come out in support of former San Francisco 49ers QB Colin Kaepernick's National Anthem protest. Many players have taken a knee and others have decided to raise a fist in solidarity with Kaepernick who has yet to be signed by an NFL team. "Wouldn't you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, say: 'Get that son of a b---- off the field right now. Out. He's fired. He's fired,"' said Trump. Trump: NFL owners should tell players who kneel to "get that son of a bitch off the field right now." pic.twitter.com/eUYtJgNixK— Philip Lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) September 23, 2017In addition to dismissing the players' right to protest, the president claimed that refs are ruining the game of football by preventing violent collisions in the game. His random statements were met with applause from the crowd but extreme criticism on social media.NFL players had enough and blasted Trump for his attack on players – an attack that neo-Nazis and white supremacists in Charlottesville were not subjected to.  #Kaepernick we riding with you bro ✊🏾— Reggie Bush (@ReggieBush) September 23, 2017cloth has more value than people. apparently. https://t.co/PZjeRA9861— feeno (@ArianFoster) September 23, 2017Does anyone tell trump to stick to politics, like they tell us to stick to sports? Smh.— Eric Ebron (@Ebron85) September 23, 2017What an emphatic response, where was this passion in response to Charlottesville...🤔 https://t.co/OkVZTdloXx— Max Garcia (@MGarcia_76) September 23, 2017Smh & all because @Kaepernick7 is exercising his right as an American citizen to protest.— Bishop Sankey (@BishopSankey) September 23, 2017Since the rant, Twitter users have demanded that players – black and white – take a knee to spite Trump. Just so we're clear: the president's comments will only incite more player protests, not quell them.— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) September 23, 2017NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell put out a statement Saturday morning saying Trump's comments were "divisive" and "demonstrate an unfortunate lack of respect for the NFL.NFL's response to Trump's comments pic.twitter.com/WcUJePAMKZ— Nicki Jhabvala (@NickiJhabvala) September 23, 2017 Here is the full rant below: 'Wouldn't you love to see NFL owners when someone disrespects our flag say 'Get that son of a b**** off the field?'' https://t.co/tV0mCONpnh— NBC BLK (@NBCBLK) September 23,...

There are countless misconceptions about people of all races and creeds. Like white people can't dance, all Jamaicans like spicy food or black people like grape Kool-Aid.None of which is always true.These preconceived notions not only box us into ideas people foreign to our unique cultural experiences have about our likes and dislikes, but can easily come off as racially insensitive.We all haven't seen every single Tyler Perry movie and we don't always want Iyanla Vanzant to fix our lives.And yes, we do wear sunblock on very hot days at the beach.That is why we compiled a list of five myth-busters concerning black folks and the things many of us actually enjoy doing despite common belief.1. Watch animeYes, black people watch anime contrary to common belief or those who may not even consider it at all. Some of us have seen every episode of Naruto, Death Note, and Attack on Titan, attend comic book conventions like it were our religion and dabble in the occasional cosplay.In 2014, Blerds (Black Nerds) took a spin on the topic highlighting 10 black celebrities who have admitted to being major anime fans. 2. Walk in the rain without an umbrella.Another misconception about black people, especially black women, is that we don't like to get our hair wet. Granted, like everything on this list, not all things apply to all black men and women.Before going natural, walking out in the rain wasn't an option. But since then, umbrellas only come out in monsoons. Some black women, natural or not, do not shy away from freely strutting through the rain without something covering their heads. Obviously, there is nothing wrong with not wanting your hair to get wet. As for those who do not care, it can come as a shocker to those who do not have our hair textures and immediately pass judgment on those of us who do not want to dive in a pool without a shower cap or make assumptions of those who plunge in the deep-end curls unbothered and all. 3. Travel the worldBlack people travel. Period. Not entirely sure if this misconception stems from lack of mass media representation spotlighting black people traveling or what, but like every other myth on this list:Though there are challenges black people face regarding traveling to foreign countries to which white people can't relate such as worrying if that country discriminates against and is not welcoming to black people, we have several stamps in our passports, possess jobs that keep us on the red-eye and even study abroad.Even companies like Travel Noire have dedicated their mission towards shifting the narrative for black millennials traveling around the globe. 4. Listen to music genres other than Hip-Hop, R&B and Gospel There's no secret that a lot of white people listen to Kendrick Lamar or watched Straight Outta Compton in theaters opening week. So why does it come as such a surprise when a black person says that they listen to Ed Sheeran, Coldplay or Queen? Our music playlists are diverse and our tastes can range from country to alternative rock to indie and folk tunes. 5. Eat Vegan Veganism is not a practice unknown to black people. We don't all like the taste of meat. Some of us hate the smell of chitterlings, ham hocks and pig's feet. Whatever may be the reason for converting to veganism whether to minimize harm to animals, you have special dietary needs that resorting to a plant-based diet only is healthiest, or simply by sheer choice, black people can be vegans and vegetarians.Civil rights activist, Dick Gregory, who practiced veganism for 30 years up until his passing this August is a prime example of such. 6. Play winter sports.You've heard the saying "black people and snow don't mix." It's nothing new that many black people are more sensitive to cooler temperatures than some other cultures. Our aversion to cold weather, aka snow, is biological, but it does not incapacitate us. Black people take trips to the mountains. We ski, snowboard, ice skate and even bobsleigh.Jamaica even has a national bobsleigh team. Remember the movie Cool Runnings, the popular 1990s film that was loosely based on a true story?7. Have faith outside of Christianity.For the record, there are black Jews, black Buddhists and black Hindus. Surely a wide populace of black worshippers is found under Christian denominations such as Baptist, Pentecostal, Church of God, Church of Christ, Church of God in Christ, (you get the jest).However, black people are also found amongst believers of non-Christian religions too such as Judaism, Islamic, Confucianism, etc. Who remembers this scene from the Tina Turner biopic starring Angela Bassett, What's Love Got to Do With It? Most, if not all of us, have experienced racial microaggressions, sometimes at a young age, such as "you talk like a white girl" or "you aren't like most black guys" whether you heard it from other black folks, your own distant relatives who you see once a year or white people.Frankly, explaining how such ignorance can create awkward and often times volatile situations can be exhausting and idle.There is no single definition of our blackness. It is what we make it, not what others who've seen Friday or those who know the lyrics to The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air theme song make us out to be.You can be 'woke' and prefer sushi over fried chicken. Your Spotify channel can have a little Beyoncé and a whole lot of Mumford and Sons if that is what you are in to. You don't have to hide the fact that you don't know how to twerk.Like everyone's favorite unapologetic black girlfriend Joelle from Netflix's Dear White People said, “Sometimes being carefree and black is an act of revolution.”And sometimes, embracing what you love unapologetically without conforming to what people think black people should not do to be considered "black enough" is being...

Can you name all members of The Wu Tang Clan?This is one of the many questions players are asked in University of Dope, a card game that celebrates hip-hop culture. Created by Marian "Skinni Bee" Andoh and A.V. “$upreme” Perkins, University of Dope is designed for urban millennials who truly recognize the Golden Age of Hip-Hop.The birth of this game came from the love of hip-hop, but hip-hop is to thank for the two creatives meeting themselves! Andoh and Perkins met while on the hip hop dance team at Central Connecticut State University. "[Marian and I] met in college, were on the hip hop dance team together, and have debated rap since the day we met. An evening at dinner in one of our favorite restaurants I asked Marian 'Can you name all the members of Wu Tang?' She said, 'Yes!,'" Perkins told Blavity. "Then I asked, 'Ok, could you name all of them if you were drunk?' This is literally the inspiration for our game. We went googling for a Wu Tang drinking game, and it didn't exist so ..."Brilliant! So, how do you play?Per University of Dope's press release, the game "requires a minimum of three and a maximum of six people to play."The game consists of cards featuring a series of hip-hop related questions. Most correct answers are worth five points; in some rounds players have to vote on who gave the best answer. The creators also have created "a drinking game also known as 'Thug Life'" to go along with the normal game.The first player to get 50 points wins the game.Sign us up!Oh, and you know we had to ask the dope co-founding pair the ever-important question: Who are your top five rappers?"Biggie, Nas, Kendrick, JAY-Z and J.Cole," said Andoh, who noted her list order depends on her mood. As for Perkins? "Dylan, Dylan, Dylan, Dylan, Dylan," she said. Perkins, however, does have a differe G.O.A.T. in her head. "Ultimately B.I.G is my favorite," she concluded.  Make sure you cop your game and other super dope merch at the University of Dope website! You can follow them on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest at @UDopeEdu.  So ... who's inviting us to their next card...