Herman Cain Says Trump Doesn't Have 'A Racist Bone In His Body'

Herman Cain recently scoffed at the allegations accusing President Donald Trump of being racist.

“I don’t think Donald Trump has a racist bone in his body. And you can quote me on that,” Cain said in an interview with Yahoo News. “I have known him for many years. I have talked to people who work directly for him. The man is a businessman. How could he be a racist? His daughter married a person whose religious belief is Jewish. Good! He doesn’t go around making statements that are racist in nature. No, he says things where some people out there — especially people who don’t like him — try to spin it as being racist.”

On several occasions, Trump has referred to himself as "the least racist person." However, his statements on Charlottesville, Virginia, his history of running racially-charged attack ads and his recent "sh*thole countries" controversy have his critics unsure whether Trump is as tolerant as Cain claims.

According to Cain, critics need to put aside Trump’s language and personality. He instead urges them to focus on the results of Trump's policies in order to truly measure the success of his first-year in office.

Cain said he would give year one an "A" because Trump rolled back regulations and signed into law the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which he called “one of the biggest legislative achievements in 30 years.”

When it comes to Trump's campaign rhetoric (including when Trump said the following about Mexican immigrants: "They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people."), Cain said that he never observed anything at Trump’s campaign events that would indicate he harbors any animus toward minorities.

Herman Cain recently scoffed at the allegations accusing President Donald Trump of being racist.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t think Donald Trump has a racist bone in his body. And you can quote me on that,” Cain said in an interview with \u003Ca href=\"https://www.yahoo.com/news/herman-cain-says-trump-doesnt-racist-bone-body-180726069.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Yahoo News\u003C/a>. “I have known him for many years. I have talked to people who work directly for him. The man is a businessman. How could he be a racist? His daughter married a person whose religious belief is Jewish. Good! He doesn’t go around making statements that are racist in nature. No, he says things where some people out there — especially people who don’t like him — try to spin it as being racist.”\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>On several occasions, Trump has referred to himself as "the least racist person." However, his statements on \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/donald-trump-charlottesville-winery-both-sides-blame-violence\">Charlottesville\u003C/a>, Virginia, his history of running \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/ava-duvernay-calls-out-trump-for-his-hypocrisy-role-in-the-central-park-five-conviction\">racially-charged attack ads\u003C/a> and his recent \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/trump-reportedly-fussed-about-shthole-countries-like-haiti-and-other-african-nations-for-flocking-to-the-us\">"sh*thole countries" controversy\u003C/a> have his critics unsure whether Trump is as tolerant as Cain claims.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>According to Cain, critics need to put aside Trump’s language and personality. He instead urges them to focus on the results of Trump's policies in order to truly measure the success of his first-year in office.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>Cain said he would give year one an "A" because Trump rolled back regulations and signed into law the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which he called “one of the biggest legislative achievements in 30 years.”\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>When it comes to Trump's campaign rhetoric (including when Trump said the following about \u003Ca href=\"http://time.com/4473972/donald-trump-mexico-meeting-insult/\">Mexican immigrants\u003C/a>: "They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people."), Cain said that he never observed anything at Trump’s campaign events that would indicate he harbors any animus toward minorities.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp content='“When he was campaigning, I spoke at three of his rallies. There were plenty of black people and Hispanic people there trying to help him get elected. I never saw him try to put anybody down. The people who don’t like him are trying to stick him with a racist label, which is not true,” Cain said. At a campaign rally in Atlanta, he vouched for Trump as a \u003Ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/19/us/politics/behind-herman-cains-humor-a-question-of-seriousness.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">“shucky ducky” kind of candidate.\u003C/a> Trump received \u003Ca href=\"http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/11/09/behind-trumps-victory-divisions-by-race-gender-education/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">8 percent\u003C/a> of votes by black people in 2016.’ data-reactid=”26″ type=”text”>“When he was campaigning, I spoke at three of his rallies. There were plenty of black people and Hispanic people there trying to help him get elected," Cain said. "I never saw him try to put anybody down. 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Their victory has since sparked a social media debate over which team deserved to win, a discussion on the danceform being rooted in Black communities, and whether gender-based standards should be adopted moving forward.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-university-dance-association-s-collegiate-national-championships-explained\">The University Dance Association’s Collegiate National Championships, explained\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The 2026 University Dance Association’s Collegiate National Championships for cheerleading and dance were held Jan. 16 through Jan. 18 at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida. Hundreds of college teams from across the country competed in multiple categories for a national championship, \u003Ca href=\"https://dancespirit.com/uda-college-dance-nationals-2026/#gsc.tab=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dance Spirit\u003C/a> reported.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The teams featured in the competition are based on university size and NCAA status, which includes Division IA, Division I and Open. Each division comprises seven to 20 female and male cheerleaders and seven to 30 dancers. While cheerleading has its own rules, the dance competition is judged primarily on “choreography, technique, execution and overall effect,” according to a \u003Ca href=\"https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/2025-uca--uda-college-cheerleading-and-dance-team-national-championship-honors-top-teams-302356565.html#:~:text=The%20elite%20competition%2C%20produced%20by,Walt%20Disney%20World%C2%AE%20Resort.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">news release\u003C/a> and \u003Ca href=\"https://www.varsity.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/25-26-College-Dance-Divisions-v3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Varsity.com\u003C/a>.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>According to Varsity.com, “Regional Teams who participate in the competition will have the opportunity to compete in two of the three categories (Pom, Jazz, Hip Hop). Dance teams are allowed to compete in two traditional categories and one game day division. Teams may not compete in one traditional category and two game day divisions.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-details-on-unlv-s-and-lsu-s-dance-routines-and-past-competitions\">Details on UNLV’s and LSU’s dance routines and past competitions\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>For the UDA competition, UNLV’s co-ed dance team, The Rebel Girls & Co., won the national championship for the second consecutive year, earning first place in Division IA’s game-day and hip-hop categories. 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border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\">\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/a>\u003Cp style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">\u003Ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTrDXwGDXt0/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Hillside Visuals | Videography | Photography | Flyers | Content (@hillsidevisuals)\u003C/a>\u003C/p>\u003C/div>\u003C/blockquote>\n\u003Cscript async src=\"//www.instagram.com/embed.js\">\u003C/script>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The Rebel Girls & Co.’s routine was a hip-hop mashup of early 2000s hits, while the LSU Tigers drew inspiration from Kendrick Lamar’s 2025 Super Bowl halftime show, performing their own mashup of the Compton rapper’s hits.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTwc4YSjOnt/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; 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border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\">\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/a>\u003Cp style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">\u003Ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTwc4YSjOnt/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by LSU Tiger Girls- TG UNIT (@lsutigergirls)\u003C/a>\u003C/p>\u003C/div>\u003C/blockquote>\n\u003Cscript async src=\"//www.instagram.com/embed.js\">\u003C/script>\u003Cscript async src=\"//www.instagram.com/embed.js\">\u003C/script>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>While the Tigers have always finished second in the hip-hop dance category, they have gone viral repeatedly at their competitions. Meanwhile, UNLV has a collection of prior championship titles. The recent win marked the team’s seventh hip-hop and game-day national championships since 2013.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The Rebel Girls & Co. won first place in the same categories last year and previously won consecutive hip-hop and game day championships in 2018 and 2019, according to the team’s website and the \u003Ca href=\"https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/unlv/back-to-back-unlv-dance-team-places-first-at-national-championship-3609070/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Las Vegas Review-Journal\u003C/a>.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-is-social-media-saying-about-the-two-teams\">What is social media saying about the two teams?\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Their recent win last weekend has sparked discourse on social media, as many people have already taken sides on which team deserved the title. On TikTok, user Maya Williams (@mayawilliams5653) spoke out about the UDA and how they have made inroads regarding diversity among female and male dancers. However, she questioned whether the hip-hop category is “appreciation or appropriation.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@mayawilliams5653/video/7597064278214069535\" data-video-id=\"7597064278214069535\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width:605px; min-width:325px;\"> \u003Csection> \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" title=\"@mayawilliams5653\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@mayawilliams5653?refer=embed\">@mayawilliams5653\u003C/a> \u003Cp>Truly enjoyed watching what everyone brought to the mat but we also need to look at the gaps \u003Ca title=\"udanationals\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/udanationals?refer=embed\">#udanationals\u003C/a> \u003Ca title=\"fyp\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/fyp?refer=embed\">#fyp\u003C/a> \u003C/p> \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" title=\"♬ original sound - Maya Williams\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7597069573766220575?refer=embed\">♬ original sound – Maya Williams\u003C/a> \u003C/section> \u003C/blockquote> \u003Cscript async src=\"https://www.tiktok.com/embed.js\">\u003C/script>\n\u003C/div>\u003C/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“Hip-hop is a Black art form that was created by Black and brown communities, and that includes the influence of Caribbean and Latino communities,” Williams said in her TikTok video. “And so where the sticky pieces come is that leadership is still overwhelmingly white at UDA. I think it’s important to have these conversations so that history does not repeat itself.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Williams continued, stating that leadership falls under judges, coaches and choreographers who are “profiting off of the hip-hop culture” within the UDA space. In the comments section, user shared their thoughts on which team deserved to win, continuing the discussion about race and music culture.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“The way I thought the whole team was poc based off their complexions at the competition until I looked up the team,” one user wrote, including an official photo of the LSU Tigers dance team.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“One gave hip hop and one gave LA hip hop dance class,” another wrote.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“I’m glad I’m on this side UNLV gave AUTHENTIC hip hop,” a third user wrote.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In a \u003Ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@mayawilliams5653/video/7597087905932201246?_r=1&_t=ZT-93G6fdICxbB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">subsequent post\u003C/a>, Williams also addressed claims that UNLV only won because it had men on the team. She said that young men were often not allowed to dance, especially in the Black community. The Rebel Girls & Co. team consists of mixed-race men and women.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Another TikToker, @dollfacedajania, also addressed the LSU and UNLV debate but discussed how UDA had “finally” degentrified hip-hop after taking years to include breakdancing, crumping and other hip-hop-based dance routines in the competition. She said that after watching UDA competitions over the years, she felt the routines were good but the real hip-hop artistry wasn’t there.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“When I watched UNLV dance, I felt the energy,” Jania said in a TikTok video. “I felt the energy with LSU too, but I felt it in a different way because they chose a song that was more mainstream. But regardless, both of these routines have done something this category hasn’t done for me in years.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Similar to Williams, Jania said UDA needs Black choreographers to explain to them the “true origins of \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/14-hip-hop-pioneers-of-caribbean-or-latin-american-descent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hip-hop\u003C/a>.” She further said hip-hop was birthed from communities who were “stripped of their resources but had nothing but their bodies to express themselves with.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@dollfacedajania/video/7597223845090675998\" data-video-id=\"7597223845090675998\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width:605px; min-width:325px;\"> \u003Csection> \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" title=\"@dollfacedajania\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@dollfacedajania?refer=embed\">@dollfacedajania\u003C/a> \u003Cp>bring REAL hip-hop on the UDA stage please 😙 \u003Ca title=\"udanationals\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/udanationals?refer=embed\">#udanationals\u003C/a> \u003Ca title=\"udahiphop\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/udahiphop?refer=embed\">#udahiphop\u003C/a> \u003Ca title=\"unlv\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/unlv?refer=embed\">#unlv\u003C/a> \u003Ca title=\"lsutigergirls\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/lsutigergirls?refer=embed\">#lsutigergirls\u003C/a> \u003Ca title=\"hiphopdance\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/tag/hiphopdance?refer=embed\">#hiphopdance\u003C/a> \u003C/p> \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" title=\"♬ son original - Classic HipHop&RnB\" href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/music/son-original-6907109452093197057?refer=embed\">♬ son original – Classic HipHop&RnB\u003C/a> \u003C/section> \u003C/blockquote> \u003Cscript async src=\"https://www.tiktok.com/embed.js\">\u003C/script>\n\u003C/div>\u003C/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In the comments section, more people were leaning toward UNLV’s dance routine, claiming that LSU “stole” their set from Lamar.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“LSU felt like a white choreographer tryna win with ‘using the culture,’” one user wrote.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“LSU choreographers literally ripped off Kendrick’s half time show I’m so glad they didn’t win just on that,” another wrote.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“UNLV won that fair and square!!!!!!” a third user wrote. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Other TikTokers, like Jasmina Hinton (\u003Ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@jasminahinton/video/7597087314522787102?_r=1&_t=ZT-93G6gqSE3aZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@jasminehinton\u003C/a>) and Mocha (\u003Ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@strutdontstress/video/7597016502113422623?_r=1&_t=ZT-93G6maaFFtu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@strutdontstress)\u003C/a>, were also in favor of UNLV’s win because they said they brought the true artistry of hip-hop, including the five elements of hip-hop and less over-the-top theatrics. Both women gave credit to the LSU dancers, who they say did an amazing job in their routine, but the TikTokers felt UNLV had the real “wow factor” in this year’s competition.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003C/p>\n",[74,78,82],{"name":75,"slug":76,"id":77},"Blavity-U","blavity-u",70685,{"name":79,"slug":80,"id":81},"College Sports","college-sports",70686,{"name":83,"slug":84,"id":85},"Sports","sports",93,[87,91],{"id":88,"name":89,"slug":90,"description":10,"image":10},74288,"Blavity U Top Stories","blavity-u-top-stories",{"id":92,"name":93,"slug":94,"description":10,"image":10},44529,"top stories","top-stories",{"url":96,"thumbnail":97,"credit":98,"title":99,"alt":100,"type":43},"https://cms.blavity.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,slow-connection-quality=30,onerror=redirect/https://cdn.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/design-2026-01-22T175445.121.jpg.webp","https://cdn.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/design-2026-01-22T175445.121-150x84.jpg.webp","Photo: Getty Images","design – 2026-01-22T175445.121","LSU Tiger Girls and UNLV team","2026-01-22T13:00:11-05:00","2026-01-22T13:00:19-05:00",[],{"disableAd":47,"disableConnatixPlayer":47,"enabledComments":47,"headScript":10},{"id":106,"author":107,"authors":114,"title":116,"subTitle":10,"excerpt":10,"slug":117,"body":118,"categories":119,"tags":121,"featuredMedia":131,"publishedAt":137,"updatedAt":138,"type":45,"listicle":139,"disableContentGate":47,"isDisabledListicleNumbers":47,"canonicalUrl":10,"socialThumbnail":10,"additional":140},72894683,{"id":108,"avatar":109,"firstName":10,"lastName":10,"displayName":110,"email":111,"username":110,"normalizedUsername":112,"description":10,"twitter":10,"facebook":10,"instagram":10,"registeredAt":113},96045,"https://cms.blavity.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,slow-connection-quality=30,onerror=redirect/https://cms.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/DSC09602-2-compress.jpg","Tomas Kassahun","[email protected]","tomas-kassahun","2019-09-06T00:00:00+00:00",[115],{"id":108,"avatar":109,"firstName":10,"lastName":10,"displayName":110,"email":111,"username":110,"normalizedUsername":112,"description":10,"twitter":10,"facebook":10,"instagram":10,"registeredAt":113},"Renee Good's Family Hires The Law Firm That Represented George Floyd's Family","renee-goods-family-hires-the-law-firm-that-represented-george-floyds-family","\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/don-lemon-slams-stephen-a-smith-over-renee-nicole-good\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Renee Good\u003C/a>‘s family, who is seeking justice for the murder of their loved one, has now hired the same law firm that represented \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/george-floyds-aunt-calls-out-trump-after-renee-goods-killing-by-ice-agent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">George Floyd\u003C/a>. According to the \u003Ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/renee-good-family-george-floyd-attorneys-minneapolis-6386af3234405e93f68ea00dbf8c98f1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Associated Press\u003C/a>, the family announced in a statement that they have hired the Chicago-based firm, Romanucci & Blandin. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-are-renee-good-s-lawyers-saying-about-her-death\">What are Renee Good’s lawyers saying about her death?\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The Romanucci & Blandin law firm said there are several questions to ask about what happened on Jan. 7 when Renee was killed by ICE agent Jonathan Ross in her own neighborhood in Minneapolis. The lawyers said the family deserves to know what federal officers were doing in that neighborhood and what happened during the agent’s interaction with Renee. They also demand to know the details of what happened after the 37-year-old woman was shot and killed. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“What happened to Renee is wrong,” the firm said in a statement, per the AP, adding that the community is not getting the answers they deserve at this time. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Romanucci & Blandin also said the family is urging the public to stop using Renee for political stunts and to remember her as “an agent of peace.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-happened-when-renee-good-was-shot-in-minneapolis\">What happened when Renee Good was shot in Minneapolis?\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Renee’s partner, Becca Good, said the shooting happened after the couple dropped off their 6-year-old child at school. Becca said she and her loved one were observing ICE activities on the way back from the school as tensions escalated. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Video recorded by witnesses showed an ICE agent approaching Renee as she was driving a red SUV. As the agent ordered Renee to open her car door, she tried to drive away. Ross, however, fired multiple shots and killed the 37-year-old mother in front of her loved one.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The Trump administration now refuses to bring charges against Ross, saying he shot her in self-defense. Renee’s supporters, however, continue to affirm that the agent was never in danger.\u003C/p>\n",[120],{"name":24,"slug":25,"id":26},[122,126,130],{"id":123,"name":124,"slug":125,"description":10,"image":10},48909,"George Floyd","george-floyd-2",{"id":127,"name":128,"slug":129,"description":10,"image":10},77221,"Renee Good","renee-good",{"id":92,"name":93,"slug":94,"description":10,"image":10},{"url":132,"thumbnail":133,"credit":134,"title":135,"alt":136,"type":43},"https://cms.blavity.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,slow-connection-quality=30,onerror=redirect/https://cdn.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/GettyImages-2255158374.jpg.webp","https://cdn.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/GettyImages-2255158374-150x100.jpg.webp","A notice reading \"RIP Renee, murdered by ICE\" is seen next to a memorial for Renee Nicole Good on January 07, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. According to federal officials, an ICE agent shot and killed Good during a confrontation earlier today in south Minneapolis. | Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images","Federal Agents Descend On Minneapolis For Immigration Enforcement Operations","A notice reading \"RIP Renee, murdered by ICE\" is seen next to a memorial for Renee Nicole Good on January 07, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. According to federal officials, an ICE agent shot and killed Good during a confrontation earlier today in south Minneapolis.","2026-01-19T21:15:40-05:00","2026-01-19T21:16:55-05:00",[],{"disableAd":47,"disableConnatixPlayer":47,"enabledComments":47,"headScript":10},{"id":142,"author":143,"authors":144,"title":146,"subTitle":10,"excerpt":10,"slug":147,"body":148,"categories":149,"tags":151,"featuredMedia":164,"publishedAt":170,"updatedAt":171,"type":45,"listicle":172,"disableContentGate":47,"isDisabledListicleNumbers":47,"canonicalUrl":10,"socialThumbnail":10,"additional":173},72894312,{"id":59,"avatar":60,"firstName":61,"lastName":62,"displayName":63,"email":64,"username":65,"normalizedUsername":66,"description":10,"twitter":10,"facebook":10,"instagram":10,"registeredAt":67},[145],{"id":59,"avatar":60,"firstName":61,"lastName":62,"displayName":63,"email":64,"username":65,"normalizedUsername":66,"description":10,"twitter":10,"facebook":10,"instagram":10,"registeredAt":67},"George Floyd’s Aunt Calls Out Trump After Renee Good’s Killing By ICE Agent","george-floyds-aunt-calls-out-trump-after-renee-goods-killing-by-ice-agent","\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/two-years-later-the-system-that-killed-george-floyd-hasnt-changed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">George Floyd’s\u003C/a> aunt called out President Donald Trump after the deadly shooting of 37-year-old Renee Good, who was killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in south Minneapolis earlier in January. According to Angela Harrelson, her death draws parallels to Floyd’s murder and the lasting trauma it left on the community.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-did-angela-harrelson-say-about-floyd-s-and-good-s-killings\">What did Angela Harrelson say about Floyd’s and Good’s killings?\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“Donald Trump is not God. He thinks he is, but he is not,” Harrelson said at a meeting Tuesday, surrounded by other Minneapolis families who lost their loved ones in recent years.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Harrelson spoke out about Good’s killing and the similarities she sees between Good’s death and Floyd’s murder in May 2020 by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. While both murders were high profile and sparked nationwide protests, they also received different reactions from the public.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Good’s family has also retained the same law firm that represented Floyd’s family to investigate her shooting and press for answers in the case, \u003Ca href=\"https://thegrio.com/2026/01/15/the-aunt-of-george-floyd-calls-out-trump-after-murder-of-renee-good/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Grio\u003C/a> reported.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Ciframe title=\"George Floyd's aunt Angela Harrelson speaks out following shooting of Renee Good by ICE agents\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/Hn3VHnWYZHo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C/iframe>\n\u003C/div>\u003C/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-trump-administration-defends-ice-agent-in-the-shooting\">Trump administration defends ICE agent in the shooting\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Both Trump and his administration considered Good’s killing justified, accusing her of interfering with ICE operations. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem called her actions “domestic terrorism” and said Good “weaponized” her vehicle to stop the ICE agent and other officers from carrying out their duties, \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/ice-shooting-minneapolis-renee-nicole-good\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Blavity\u003C/a> reported.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“They’re out of control,” Harrelson said about ICE. “And they feel like they don’t have to answer to nobody but Donald Trump.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>While criticizing Trump’s leadership, Harrelson said, “Renee deserved to be here today.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-they-re-killing-black-brown-and-even-white-people\">‘They’re killing Black, brown and even white people’\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>She also said Trump’s crackdown on immigration disproportionately targets Black and brown people, creating a division among communities. Good’s killing, she said, highlights and reinforces that larger conversation.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“They’re killing Black, brown and even white people,” Harrelson said. “Some of these people could end up being your neighbors, the people you work with, the people you know. All of this stuff trickles down when you’re dealing with absolute destruction and corruption.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Harrelson also shared a message of encouragement to the families, stating that leaning on prayer and God’s faith would help them get through the tough times they have faced, especially during this administration.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“If you stand for humanity, you know what to do,” she said. “The tide is gonna turn. And it’s gonna be rough for a while, but we will get there. I know the pain. You guys know the pain. We all know the pain. We know this pain together. But we will see the light again.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003C/p>\n",[150],{"name":28,"slug":29,"id":30},[152,156,157,158,162,163],{"id":153,"name":154,"slug":155,"description":10,"image":10},77220,"Angela Harrelson","angela-harrelson",{"id":33,"name":34,"slug":35,"description":10,"image":10},{"id":123,"name":124,"slug":125,"description":10,"image":10},{"id":159,"name":160,"slug":161,"description":10,"image":10},77223,"ICE agent","ice-agent",{"id":127,"name":128,"slug":129,"description":10,"image":10},{"id":92,"name":93,"slug":94,"description":10,"image":10},{"url":165,"thumbnail":166,"credit":167,"title":168,"alt":169,"type":43},"https://cms.blavity.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,slow-connection-quality=30,onerror=redirect/https://cdn.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/GettyImages-1258048416.jpg.webp","https://cdn.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/GettyImages-1258048416-150x96.jpg.webp","Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images","Three Year Anniversary Of George Floyd’s Death Marked In Minneapolis","MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - MAY 25: Angela Harrelson (C), aunt of George Floyd, arrives for a vigil at George Floyd Square on May 25, 2023 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Today marks three years since Floyd was killed in 2020 by a Minneapolis police officer who was found guilty of second-degree murder.","2026-01-17T18:45:54-05:00","2026-01-18T12:35:34-05:00",[],{"disableAd":47,"disableConnatixPlayer":47,"enabledComments":47,"headScript":10},258,{"list":176,"total":337},[177,220,266,285,311],{"id":178,"author":179,"authors":190,"title":192,"subTitle":10,"excerpt":10,"slug":193,"body":194,"categories":195,"tags":197,"featuredMedia":210,"publishedAt":216,"updatedAt":217,"type":45,"listicle":218,"disableContentGate":47,"isDisabledListicleNumbers":47,"canonicalUrl":10,"socialThumbnail":211,"additional":219},72895207,{"id":180,"avatar":181,"firstName":182,"lastName":183,"displayName":184,"email":185,"username":186,"normalizedUsername":187,"description":10,"twitter":10,"facebook":10,"instagram":188,"registeredAt":189},99834,"https://cms.blavity.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,slow-connection-quality=30,onerror=redirect/https://cms.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/KyraAlessandrini-compress.jpeg","Kyra","Alessandrini","Kyra Alessandrini","[email protected]","KyraAlessandrini","kyraalessandrini","https://www.instagram.com/kyraless/","2023-04-03T03:46:17+00:00",[191],{"id":180,"avatar":181,"firstName":182,"lastName":183,"displayName":184,"email":185,"username":186,"normalizedUsername":187,"description":10,"twitter":10,"facebook":10,"instagram":188,"registeredAt":189},"Coco Gauff Donates $150K To HBCU Tennis Players In Her Second Gift To UNCF","coco-gauff-donates-150k-to-hbcu-tennis-players","\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/coco-gauff-donates-100k-to-hbcu-tennis-player-scholarships\">Coco Gauff\u003C/a> has made a donation to the United Negro College Fund to support student athletes at \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/nccu-tennis-coco-gauff-grant\">HBCUs\u003C/a>. The tennis player donated $150,000 to the organization. Last year, Gauff had already gifted $100,000 for scholarships to student athletes.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-coco-gauff-donated-150-000-to-support-college-tennis-players-at-hbcus\">Coco Gauff donated $150,000 to support college tennis players at HBCUs\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Gauff’s latest donation will help support the Coco Gauff Scholarship Program, which provides financial assistance to HBCU students who play collegiate tennis. The UNCF publicly thanked her for her contribution.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“Coco is more than a champion on the court. She’s a champion for education, opportunity, and the next generation of leaders,” the organization wrote in a \u003Ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DTvQu3nEfv3/\">statement\u003C/a> posted on social media on Tuesday. “Thank you, Coco, for continuing to stand with HBCU students and helping them get to and through college.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DTvQu3nEfv3/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\u003Cdiv style=\"padding:16px;\"> \u003Ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DTvQu3nEfv3/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; 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border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\">\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/a>\u003Cp style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">\u003Ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DTvQu3nEfv3/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by UNCF (@uncf)\u003C/a>\u003C/p>\u003C/div>\u003C/blockquote>\n\u003Cscript async src=\"//www.instagram.com/embed.js\">\u003C/script>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Gauff noted the importance of education in supporting students’ dreams: “Education has the power to change lives, and I hope this gift will help students achieve their dreams,” she said, per the statement.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The tennis player previously spoke about the significance of HBCUs, as well as the personal connection her family has to these institutions.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“My family has a deep-rooted history with HBCUs, going all the way back to my great, great grandfather. From aunts and uncles to cousins, HBCUs have played a huge role in shaping who we are,” Gauff said in a \u003Ca href=\"https://uncf.org/news/tennis-champion-coco-gauff-gifts-uncf-100000-for-scholarships-to-support-hbcu-students-playing-competitive-tennis\">press release\u003C/a>, as \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/coco-gauff-donates-100k-to-hbcu-tennis-player-scholarships\">Blavity\u003C/a> reported last year. “Supporting UNCF in creating opportunities for student-athletes in tennis means a lot to me.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-this-marks-coco-gauff-s-second-donation-supporting-collegiate-tennis-players-through-uncf\">This marks Coco Gauff’s second donation supporting collegiate tennis players through UNCF\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In 2025, Gauff contributed $100,000 to the UNCF, effectively launching the initiative. Her gift resulted in scholarships being distributed to students at Alabama A&M, Albany State, Clark Atlanta, Howard, Livingstone and Tuskegee University, according to \u003Ca href=\"https://hbcusports.com/2026/01/20/coco-gauff-gifts-150000-to-uncf-to-support-hbcu-tennis-players/\">HBCU Sports\u003C/a>.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>At the time, Gauff became one of the youngest donors in the UNCF’s history: “As a young Black athlete, I understand how impactful it is to see people who look like me thriving in both sports and education,” she said in last year’s press release. “I want to help the next generation of student-athletes continue pursuing their passion for tennis while reaching their academic goals. My hope is that this scholarship gives more young Black players the confidence to chase their dreams, knowing they have a strong community behind them and a bright future ahead.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Maurice E. Jenkins, Jr., the UNCF’s executive vice president and chief development officer, said Gauff’s donation sent a powerful message of support to young leaders and student athletes.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“We are incredibly grateful to Coco Gauff for her generous $100,000 gift to UNCF, which will significantly impact the lives of HBCU students aspiring to excel in competitive tennis,” she said. “Her commitment not only showcases her dedication to education and athletics but also inspires the next generation of student-athletes to pursue their dreams. This gift reinforces the importance of supporting our young leaders and ensuring they have the resources necessary to succeed both on and off the court.”\u003C/p>\n",[196],{"name":75,"slug":76,"id":77},[198,202,206],{"id":199,"name":200,"slug":201,"description":10,"image":10},49835,"Coco Gauff","coco-gauff-2",{"id":203,"name":204,"slug":205,"description":10,"image":10},25631,"HBCUS","hbcus",{"id":207,"name":208,"slug":209,"description":10,"image":10},31316,"Tennis","tennis",{"url":211,"thumbnail":212,"credit":213,"title":214,"alt":215,"type":43},"https://cms.blavity.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,slow-connection-quality=30,onerror=redirect/https://cms.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/GettyImages-2218226990.jpg","https://cms.blavity.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,slow-connection-quality=30,onerror=redirect/https://cms.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/GettyImages-2218226990-150x98.jpg","Photo: Ian MacNicol/Getty Images","coco gauff","coco gauff at french open","2026-01-23T06:32:02-05:00","2026-01-23T06:32:09-05:00",[],{"disableAd":47,"disableConnatixPlayer":47,"enabledComments":47,"headScript":10},{"id":221,"author":222,"authors":230,"title":232,"subTitle":10,"excerpt":10,"slug":233,"body":234,"categories":235,"tags":245,"featuredMedia":258,"publishedAt":262,"updatedAt":263,"type":45,"listicle":264,"disableContentGate":47,"isDisabledListicleNumbers":47,"canonicalUrl":10,"socialThumbnail":259,"additional":265},72895034,{"id":223,"avatar":224,"firstName":10,"lastName":10,"displayName":225,"email":226,"username":227,"normalizedUsername":228,"description":10,"twitter":10,"facebook":10,"instagram":10,"registeredAt":229},94449,"https://cms.blavity.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,slow-connection-quality=30,onerror=redirect/https://cms.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/33shoot-1-compress.jpg","Kahlil Haywood","[email protected]","Kahlil-haywood","kahlil-haywood","2021-10-11T00:00:00+00:00",[231],{"id":223,"avatar":224,"firstName":10,"lastName":10,"displayName":225,"email":226,"username":227,"normalizedUsername":228,"description":10,"twitter":10,"facebook":10,"instagram":10,"registeredAt":229},"Should Stephen Curry Leave The Golden State Warriors?","should-stephen-curry-leave-golden-state-warriors","\n\u003Cp>In an unfortunate turn of events, \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/blavity-original/golden-state-warriors-dynasty\">Golden State W\u003C/a>\u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/blavity-original/golden-state-warriors-dynasty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a\u003C/a>\u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/blavity-original/golden-state-warriors-dynasty\">rriors\u003C/a> star Jimmy Butler suffered a season-ending ACL tear last week. The injury puts the Warriors in a unique predicament. So, naturally, that puts \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/blavity-original/steph-curry-respect\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stephen Curry\u003C/a> in a unique predicament as well.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As Curry is now in the twilight of his career, he is faced with a choice to make. He either stays at Golden State after this season, or he asks to be moved to a team that can compete for a championship.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-front-office-hubris-costs\">Front office hubris costs\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>One of the reasons that these decisions need to be made is due to Warriors forward Jonathan Kuminga’s recent trade demand. Head coach Steve Kerr has never truly gelled with the young player. This season in particular, Kerr hadn’t played Kuminga for 16 straight games. That streak ended the game after Butler’s catastrophic injury. How convenient, you’d say, right? Now that Kuminga’s services are needed, he is being called upon. However, it’s mutually beneficial to him and the Warriors that he play well prior to the trade deadline.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Kuminga’s status defines the scenario the Warriors walked into. He can be a contributor to them in the present, but because of the rift between him and Kerr, it’s likely that he’ll be moved. It’s doubtful that what Golden State gets in return will propel them to a long postseason run. So, during this off-season, Curry will have to acquiesce to either being a part of a rebuild or giving himself a shot to win in a big way next season.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Ciframe title=\"ALL of Steph Curry's 3-pointers at #Paris2024 | Athlete Highlights\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/DPDUDPCttfc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C/iframe>\n\u003C/div>\u003C/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-staying-with-one-franchise-can-hold-it-back\">Staying with one franchise can hold it back\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Most superstar players get to this point. Hell, my favorite player, Shaquille O’Neal, sought out greener pastures on several occasions. On a couple of those, it worked out and turned into championships. I appreciate the novelty of a player staying with one franchise for the duration of their career. It’s a throwback. However, in Curry’s case, I’m confident that the fanbase in The Bay will be understanding if he chooses to move on. By no means do I believe that this is an easy decision. It’s really all contingent on what the four-time champion’s goals are.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a-fork-in-the-road\">A fork in the road\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Now, if you’re asking me what I think he should do? I think that he should leave. With Curry’s shooting skills, he literally could be out here as LeBron James is. He could be a 40-something player scoring with the best of them. But I would imagine that it’s harder getting out of bed every morning to play basketball that won’t result in at least a deep playoff run. That’s what a future with the Warriors promises him most likely.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>If we’re talking about where he should go next, I really can’t say as of now. None of us thought we’d be at such a crossroads so soon. But if news ever drops that Curry is available, there are tons of teams that will look to make a way. That wealth of options is something that the former NBA Finals MVP deserves to have. If nothing else, he should be allowed to choose a team that he feels he can play a huge role in taking to the top. As many headaches Curry has given me during the 2010s, even I can admit that’s the most apropos ending at this point.\u003C/p>\n",[236,240,244],{"name":237,"slug":238,"id":239},"Culture","culture",118,{"name":241,"slug":242,"id":243},"Opinion","opinion",114,{"name":83,"slug":84,"id":85},[246,250,254],{"id":247,"name":248,"slug":249,"description":10,"image":10},13266,"Golden state warriors","golden-state-warriors-2",{"id":251,"name":252,"slug":253,"description":10,"image":10},38996,"NBA","nba",{"id":255,"name":256,"slug":257,"description":10,"image":10},30654,"Stephen Curry","stephen-curry",{"url":259,"thumbnail":260,"credit":261,"title":256,"alt":256,"type":43},"https://cms.blavity.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,slow-connection-quality=30,onerror=redirect/https://cms.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/GettyImages-2130784939.jpg","https://cms.blavity.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,slow-connection-quality=30,onerror=redirect/https://cms.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/GettyImages-2130784939-150x100.jpg","Photo: Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images","2026-01-23T05:56:31-05:00","2026-01-23T05:56:37-05:00",[],{"disableAd":47,"disableConnatixPlayer":47,"enabledComments":47,"headScript":10},{"id":267,"author":268,"authors":269,"title":271,"subTitle":10,"excerpt":10,"slug":272,"body":273,"categories":274,"tags":276,"featuredMedia":277,"publishedAt":281,"updatedAt":282,"type":45,"listicle":283,"disableContentGate":47,"isDisabledListicleNumbers":47,"canonicalUrl":10,"socialThumbnail":10,"additional":284},72895156,{"id":59,"avatar":60,"firstName":61,"lastName":62,"displayName":63,"email":64,"username":65,"normalizedUsername":66,"description":10,"twitter":10,"facebook":10,"instagram":10,"registeredAt":67},[270],{"id":59,"avatar":60,"firstName":61,"lastName":62,"displayName":63,"email":64,"username":65,"normalizedUsername":66,"description":10,"twitter":10,"facebook":10,"instagram":10,"registeredAt":67},"White Man Appears To Spit At Black Boy's Family After Jury Clears Him In 10-Year-Old's Hit-And-Run Death","white-man-appears-to-spit-at-black-boys-family-after-jury-clears-him-in-hit-run-death","\n\u003Cp>A jury cleared a \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://blavity.com/black-mississippi-man-confederate-flag-case-supreme-court\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mississippi man\u003C/a> of all charges last week in the hit-and-run death of a 10-year-old boy last April.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-details-on-jordan-hill-s-death-and-the-charges-against-cody-rollinson\">Details on Jordan Hill’s death and the charges against Cody Rollinson\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Cody Rollinson, who is white, was acquitted on Jan. 15 in connection with the April 6, 2025, death of 10-year-old Jordan Hill in Liberty, Mississippi. The young boy was riding an all-terrain vehicle when Rollinson hit him with his truck, the \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.natchezdemocrat.com/news/amite-county-jury-clears-cody-rollinson-in-atv-crash-that-killed-jordan-hill-10-2db139ee\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Natchez Democrat\u003C/a> reported.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>When police arrived, Hill was dead at the scene. Rollinson admitted that he left the scene because he didn’t have cell service to call 911. He was later charged with aggravated DUI and felony leaving the scene of an accident. Rollinson was freed after posting a $41,000 bond, according to the \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://atlantablackstar.com/2026/01/19/accused-driver-in-jordan-hills-tragic-hit-and-run-spit-at-family-before-mississippi-jury-cleared-him-of-all-charges/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Atlanta Black Star\u003C/a>.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>A now-viral video on social media appears to show Rollinson spitting while being escorted through the Amite County Courthouse parking lot before the verdict, after a woman off-camera asked if he had any words for Hill’s loved ones.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“Justice for Jordan,” the woman yelled. “He spit on the family. 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border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\">\u003C/div>\u003C/div>\u003C/a>\u003Cp style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">\u003Ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DTqmuQQlU_i/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Atlanta Black Star (@atlblackstar)\u003C/a>\u003C/p>\u003C/div>\u003C/blockquote>\n\u003Cscript async src=\"//www.instagram.com/embed.js\">\u003C/script>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-i-m-still-crushed\">‘I’m still crushed’\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Hill’s mother spoke out after hearing the heartbreaking verdict about her son’s death.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“Shocked. I was shocked because you have all this evidence – evidence, facts – and it still was found not guilty,” Wanda Brown, Hill’s mother, told \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.wlbt.com/2026/01/16/shocked-family-10-year-old-atv-accident-victim-speaks-out-recent-verdict/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WLBT\u003C/a>.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Despite Rollinson walking free, Brown still has faith she will get justice for her son.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“Right now, I’m still crushed but, somehow, I still have faith in the justice system,” Brown added. “I just felt that this justice system here just failed us because they had all the evidence. It was all presented in front of them. They had it. I don’t understand why and how this could even happen.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-family-still-has-questions-about-hill-s-death\">The family still has questions about Hill’s death\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Hill’s family has also questioned the investigation surrounding his death. They believe \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://blavity.com/scotus-decision-proves-jury-duty-no-longer-thought-stopaskingpermission\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">several jurors\u003C/a> who delivered the verdict were already aware of the case before becoming jurors.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The young boy’s loved ones had initially launched a \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.change.org/p/demand-justice-for-the-hit-and-run-victim-10-year-old-jordan-hill\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Change.org petition\u003C/a>, raising concerns about Rollinson and the lack of skid marks on the road, indicating that he didn’t even try to stop his vehicle to prevent hitting the child.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“The disregard towards this blatant act of reckless endangerment is simply egregious and the absence of immediate detention is a gross miscarriage of justice, which not only paints a disturbing picture of our system but significantly fractures our societal trust,” the petition reads.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>According to the Natchez Democrat, “Toxicology reports showed Rollinson had marijuana in his system at the time of the accident.”\u003C/p>\n",[275],{"name":24,"slug":25,"id":26},[],{"url":278,"thumbnail":279,"credit":98,"title":280,"alt":280,"type":43},"https://cms.blavity.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,slow-connection-quality=30,onerror=redirect/https://cms.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-1505366087.jpg","https://cms.blavity.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,slow-connection-quality=30,onerror=redirect/https://cms.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-1505366087-150x100.jpg","courtroom","2026-01-22T20:05:47-05:00","2026-01-22T20:05:54-05:00",[],{"disableAd":47,"disableConnatixPlayer":47,"enabledComments":47,"headScript":10},{"id":286,"author":287,"authors":288,"title":290,"subTitle":10,"excerpt":10,"slug":291,"body":292,"categories":293,"tags":295,"featuredMedia":301,"publishedAt":307,"updatedAt":308,"type":45,"listicle":309,"disableContentGate":47,"isDisabledListicleNumbers":47,"canonicalUrl":10,"socialThumbnail":303,"additional":310},72895216,{"id":59,"avatar":60,"firstName":61,"lastName":62,"displayName":63,"email":64,"username":65,"normalizedUsername":66,"description":10,"twitter":10,"facebook":10,"instagram":10,"registeredAt":67},[289],{"id":59,"avatar":60,"firstName":61,"lastName":62,"displayName":63,"email":64,"username":65,"normalizedUsername":66,"description":10,"twitter":10,"facebook":10,"instagram":10,"registeredAt":67},"Does NBA YoungBoy Support Trump? Here's What He Said About His 'MASA' Album","does-nba-youngboy-support-trump","\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/nba-youngboy-concert-tour-dallas-nonprofits\">NBA Youngboy\u003C/a> recently sat down with \u003Ca href=\"https://www.complex.com/music/a/j-rose/nba-youngboy-interview-cover-story-2026\">Complex\u003C/a> after the outlet named him the Best Rapper Alive in 2025. The Baton Rouge rapper opened up about various topics, including his house arrest, a pardon from \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/cdc-official-warns-of-trump-admins-west-africa-hep-b-study-another-tuskegee\">President Donald Trump\u003C/a>, and the meaning behind his \u003Cem>MASA \u003C/em>album.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-did-nba-youngboy-say-about-his-make-america-slime-again-album\">What did NBA Youngboy say about his ‘Make America Slime Again’ album?\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>During the interview, Complex journalist Jordan Rose asked NBA YoungBoy about his eighth studio album, \u003Cem>Make America Slime Again,\u003C/em> to which his response was “It means follow whatever Trump applying.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>While he did not elaborate further, the 26-year-old rapper insisted that everyone should abide by Trump’s rules “in every way.” Rose also questioned whether Trump pardoned him last year.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“I don’t know nothing about that,” he said, extending the same response when asked if he ever met or spoke with Trump.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-donald-trump-reportedly-pardoned-nba-youngboy-in-2025\">Donald Trump reportedly pardoned NBA Youngboy in 2025\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/did-trump-pardon-nba-youngboy\">Blavity\u003C/a> reported, Trump reportedly pardoned NBA Youngboy in May 2025, stemming from a federal gun charge that led to a year in prison. The rapper was one of several high-profile figures who received clemency from the president.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“I want to thank President Trump for granting me a pardon and giving me the opportunity to keep building — as a man, as a father, and as an artist,” he wrote in an IG post at the time. “This moment means a lot. It opens the door to a future I’ve worked hard for and I am fully prepared to step into this.” Gaulden also thanked his lawyer, Brittany K. Barnett, and Alice Marie Johnson, whose sentence Trump commuted during his first term and who now serves as Trump’s ‘pardon czar.'”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>NBA Youngboy was sentenced to prison in 2024 on charges of \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/nba-youngboy-sentenced-prison-23-months\">possessing firearms\u003C/a> despite having a record.\u003C/p>\n",[294],{"name":24,"slug":25,"id":26},[296,297],{"id":33,"name":34,"slug":35,"description":10,"image":10},{"id":298,"name":299,"slug":300,"description":10,"image":10},47968,"NBA Youngboy","nba-youngboy",{"url":302,"thumbnail":303,"credit":304,"title":305,"alt":306,"type":43},"https://cms.blavity.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,slow-connection-quality=30,onerror=redirect/https://cdn.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/GettyImages-2241729269.jpg.webp","https://cdn.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/GettyImages-2241729269.jpg.webp","Photo: Julia Beverly/Getty Images","NBA YoungBoy","NBA YoungBoy performs onstage during the MASA TOUR in 2025","2026-01-22T19:46:31-05:00","2026-01-22T19:46:38-05:00",[],{"disableAd":47,"disableConnatixPlayer":47,"enabledComments":47,"headScript":10},{"id":312,"author":313,"authors":320,"title":322,"subTitle":323,"excerpt":10,"slug":324,"body":325,"categories":326,"tags":328,"featuredMedia":329,"publishedAt":333,"updatedAt":334,"type":45,"listicle":335,"disableContentGate":47,"isDisabledListicleNumbers":47,"canonicalUrl":10,"socialThumbnail":10,"additional":336},72895226,{"id":314,"avatar":315,"firstName":10,"lastName":10,"displayName":316,"email":317,"username":316,"normalizedUsername":318,"description":10,"twitter":10,"facebook":10,"instagram":10,"registeredAt":319},95243,"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/16fdff8cddc7bd4702273ce7e1677d1d0021c4b55e83ca690c8b22edc3cbfdf4?s=1024&r=g","Christopher Rhodes","[email protected]","christopher-rhodes","2020-09-14T00:00:00+00:00",[321],{"id":314,"avatar":315,"firstName":10,"lastName":10,"displayName":316,"email":317,"username":316,"normalizedUsername":318,"description":10,"twitter":10,"facebook":10,"instagram":10,"registeredAt":319},"Rep. Justin Jones Clashes With Sean Hannity On Fox News: 'Go Through List Of Perverts Who Hang Out At Mar-a-Lago'","Jones and Hannity clashed on the Fox News host's show over ICE and the Republican narrative concerning immigration.","justin-jones-clashes-with-sean-hannity-on-fox-news","\n\u003Cp>A conversation between \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/fox-news-called-out-for-ai-video-reporting-black-woman-snap\">Fox News\u003C/a> host Sean Hannity and outspoken Tennessee state \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/justin-jones-and-justin-pearson-reelected\">Rep. Justin Jones\u003C/a> was bound to be heated, and Jones’s appearance on Hannity’s show lived up to expectations. The two men clashed over several issues, with Jones calling out Hannity for his support for Republican fearmongering.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-jones-and-hannity-clash-over-ice\">Jones and Hannity clash over ICE\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Jones appeared on a segment of Hannity’s Fox News show Monday evening to discuss Jones’ criticism of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. During the segment, a split screen displayed a scrolling list of alleged “crimes committed by illegals in TN,” with various names and nationalities listed alongside violent crimes. As Hannity pressed Jones to name people in Tennessee who had been victims of “crimes by illegal immigrants,” Jones continued to discuss the violent tactics being used by the Trump administration.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“You want to go through a list? Go through the list of the pedophiles and perverts who hang out at Mar-a-Lago. Go through that list,” Jones clapped back to Hannity.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\u003Cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jones: You want to go through a list? Go through the list of perverts who hang out at Mar-A-Lago. Go through that list. \u003Ca href=\"https://t.co/46dzUVKAX1\">pic.twitter.com/46dzUVKAX1\u003C/a>\u003C/p>— Acyn (@Acyn) \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/2013803368674926631?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 21, 2026\u003C/a>\u003C/blockquote>\u003Cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003C/script>\n\u003C/div>\u003C/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-jones-condemned-republican-fear-tactics\">Jones condemned Republican fear tactics\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Hannity and Jones’ interview was contentious throughout the segment, with the duo often talking over each other and talking past one another with raised voices. Jones continued to chide Hannity and Republicans for using fear tactics.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“You don’t care about the American people,” Jones told Hannity. “You’re distracting from the real issues. You want them to be afraid of immigrants because all you have is fear.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\u003Cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jones: All you do is keep people fearful because you get paid 45 million a year to keep people fearful so they don’t pay attention to the CEOS taking their healthcare. You don’t care about the American people. You want them to be afraid of immigrants because all you have is fear. \u003Ca href=\"https://t.co/DlxD38tSTE\">pic.twitter.com/DlxD38tSTE\u003C/a>\u003C/p>— Acyn (@Acyn) \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/2013805075697922109?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 21, 2026\u003C/a>\u003C/blockquote>\u003Cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003C/script>\n\u003C/div>\u003C/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As the segment neared its end, Jones continued, “The threat to the American people is in the White House, not these immigrants,” noting that most of those being detained by ICE had no criminal convictions on their records. “Shame on you, God have mercy on you,” Jones declared before offering to pray for Hannity, which he then began to do as the Fox News host ended the segment.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\u003Cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jones to Hannity: Shame on you. Your children will be ashamed of where you stand. I’m going to pray for you. Tell Trump to put down the pardon pen and pick up a mirror if he wants to go after criminals. \u003Ca href=\"https://t.co/ss8im9a5Xq\">pic.twitter.com/ss8im9a5Xq\u003C/a>\u003C/p>— Acyn (@Acyn) \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/2013804489560728032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 21, 2026\u003C/a>\u003C/blockquote>\u003Cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003C/script>\n\u003C/div>\u003C/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-taking-on-the-gop-again\">Taking on the GOP again\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>For Jones, this is, of course, not the first time he has dramatically clashed with conservatives. Jones and fellow Tennessee state Rep. Justin Pearson rose to national \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://blavity.com/justin-jones-and-justin-pearson-reelected\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">prominence\u003C/a> after Republicans expelled them from their seats following a protest by the two men and an older white female colleague who was not expelled on the legislature floor. The incident backfired for Republicans as Jones and Pearson quickly gained national attention and regained their seats in special elections; \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://blavity.com/justin-pearson-launches-primary-challenge-for-congress\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pearson\u003C/a> is currently running for the U.S. House of Representatives. Jones, meanwhile, has yet again gained national attention in this latest public clash, with many people concluding that Jones got the best of Hannity on his show.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“Nonzero chance that Fox stops airing these ‘Hannity Debates a Dem’ segment after this,” media personality Acyn Torabi commented on X, formerly Twitter.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\u003Cp lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nonzero chance that Fox stops airing these “Hannity Debates a Dem” segment after this \u003Ca href=\"https://t.co/uJJydKrfve\">https://t.co/uJJydKrfve\u003C/a>\u003C/p>— Acyn (@Acyn) \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/2013805483191345580?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 21, 2026\u003C/a>\u003C/blockquote>\u003Cscript async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\">\u003C/script>\n\u003C/div>\u003C/figure>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Whether Hannity continues to bring prominent Democrats on his show remains to be seen. For now, at least, Hannity’s latest attempt to push the current right-wing agenda concerning immigration hit a roadblock as Jones pushed back against the conservative narrative, calling out Hannity and the Trump administration in the process.\u003C/p>\n",[327],{"name":28,"slug":29,"id":30},[],{"url":330,"thumbnail":331,"credit":98,"title":332,"alt":10,"type":43},"https://cms.blavity.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,slow-connection-quality=30,onerror=redirect/https://cdn.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/design-2026-01-23T004209.706.jpg.webp","https://cdn.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/design-2026-01-23T004209.706-150x84.jpg.webp","design – 2026-01-23T004209.706","2026-01-22T19:42:53-05:00","2026-01-22T19:43:00-05:00",[],{"disableAd":47,"disableConnatixPlayer":47,"enabledComments":47,"headScript":10},75712,["Reactive",339],{},["Set"],["ShallowReactive",342],{"page-herman-cain-says-trump-doesnt-have-a-racist-bone-in-his-body":50,"L5mKWLzO22":50,"7VUhfdt1ev":50},"/herman-cain-says-trump-doesnt-have-a-racist-bone-in-his-body?category1=politics&category2=news",["Reactive",345],{}]