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Hunger Games Actress Comes Out as Bisexual

VIDEO DISCUSSION: Actress Amandla Stenberg puts forth a thoughtful position in a Teen Vogue Snapchat

Outspoken teen actress Amandla Stenberg, famous for her breakout role in the Hunger Games as Rue came out as bisexual on a Teen Vogue snapchat. The 17-year-old said in a series of snaps:

It's a really, really hard thing to be silenced. And it's deeply bruising to fight against your identity and to mold yourself into shapes that you just shouldn't be in."

Stenberg continued "as someone who identifies as a black, bisexual woman, I've been through it, and its hurts. It's awkward and it's uncomfortable. But then I realized because of Solange [Knowles], and Ava Duverney, and Willow [Smith], and all the black girls watching this right now, that there's absolutely nothing to change."

"We cannot be suppressed," the actress added. "We are meant to express our joy, and our love, and our tears, and be big and bold and definitely not easy to swallow."

Trinidadian Soca Artist Fay Ann Lyons Stands Up for Power Soca

VIDEO DISCUSSION: Power Soca and Trinidadian cultural integrity

Carnival season is quickly coming upon us! Trinidad's carnival is only 2 weeks and 5 days (but who's counting??) And masqueraders everywhere can't wait to jump and wave their way down the road and across the stage...but some are wondering where is the power Soca they're supposed to be wining to? Because this year's power Soca songs haven't been strong. Fay Ann Lyons, famous Trinidadian soca artist and 3-time winner of the carnival road march title (the only woman to have ever done so) called out those people who said that basically power soca was on its way out. Elaborating on her comments in an interview with looptt, Lyons said:

"my next point was that Iwer and Superblue are known for singing power Soca and you telling them that dead and don't bring no power and you telling younger artistes don't do power cause we are not playing it so you already blocking people cause you are telling them there is no market for it. I turned to the crowd and said fight for your artistes, fight for your music and your culture. After I said what I said, I said anybody who disagree that you should not support the art form could kiss my black ass."

FAY ANN is making a great point because, at the end of the day, groovy soca is great it's nice music to groove to: slow wine and chip but if you're about to cross that stage and get wassy (Trini slang for turn up and get wild) you want a power Soca song to get you there! And if you want to promote cultural unity, you need all the types of Soca music--you can't put down one and uplift the other.

Caribbean Cook-up: Jamaican Dancehall Community Upset With Justin Beiber Choreographer

VIDEO DISCUSSION: The Jamaican Dancehall Community is piping mad at Justin Bieber's 23-year-old choreographer, Parris Goebel

The Jamaican Dancehall Community believes that pop star Justin Beiber's choreographer, Parris Goebel, should be the one saying, "I'm Sorry". While clearly being influenced by dancehall and using at least 10 dancehall moves in the Justin Beiber music video according to The Jamaica Star, Goebel should apologize for not acknowledging dancehall's influence in her interview in Rolling Stone magazine.

When asked where she got her inspiration from she said:

"I don't really like to anticipate or prepare things. For me, it's all about being impulsive with exactly how I feel at that moment, with the song or the people around me. I'm always inspired by the moment — the song, the people around me, the imagery in the room — it's all about that moment."

Dancehall fans were not having it and blasted her on Instagram so much so she threatened to block people because of their negativity. And in a Facebook post she tried to defend herself saying in part:

"If you know me personally or have worked with me before you will know that I love dancehall and have such a huge respect and passion for it. A lot of my routines before Sorry have been inspired by dancehall," just know I have the most respect and love for dancehall and I am sad to think people think I am using and stealing which I am not. When I teach my classes or talk to people I always speak my inspiration for this style and culture. If you are still finding it hard to understand I don't know what else to say. Good luck. People are literally attacking and threatening me over this which is not fair at all. I know I have a good heart and good intention..."

Some fans are still not convinced and want a formal apology. What do you guys think?

ON THE CARPET: Cop Who Murdered Tamir Rice Won't Stand Trial

Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy McGinty refuses to bring an indictment against police officer Timothy Loehmann in the shooting death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice

In this video, What's the 411TV's Kizzy Cox is explaining that the police officers involved in the shooting death of Tamir Rice, the 12-year-old boy in Cleveland who was shot while holding a fake gun in a park, will not face any criminal charges.

In a year defined by the declaration "Black Lives Matter" we closed it out with another case that seems to prove that they don't matter. The cops involved in the shooting death of Tamir Rice, the 12-year-old boy in Cleveland who was shot while holding a fake gun in a park, will not face any criminal charges.

Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty said, "given this perfect storm of human error, mistakes and communications by all involved that day, the evidence did not indicate criminal conduct by police." He went on to say. "It is likely that Tamir, whose size made him look much older and who had been warned his pellet gun might get him into trouble that day, either intended to hand it over to the officers or show them it wasn't a real gun. McGinty said. "But there was no way for the officers to know that, because they saw the events rapidly unfolding in front of them from a very different perspective."

Many have taken issue with McGinty's statement because it looks like he's blaming Tamir for his own death since he was bigger than the typical 12-year-old and he'd been warned that his pellet gun might get him into trouble. But there's no mention that police officer Timothy Loehmann, the cop who shot Tamir 2 seconds after arriving on the scene, was forced to resign from another police department this one in Independence, Ohio because he was too unstable to be a cop and had "dismal" firearm performance! Where is the blame there?

As we discussed on the show months ago when this case first came to light, why was Loehmann even hired by another force??

As for the family of Tamir Rice, they are devastated and released this statement:

"Prosecutor McGinty deliberately sabotaged the case, never advocating for my son, and acting instead like the police officers' defense attorney," the statement said. "In a time in which a non-indictment for two police officers who have killed an unarmed black child is business as usual, we mourn for Tamir, and for all of the black people who have been killed by the police without justice. In our view, this process demonstrates that race is still an extremely troubling and serious problem in our country and the criminal-justice system."

So, I am calling on the carpet the Ohio Prosecutor Tim McGinty and the criminal justice system that continues to blame black victims for their deaths.

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