ROBERTNEY HARLAN
Bertney Harlan is a second-year student studying advertising and business administration at Howard University. Bertney can be described as a natural-born leader with substantial strength. She describes herself as a creative with an eye for art and storytelling that makes people feel seen and understood. Every day she strives to be better than she was yesterday and hopes to inspire others to do the same. She is not entirely sure what she wants to do in this lifetime, but she knows that her passion lies in empowering others. Bertney is a force to be reckoned with and is ready for anything life throws her way.
ACTORS OF COLOR MAKE TONY AWARDS HISTORY
In stark contrast to #OscarsSoWhite—the hashtag that criticized the Academy Awards’ lack of diversity in nominees—actors of color made history at the 70th Annual Tony Awards last night by taking home all four of the musical acting awards.
BLACK-OWNED TECH START-UP AIMS TO FIX #AirbnbWhileBlack
Discrimination against Black Airbnb users has been brought to light recently with people taking to social media with the hashtag #AirbnbWhileBlack to tell personal stories where they were denied a room with Airbnb, the online platform where people can list and rent places to stay. As the stories generally go: a white host declined a black user’s request but accepts a (real or fake) white user’s request for the same dates.
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