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Supreme Court Sides With Comcast In Byron Allen Racial Discrimination Lawsuit
Cardi B Calls For Racial
Byron Allen hit a legal barrier in his $20 billion racial discrimination lawsuit against Comcast. The Supreme Court ruled on the side of Comcast, leaving Allen with the burden of proving that the cable giant’s refusal to carry his seven TV networks was racially motivated.
“Few legal principles are better established than the rule requiring a plaintiff to es- tablish causation,” Justice Neil Grouch wrote in the unanimous court decision reached on Monday (March 23). “In the law of torts, this usually means a plaintiff must first plead and then prove that its injury would not have oc- curred ‘but for’ the defendant’s unlawful conduct.”
Allen, who sued under the 1866 Civil Rights Act, called the Supreme Court ruling a “very bad day” for America. “Unfortunately, the Supreme
minishes our civil rights.” Comcast cited “lack of de- mand” in their refusal to carry Allen’s networks, which in- clude JusticeCentral.TV, Pets.TV and Comedy.TV. However, the Entertainment Studios founder and CEO ac- cuses Comcast of turning him down because the media com- pany is black owned. “Seeking billions in damages, the com- pany alleged that Comcast sys- tematically disfavored 100% African American-owned media companies,” the court
ruling notes.
The document goes on to
state ESN never disputed that Comcast “offered legitimate business reasons for refusing to carry its channels.” Allen asserts that Comcast at- tempted to hide their “true dis- criminatory intentions and win favor with the Federal Communications Commis- sion.”
Coronavirus Pandemic
BYRON ALLEN
Court has rendered a ruling that is harmful to the civil rights of millions of Ameri- cans,” the media mogul said in a statement according to Deadline. “This is a very bad day for our country. We will continue our fight by going to Congress and the presidential candidates to revise the statute to overcome this decision by the United States Supreme Court, which significantly di-
NEW YORK, NY – Cardi B continues to use her star power via social media to address her political views in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The “I Like It” songstress posted an Instagram story video on Sunday (March 22), urging her 60.9 million follow- ers to stop hate crimes towards Chinese and Asian-Americans who are scapegoated for the outbreak.
“I want to let you guys know, let’s stop being xenophobic. Let’s stop saying fu**ed up jokes. Let’s stop having crazy anger because I be seeing a lot of Asians get beat up and all that s**t,” Cardi B said.
“At this moment in life, for once, let’s all be one race be- cause at the end of the day, in the eyes of God, we are all one.
CARDI B
The more we’re nicer to each other, the more God will for- give us and the faster we’ll get cured off this s**t.”
Slim Thug Says He's Tested Positive For COVID-19: 'It's Real Out Here'
Lionel Richie Speaks On
Unity In Wake Of
Slim Thug is among the quickly growing roster of peo- ple who has tested positive for COVID-19. On Tuesday (March 24), the Houston rap vet revealed the results in an Instagram video, urging his fans to take the coronavirus pandemic seriously.
“So check this out, no games being played,” he says in the clip. “The other day I got tested for the coronavirus yesterday and it came back positive. As
tine and staying home ... I might went and got something to eat or did some stuff like that, nothing crazy, stayed in my truck, had masks, gloves, everything on and my test came back positive.
“So y’all gotta take this stuff serious. Sit home, self-quaran- tine, do not come outside for however long they saying. If you have symptoms, you need to get checked out or what- ever.”
World” To Support COVID-19 Relief
Possible Remake Of “We Are The
All of us have been doing our best to keep it together during the isolation of social distanc- ing to slow the spread of the Coronavirus. This week, ac- tress and film producer Rita Wilson gave her fans a reason to smile during such uncertain times.
In a video posted to her In- stagram, Wilson – who has been in quarantine with her husband, Tom Hanks, after they announced that they had tested positive for the coron- avirus – rapped along to Naughty By Nature's classic hit "Hip Hop Hooray." "Quar-
Rita Wilson speaks onstage during WCRF's "An Unforgettable Evening" at Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel on February 27, 2020 in Beverly Hills, California.
SLIM THUG
careful as I been self-quaran-
Lionel Richie is proposing a remake of 1985’s global hit “We Are the World.” The melody—that received vocal participation from Michael Jackson, Diana Ross, Tina Turner, Ray Charles, Dionne Warwick and more in support of relief efforts to fight Ethiopia's famine crisis at the time as well as other coun- tries stricken by food short- ages—was a feat Richie hopes to assemble again in the face of the COVID-19 virus.
In a statement provided to PEOPLE, the “All Night Long” singer amplified the sentiment that the world needs to operate on one accord to help battle this pandemic. “What hap- pened in China, in Europe, it came here,” Richie said. “So if we don’t save our brothers there, it’s going to come home. It’s all of us. All of us are in this together.” The famed musician continued to state that while talks about the song’s anniver-
Rita Wilson Rapping Naughty By Nature's ‘Hip Hop Hooray’ Is A Quarantine Gem
LIONEL RICHIE
sary and promoting that was a thought, similar to how it was revamped in 2010 to support earthquake relief efforts in Haiti, Richie noted “we said we didn’t want to do too much [about the song] because this is not the time to sell an an- niversary.”
antine stir crazy. See it to be-
lieve it," the post is captioned.
Wilson, who is known for up with the tongue-twisting films like Jingle All The Way flows of Treach and Vinnie.
and Sleepless In Seattle, does
a commendable job of keeping
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