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This week's Met Gala brought a lot of looks that were inspired by the theme, which was Superfine: Tailoring Black Style. This will be the first Costume Institute exhibit at the Met to focus exclusively on Black designers, and the first in 2 decades focusing on menswear. Among other designers, the exhibit will include both established Black designers as well as emerging Black designers. The Met Gala this year raised $31 million. The most the event has ever raised. GQ named co-chair and 7 time Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton as the best-dressed man at the Met Gala. Some other notable looks were Coco Jones, Teyana Taylor, Zendaya, Colman Domingo, Damson Idris, and Cardi B. Celebrity stylist Law Roach had a few looks on the red carpet. Several Black designers' outfits were also front and center for the night.
The last year or so has seen a wave of popularity in women's basketball. From viewership, to sneaker deals, to better traveling accommodations, and playing in larger arenas. As popularity grows, so do opportunities. This week, Fenty announced a marketing partnership with the New York Liberty. The partnership will include work with the team mascot as well as the Fenty branding on the warmup gear. Fenty, being the company owned by singer Rihanna, has always been inclusive as well as not being afraid to try new things from a marketing perspective. This partnership will definitely lead to more brand recognition for Fenty and may be the beginning of more companies having partnerships such as these with WNBA teams. From the outside, a beauty company doing a collaboration with a WNBA team feels like a no-brainer, and it was inevitable Fenty would step into the mix. Especially since other beauty companies such as Mielle Organics, Glossier, and Nyx Cosmetics are already in the mix.
In history, Black communities in the United States have always been vulnerable to being displaced due to economic factors or inconvenienced due to similar factors. In Miami Gardens, Florida, an inconvenience is taking place, and it is being talked about more. The Miami Grand Prix (happened on May 4), for Formula 1 takes place there, and although it has been a fruitful event for Formula 1's audience, it has been a headache for the residents. Miami Gardens is about 70% Black, and the residents have had issues with the event taking place in their city. To be fair, the issues didn't start with Formula 1. Since Hard Rock Stadium's initial inception in the 80's, Black residents have had an issue with the location. Residents have always had traffic concerns and have sometimes tried to use the courts to slow down development, and have rejected ideas to use tax money to develop. With Formula 1, residents have taken issues with the traffic, noise, and pollution. These concerns were taken to the courts and were disregarded. Interestingly, city councils in wealthier and whiter neighborhoods historically have rejected such events in their neighborhoods for the same reasons that some judges rejected. The same judges that most likely live in those wealthier and whiter neighborhoods. Black neighborhoods slowly being used for such events, then eventually prices rising and landscapes changing, are often the early signs of gentrification that we know too well to ignore. Hopefully, the residents stand firm. This story has happened too many times before, and Miami Gardens looks like it may be the latest chapter in a long book of racial displacement.
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Maryland is looking at advancing a bill to study options for reparations.
The Memphis police officers involved in the killing of Tyre Nichols were acquitted.
Bill Gates will be giving away $200 billion over the next 20 years to use for preventable deaths, mothers and babies, and eradicating deadly infections.
Netflix released their adaptation of Judy Blume’s 1975 novel, Forever, with an all Black cast.
UNESCO's Africa Week 2025, held from May 19–21 in Paris, centers on the theme "Global Solidarity for the Restitution and Restoration of African Heritage through Culture, Education and Sciences."
Coco Gauff debuted her first New Balance and Miu Miu collaboration in Rome.
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