Pop Culture
The artist who has been awarded the most grammys in history at 28+ awards
Who is Beyonce?
Canadian politician caught doing blackface for a halloween party in 2015
Who is Justin Trudeau?
The war fought from 1861 to 1865 over states' rights to own slaves
What is the American Civil War?
Often believed to be a bullet wound, the thing that actually ended this Black leader's life was suffocation
What is the cause of MLK's death?
Betty Boop was originally Black
Fiction: Betty Boop was based on the jazz singer Esther Jones, but has historically been drawn white
The reality tv star who popularized the term HBIC
Who is Tiffany "New York" Pollard?
An appropriator known for heading a chapter of the NAACP and attempting to coin the phrase "transracial"
Who is Rachel Dolezal?
The home state of Harriet Tubman
What is 'Maryland'?
The only type of ice cream Black people were allowed to purchase until the end of Jim Crow
What is Butter Pecan Ice Cream?
The term "picnic" actually comes from the phrase "pickaninny"
Fact
The highest selling album of all time
What is "Thriller"
Artist known for stealing gospel music from Black people to further his rock career
Who is Elvis Presley?
The day that marks the official end of enslavement in Texas
What is Juneteenth?
Actor who was an active member of the Black Panther Party until he was threatened with a prison sentence and expulsion from his college
Samuel L Jackson
Foods like Gumbo, Dirty Rice, and Jambalaya are the African American versions of Jollof, a popular rice dish in Africa
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The rap group known for popularizing gangsta rap and being placed on the FBI list
Who is NWA?
Known for terrorizing the Black community with poorly done braids, their Black men fetish, saying the n slur on tv
The Kardashian Family
The most popular form of entertainment during the Civil War in which performers wore blackface
What is minstresly?
Who is Jim Jones?
Policing is more dangerous for Black men than it is for Black women
Fiction: Black women are murdered at higher rates than Black men, although marginally so
Singer/Drummer who got her start in the Black Panther Party at 16 years old
Who is Chaka Khan?
When non black people intentionally make themselves racially ambiguous/black passing, often for profit
What is Black fishing?
Freed Black community founded in 1825 in what is now Central Park
What is Seneca Village?
The creator of the character Jim Crow
Who is Daddy Rice?
The Tuskegee Experiment was an experiment in which Black men were intentionally given syphilis
Fiction: The men in the experiment already had syphilis