Herman Cain Says Trump Doesn't Have 'A Racist Bone In His Body'

Herman Cain recently scoffed at the allegations accusing President Donald Trump of being racist.

“I don’t think Donald Trump has a racist bone in his body. And you can quote me on that,” Cain said in an interview with Yahoo News. “I have known him for many years. I have talked to people who work directly for him. The man is a businessman. How could he be a racist? His daughter married a person whose religious belief is Jewish. Good! He doesn’t go around making statements that are racist in nature. No, he says things where some people out there — especially people who don’t like him — try to spin it as being racist.”

On several occasions, Trump has referred to himself as "the least racist person." However, his statements on Charlottesville, Virginia, his history of running racially-charged attack ads and his recent "sh*thole countries" controversy have his critics unsure whether Trump is as tolerant as Cain claims.

According to Cain, critics need to put aside Trump’s language and personality. He instead urges them to focus on the results of Trump's policies in order to truly measure the success of his first-year in office.

Cain said he would give year one an "A" because Trump rolled back regulations and signed into law the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which he called “one of the biggest legislative achievements in 30 years.”

When it comes to Trump's campaign rhetoric (including when Trump said the following about Mexican immigrants: "They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people."), Cain said that he never observed anything at Trump’s campaign events that would indicate he harbors any animus toward minorities.

Herman Cain recently scoffed at the allegations accusing President Donald Trump of being racist.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t think Donald Trump has a racist bone in his body. And you can quote me on that,” Cain said in an interview with \u003Ca href=\"https://www.yahoo.com/news/herman-cain-says-trump-doesnt-racist-bone-body-180726069.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Yahoo News\u003C/a>. “I have known him for many years. I have talked to people who work directly for him. The man is a businessman. How could he be a racist? His daughter married a person whose religious belief is Jewish. Good! He doesn’t go around making statements that are racist in nature. No, he says things where some people out there — especially people who don’t like him — try to spin it as being racist.”\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>On several occasions, Trump has referred to himself as "the least racist person." However, his statements on \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/donald-trump-charlottesville-winery-both-sides-blame-violence\">Charlottesville\u003C/a>, Virginia, his history of running \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/ava-duvernay-calls-out-trump-for-his-hypocrisy-role-in-the-central-park-five-conviction\">racially-charged attack ads\u003C/a> and his recent \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/trump-reportedly-fussed-about-shthole-countries-like-haiti-and-other-african-nations-for-flocking-to-the-us\">"sh*thole countries" controversy\u003C/a> have his critics unsure whether Trump is as tolerant as Cain claims.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>According to Cain, critics need to put aside Trump’s language and personality. He instead urges them to focus on the results of Trump's policies in order to truly measure the success of his first-year in office.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>Cain said he would give year one an "A" because Trump rolled back regulations and signed into law the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which he called “one of the biggest legislative achievements in 30 years.”\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>When it comes to Trump's campaign rhetoric (including when Trump said the following about \u003Ca href=\"http://time.com/4473972/donald-trump-mexico-meeting-insult/\">Mexican immigrants\u003C/a>: "They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people."), Cain said that he never observed anything at Trump’s campaign events that would indicate he harbors any animus toward minorities.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp content='“When he was campaigning, I spoke at three of his rallies. There were plenty of black people and Hispanic people there trying to help him get elected. I never saw him try to put anybody down. The people who don’t like him are trying to stick him with a racist label, which is not true,” Cain said. At a campaign rally in Atlanta, he vouched for Trump as a \u003Ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/19/us/politics/behind-herman-cains-humor-a-question-of-seriousness.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">“shucky ducky” kind of candidate.\u003C/a> Trump received \u003Ca href=\"http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/11/09/behind-trumps-victory-divisions-by-race-gender-education/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">8 percent\u003C/a> of votes by black people in 2016.’ data-reactid=”26″ type=”text”>“When he was campaigning, I spoke at three of his rallies. There were plenty of black people and Hispanic people there trying to help him get elected," Cain said. "I never saw him try to put anybody down. The people who don’t like him are trying to stick him with a racist label, which is not true."\u003C/p>\n",[23,27],{"name":24,"slug":25,"id":26},"News","news",83,{"name":28,"slug":29,"id":30},"Politics","politics",120,[32,36],{"id":33,"name":34,"slug":35,"description":10,"image":10},37278,"Donald trump","donald-trump",{"id":37,"name":38,"slug":39,"description":10,"image":10},31431,"Herman Cain","herman-cain",{"url":41,"thumbnail":41,"credit":42,"title":10,"alt":10,"type":43},"https://res.cloudinary.com/blavity/image/upload/v1518555094/hlftrwf7fqctilz89h1b","Photo: Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons","image","2018-02-13T16:18:42-05:00","default",[],false,{"disableAd":47,"disableConnatixPlayer":47,"enabledComments":49,"headScript":50},true,null,"https://storage.googleapis.com/blavitynews/images/fallback.jpg","article","2025-11-14T15:18:13.050Z",{"list":55,"total":176},[56,87,125],{"id":57,"author":58,"authors":65,"title":67,"subTitle":10,"excerpt":10,"slug":68,"body":69,"categories":70,"tags":72,"featuredMedia":77,"publishedAt":83,"updatedAt":84,"type":45,"listicle":85,"disableContentGate":47,"isDisabledListicleNumbers":47,"canonicalUrl":10,"socialThumbnail":10,"additional":86},72879869,{"id":59,"avatar":60,"firstName":10,"lastName":10,"displayName":61,"email":62,"username":61,"normalizedUsername":63,"description":10,"twitter":10,"facebook":10,"instagram":10,"registeredAt":64},95243,"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/16fdff8cddc7bd4702273ce7e1677d1d0021c4b55e83ca690c8b22edc3cbfdf4?s=1024&r=g","Christopher Rhodes","christopheredward.rhodes@gmail.com","christopher-rhodes","2020-09-14T00:00:00+00:00",[66],{"id":59,"avatar":60,"firstName":10,"lastName":10,"displayName":61,"email":62,"username":61,"normalizedUsername":63,"description":10,"twitter":10,"facebook":10,"instagram":10,"registeredAt":64},"Judge Orders Trump Admin To Pay Full SNAP Benefits For November As They Continue To Resist","judge-orders-trump-admin-to-pay-full-snap-benefits-for-november","\n\u003Cp>As the longest \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/heres-what-government-shutdown-means-parties-fail-deal\">government shutdown\u003C/a> in American history continues, tens of millions of people continue to face uncertainty over federal benefits that have been disrupted by the political crisis. In the latest development, a federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration must fulfill obligations to provide food assistance in November.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-federal-judge-issues-new-ruling-to-fully-fund-snap\">Federal judge issues new ruling to fully fund SNAP\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>U.S. District Judge John McConnell ruled Thursday that the federal government must make \u003Ca href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/politics/snap-november-payments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">full payments\u003C/a> in November for the nearly 42 million Americans who receive aid through the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program. 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Now, McConnell is saying that the Trump administration must not only use the contingency funds covered in his previous order but must also draw from a separate set of funds held by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for its Child Nutrition Program in order to fully fund SNAP. In his ruling, McConnell warned that not fully funding SNAP would cause “irreparable harm” to the program’s recipients.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-snap-fight-continues-as-administration-resists-orders-to-fund-program\">SNAP fight continues as administration resists orders to fund program\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The fight over SNAP benefits comes after the Trump administration decided not to use the contingency funds to pay for SNAP while the government shutdown endures. The \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/food-stamps-snap-benefits-stop-november-trump-government-shutdown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">administration\u003C/a> argued that it was not legally allowed to tap into the contingency money in this circumstance, leading a group of Democratic-controlled states to sue to release the funds. Even though several court rulings have ordered the federal government to fund SNAP this month, the Trump administration continues to resist. The administration indicated that the Justice Department would file an \u003Ca href=\"https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5594443-vance-pushes-back-snap/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">appeal\u003C/a> to Thursday’s ruling, and on Friday it filed an \u003Ca href=\"https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-administration-seeks-emergency-stay-145341486.html?.tsrc=1340&ncid=crm_-1285232-20251107-517--A&bt_user_id=fOPheLhJjj4AnvqtrvUQZj8xAzcK309tr4UEk%2FCL%2BrSwL2Yz9hSO0BKhbXoQ9avLM2fLriTte8Gg%2FIfthtqWbyV9t4AfiAussuD0RZJztRVlrCO6Uw2xCPXyCE%2FVgqFb&bt_ts=1762529218901\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">emergency motion\u003C/a> for a stay to be issued against McConnell’s ruling.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Speaking to reporters at the White House, Vice President JD Vance said, “It’s an absurd ruling because you have a federal judge effectively telling us what we have to do in the middle of a Democrat government shutdown.” The vice president also attempted to deflect responsibility for the SNAP funding crisis. “What we’d like to do is for the Democrats to open up the government of course, then we can fund SNAP and we can also do a lot of other good things for the American people,” Vance argued, continuing the administration’s \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/trump-using-government-websites-to-blame-democrats-for-government-shutdown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">strategy\u003C/a> of attempting to blame Democrats for the government shutdown. “But in the midst of a shutdown, we can’t have a federal court telling the president how he has to triage the situation,” the vice president said.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>With the current government shutdown now the longest in United States history, tens of millions of people across the country have been feeling the hardship of having salaries or benefits cut off. With no end yet to the deadlock between the two parties, and the Trump administration resisting efforts to keep important services like SNAP operational during the shutdown, vulnerable populations across the United States are bearing the brunt of this latest political fight.\u003C/p>\n",[71],{"name":28,"slug":29,"id":30},[73],{"id":74,"name":75,"slug":76,"description":10,"image":10},44529,"top stories","top-stories",{"url":78,"thumbnail":79,"credit":80,"title":81,"alt":82,"type":43},"https://cms.blavity.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,slow-connection-quality=30,onerror=redirect/https://cms.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-2244208878.jpg","https://cms.blavity.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,slow-connection-quality=30,onerror=redirect/https://cms.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-2244208878-150x100.jpg","An EBT sign is displayed on the window of a grocery store on October 30, 2025 in the Flatbush neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough in New York City. 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About 42 million Americans are expected to lose access to their benefits.","2025-11-07T12:47:08-05:00","2025-11-07T12:48:00-05:00",[],{"disableAd":47,"disableConnatixPlayer":47,"enabledComments":47,"headScript":10},{"id":88,"author":89,"authors":99,"title":101,"subTitle":10,"excerpt":10,"slug":102,"body":103,"categories":104,"tags":109,"featuredMedia":115,"publishedAt":121,"updatedAt":122,"type":45,"listicle":123,"disableContentGate":47,"isDisabledListicleNumbers":47,"canonicalUrl":10,"socialThumbnail":116,"additional":124},72878990,{"id":90,"avatar":91,"firstName":92,"lastName":93,"displayName":94,"email":95,"username":96,"normalizedUsername":97,"description":10,"twitter":10,"facebook":10,"instagram":10,"registeredAt":98},100232,"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a06a5771f8cfba274d46c86c605dcb0d8d755e98c099a750fb3a94f9ff1d94a1?s=1024&r=g","Tayler","Adigun","Tayler Adigun","Tayler.adigun@blavity.com","TaylerAdigun","tayleradigun","2023-09-14T18:03:00+00:00",[100],{"id":90,"avatar":91,"firstName":92,"lastName":93,"displayName":94,"email":95,"username":96,"normalizedUsername":97,"description":10,"twitter":10,"facebook":10,"instagram":10,"registeredAt":98},"The Duality Of Grace Wales Bonner's Historic Hermés Appointment","grace-wales-bonners-to-design-menswear-hermes","\n\u003Cp>Grace Wales Bonner has been a \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/women/scad-fashion-designers\">designer to watch\u003C/a> since she graduated from Central Saint Martins in 2014. Her cerebral design ethos pulls from academic and cultural references, fusing elements of her British-\u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/women/ayesha-curry-sweet-july-skin\">Jamaican\u003C/a> identity and historical academia. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>At just 35 years old, Bonner has reinvigorated the stylistic propensity of Adidas’ \u003Ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DQZ3QvxEp2n/?hl=en&img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">most classic sneakers\u003C/a> and collaborated with \u003Ca href=\"https://www.clashmusic.com/fashion/solange-knowles-stars-in-wales-bonners-dream-study-campaign-for-aw24/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Solange\u003C/a> on multidisciplinary outputs. And now she will serve as the new creative director of men’s ready-to-wear at \u003Ca href=\"https://www.businessoffashion.com/articles/luxury/hermes-menswear-designer-grace-wales-bonner/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hermés\u003C/a>, making her the first Black woman to be appointed creative director of a major luxury fashion house.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-history-in-the-making-at-hermes\">History in the making at Hermés\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Naturally, this epoch-making moment is being celebrated en masse, as it should. This appointment, beyond its historical implications, is a testament to the genius that is Grace Wales Bonner and that deserves to be acknowledged for the triumph that it is. But there is a certain bittersweetness to this news. For this to be the first time a Black woman has held this title in 2025 is insulting to the contributions Black women have made in the world of fashion.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Whether it be the erasure of Black women like \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/entertainment/anne-lowe-biopic-serena-williams-ruth-e-carter\">famed couturier Ann Lowe\u003C/a>, who was dubbed “Society’s Best Kept Secret” after designing First Lady Jacqueline Bouvier’s wedding dress in 1953, or the various ways Black women have influenced the style zeitgeist and the \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/blavity-original/bhad-bhabie-alabama-barker-cultural-appropriation\">subsequent appropriation\u003C/a>, this exclusion has been a documented part of fashion’s history.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-reckoning-with-fashion-s-present\">Reckoning with fashion’s present\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>According to a study by the British Fashion Council, only 14% of creative directors \u003Ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DQFQbsHDX8P/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">across luxury brands\u003C/a> are women, and only 1% come from minority backgrounds. Conversely, Black women account for over \u003Ca href=\"https://www.fashionminorityalliance.com/where-are-the-black-female-creative-directors-at-global-luxury-brands/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">30% of total sales\u003C/a> within the industry.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>On the one hand, Bonner’s appointment is a fitting homage for someone with her historical aptitude when it comes to designing. From \u003Ca href=\"https://www.vogue.com/article/the-best-of-grace-wales-bonner-in-vogue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">James Baldwin to Haile Selassie\u003C/a>, Bonner’s diasporic references reflect the very history she is now a part of. In that sense, it does feel a bit kismet, if not ironic, that she is the first Black woman to hold such an esteemed position in the fashion world. A student of history becoming a part of it: Serendipitous, in essence, quite somber in practice.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Perhaps this is just a symptom of existing in society at the intersection of racism and misogyny, but a lot of these firsts have a way of making Black women feel like we’re coming in last.\u003C/p>\n",[105],{"name":106,"slug":107,"id":108},"Opinion","opinion",114,[110,114],{"id":111,"name":112,"slug":113,"description":10,"image":10},75810,"Non-Newsletter","non-newsletter",{"id":74,"name":75,"slug":76,"description":10,"image":10},{"url":116,"thumbnail":117,"credit":118,"title":119,"alt":120,"type":43},"https://cms.blavity.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,slow-connection-quality=30,onerror=redirect/https://cms.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-2213627742.jpg","https://cms.blavity.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,slow-connection-quality=30,onerror=redirect/https://cms.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GettyImages-2213627742-150x102.jpg","Photo: Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images","Grace Wales Bonner","Grace Wales Bonner attends the 2025 Met Gala","2025-11-05T04:44:00-05:00","2025-11-05T21:26:00-05:00",[],{"disableAd":47,"disableConnatixPlayer":47,"enabledComments":47,"headScript":10},{"id":126,"author":127,"authors":138,"title":140,"subTitle":10,"excerpt":10,"slug":141,"body":142,"categories":143,"tags":152,"featuredMedia":165,"publishedAt":171,"updatedAt":172,"type":45,"listicle":173,"disableContentGate":47,"isDisabledListicleNumbers":47,"canonicalUrl":10,"socialThumbnail":174,"additional":175},72878579,{"id":128,"avatar":129,"firstName":130,"lastName":131,"displayName":132,"email":133,"username":134,"normalizedUsername":135,"description":10,"twitter":10,"facebook":10,"instagram":136,"registeredAt":137},99834,"https://cms.blavity.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,slow-connection-quality=30,onerror=redirect/https://cms.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/KyraAlessandrini-compress.jpeg","Kyra","Alessandrini","Kyra Alessandrini","Kyra.Alessandrini@blavity.com","KyraAlessandrini","kyraalessandrini","https://www.instagram.com/kyraless/","2023-04-03T03:46:17+00:00",[139],{"id":128,"avatar":129,"firstName":130,"lastName":131,"displayName":132,"email":133,"username":134,"normalizedUsername":135,"description":10,"twitter":10,"facebook":10,"instagram":136,"registeredAt":137},"HBCU Talladega College Sells Some Of Its Historic Black Art Amid Financial Struggles","talladega-college-sells-hale-woodruff-murals","\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/s-epatha-merkerson-talladega-college-hbcu-donation\">Talladega College\u003C/a> is selling four out of six of its murals painted by Hale Woodruff and depicting key scenes of Black history. The HBCU made this decision in order to fund the school, which has been increasingly \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/hbcu-talladega-college-cuts-several-athletic-programs\">financially struggling\u003C/a> in recent years. The paintings were sold with the intent of having them exposed to the public. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-historic-hale-woodruff-paintings-that-are-part-of-talladega-college-s-heritage-nbsp\">Historic Hale Woodruff paintings that are part of Talladega College’s heritage \u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Woodruff was commissioned to paint several paintings by the HBCU, which were completed between 1939 and 1942. Each one depicts different historic events representing the fights for freedom and the advancement of Black people in the United States. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>He first painted “The Mutiny on the Amistad,” which depicts the Amistad saga. Woodruff then completed a second series for Talladega’s 75th anniversary, including a painting depicting the Underground Railroad and two others. The paintings took on an important place as part of the HBCU’s heritage.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“It’s not my place to tell an institution what to do, but that would be like giving up part of their soul,” Michael Lomax, the president and chief executive of the UNCF and a former professor at Morehouse and Spelman, told \u003Ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/arts/design/talladega-college-sells-hale-woodruff-murals-hbcu.html\">The New York Times\u003C/a>.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“I would consider the Talladega murals to be a big part of their birthright. Those paintings will not have the same meaning if they’re put in a high-design building and a place that has nothing to do with the paintings.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Lomax later learned that Talladega issued the sale in order to help support itself financially. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“What is the theme of the Amistad murals?” he then said. “It is freedom. And this is allowing them to have financial freedom.” He added, “It was a hard call, but they made the right call. They saved the institution.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-talladega-college-is-selling-the-murals-to-help-with-its-finances\">Talladega College is selling the murals to help with its finances\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The HBCU has been facing financial struggles in recent years. It currently has an endowment of under $5 million, according to The New York Times.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Despite a $15 million credit union loan, the institution heavily relies on tuition fees to sustain itself. It recorded an enrollment of 745 this year, down from 1,291 in fall 2020.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“We had to look at every asset that we have,” Talladega board chair Rica Lewis-Payton said.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“It required deliberate thought and execution,” she said about the decision to sell four the six murals. “I sit here today feeling good that we are leveraging this most prized possession in a way that will improve the ability of the college to provide a foundational education for people like me.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Although Talladega did not disclose how much the sale is worth, experts estimate it at $20 million. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“We can become a leader in the reimagining of liberal arts education,” Talladega president Willie Todd said. “I want every student to graduate with an internship or apprenticeship opportunity. And I want all of our programs to be connected to industry standards and accredited by national accreditors. That takes money.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-happens-to-hale-woodruff-s-murals-after-talladega-college-sells-them\">What happens to Hale Woodruff’s murals after Talladega College sells them?\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Three of the murals depicting the Amistad saga are being sold to the Art Bridges Foundation and the Terra Foundation for American Art, two nonprofit organizations that lend art to public institutions. The Toledo Museum of Art is acquiring Woodruff’s painting of the Underground Railroad.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“This is an incredible painting that will be deeply meaningful for our audience,” the president of the Toledo Museum of Art Adam Levine, said. “My objective and the objective of the Toledo Museum of Art is to support Talladega College.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Although the agreement hasn’t yet been finalized, the Toledo Museum and the foundations acquiring the paintings said they would highlight the art’s connection to Talladega. 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Since 2016, the former collegiate star has taught current and future basketball players how to elevate their game by mastering muscle memory, footwork, and basketball IQ.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Throughout his career, Matthews has seen how the discipline and precision he teaches on the court translate into success off the court — particularly when it comes to financial literacy.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-cashback-courts\">Cashback courts\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Recently, Matthews teamed up with Chase Freedom for the brand’s Cashback Courts activation at ComplexCon 2025. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>During the high-energy weekend, cardholders and fans participated in hoop challenges, all competing for the title of C.O.A.T. — the Greatest Cashbacker of All Time. 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They don’t know what to do once they get their money, then you look up and they’re broke,” he revealed.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\u003C/blockquote>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>For Matthews, helping others, especially within the Black community, build lasting wealth is a personal endeavor.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“To be a part of something that’s helping people understand how to keep money, how to make money, and how to generate wealth for yourself so you can have generational wealth…that’s very important, especially in the Black community,” Matthews said, emphasizing how financial education is vital for Black people. “I feel like, especially with us, as soon as we get money, we try to help people so fast. Then we look up and we don’t have the money anymore. We need this more in our communities,” Matthews said.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\u003Cimg decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https://cms.blavity.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,slow-connection-quality=30,onerror=redirect/https://cms.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/ComplexCon-2025-x-Chase-Freedom_Lethal-Shooter-and-Speedy-Morman-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-72880401\" srcset=\"https://cms.blavity.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,slow-connection-quality=30,onerror=redirect/https://cms.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/ComplexCon-2025-x-Chase-Freedom_Lethal-Shooter-and-Speedy-Morman-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://cms.blavity.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,slow-connection-quality=30,onerror=redirect/https://cms.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/ComplexCon-2025-x-Chase-Freedom_Lethal-Shooter-and-Speedy-Morman-2-300x200.jpg 300w, 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Brian Jordan Alvarez, has been axed just six weeks after the premiere of its well-received second season. Alvarez and FX have not commented on the cancellation, \u003Ca href=\"https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/english-teacher-canceled-fx-1236569661/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Variety\u003C/a> reported.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>English Teacher\u003C/em> followed Alvarez’s Evan Marquez, a gay English teacher who had to manage his personal life, professional responsibilities and political beliefs while working at a high school in Austin, Texas. By his side were his best friend and fellow teacher, Gwen (Stephanie Koenig), gym teacher Markie (Sean Patton), guidance counselor Rick (Carmen Christopher), and principal Grant Moretti (Enrico Colantoni).\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-english-teacher-premiered-in-september-2024-and-received-critical-acclaim\">‘English Teacher’ premiered in September 2024 and received critical acclaim\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Season 1 of \u003Cem>English Teacher\u003C/em> premiered in September 2024 and went on to receive critical acclaim, earning a 98% rating on \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/english_teacher/s01\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rotten Tomatoes\u003C/a>, Deadline reported. The sitcom’s debut season also earned nominations for Critics’ Choice, Film Independent Spirit Awards and Writers Guild of America Awards.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>“English Teacher\u003C/em> was one of the most critically acclaimed new shows of 2024 and we are grateful to the producers, writers, cast, directors and crew for the show’s creative excellence,” FX Entertainment president Nick Grad said in a February statement, per \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/fx-english-teacher-renewed-season-2-1236129762/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Hollywood Reporter\u003C/a>. “We look forward to the new season.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Despite its success, FX waited for four months after the Season 1 finale to renew the show. The sitcom’s 10-episode second season premiered in September and currently has a 100% rating on \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/english_teacher/s02\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rotten Tomatoes\u003C/a>.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a-former-friend-of-alvarez-accused-the-actor-of-sexual-assault-days-before-the-sitcom-s-debut\">A former friend of Alvarez accused the actor of sexual assault days before the sitcom’s debut\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>FX has not shared a reason for the cancellation, but sexual assault allegations made against Alvarez may be a contributing factor. According to Variety, just days before the show premiered, Jon Ebeling — a former friend of Alvarez and collaborator on the actor’s 2015 webseries \u003Cem>The Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo \u003C/em>— accused the \u003Cem>English Teacher\u003C/em> creator of sexual assault. Ebeling first shared the allegations on Instagram before elaborating on the incident in a December 2024 article in \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.vulture.com/article/brian-jordan-alvarez-allegations-jon-ebeling-english-teacher.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New York Magazine\u003C/a>.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In that essay, he also accused Koenig — who’s Ebeling’s ex and a close friend of Alvarez, of enabling the toxic dynamic between him and the show creator — which Ebeling compared to Netflix’s \u003Cem>Baby Reindeer\u003C/em>, \u003Ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://thetab.com/2025/11/13/despite-critical-acclaim-how-controversy-derailed-english-teacher-and-it-gets-cancelled-forever\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Tab\u003C/a> reported. Alvarez denied the allegations, and a spokesperson for the actor said, “All interactions with Ebeling were always entirely consensual.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>English Teacher\u003C/em> was renewed for a second season two months after Ebeling’s essay was published, and FX released a brief statement addressing the claims.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“We reviewed the allegations presented to us by another media outlet prior to the show’s launch. Mr. Ebeling never reached out to us with any concerns. We will have no further comment at this time,” the network’s statement read.\u003C/p>\n",[230],{"name":231,"slug":232,"id":233},"Entertainment","entertainment",3,[235,239],{"id":236,"name":237,"slug":238,"description":10,"image":10},76732,"Brian Jordan Alvarez","brian-jordan-alvarez",{"id":240,"name":241,"slug":242,"description":10,"image":10},76731,"English Teacher","english-teacher-2",{"url":244,"thumbnail":245,"credit":246,"title":247,"alt":248,"type":43},"https://cms.blavity.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,slow-connection-quality=30,onerror=redirect/https://cms.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/ET_201_01259r-scaled.jpg","https://cms.blavity.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,slow-connection-quality=30,onerror=redirect/https://cms.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/ET_201_01259r-150x100.jpg","Photo: Steve Swisher/FX","ET_201_01259r","Brian Jordan Alvarez as Evan Marquez in 'English Teacher'","2025-11-13T21:31:43-05:00","2025-11-14T08:19:52-05:00",[],{"disableAd":47,"disableConnatixPlayer":47,"enabledComments":47,"headScript":10},{"id":254,"author":255,"authors":265,"title":267,"subTitle":10,"excerpt":10,"slug":268,"body":269,"categories":270,"tags":272,"featuredMedia":292,"publishedAt":297,"updatedAt":298,"type":45,"listicle":299,"disableContentGate":47,"isDisabledListicleNumbers":47,"canonicalUrl":10,"socialThumbnail":10,"additional":300},72881101,{"id":256,"avatar":257,"firstName":258,"lastName":259,"displayName":260,"email":261,"username":262,"normalizedUsername":263,"description":10,"twitter":10,"facebook":10,"instagram":10,"registeredAt":264},99749,"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0e06ac718f7a550db95df4496a68adaf6c8f37c0c2d8df8f0afb068edad8ca39?s=1024&r=g","Monique","Jones","Monique Jones","Monique.Jones@blavity.com","MoniqueJones","moniquejones","2023-01-12T17:11:33+00:00",[266],{"id":256,"avatar":257,"firstName":258,"lastName":259,"displayName":260,"email":261,"username":262,"normalizedUsername":263,"description":10,"twitter":10,"facebook":10,"instagram":10,"registeredAt":264},"'Monarch: Legacy Of Monsters' Season 2 Teaser Gives Fans First Footage As They Head To Kong's Skull Island","monarch-legacy-of-monsters-season-2-teaser","\n\u003Cp>Apple TV is giving Godzilla fans a preview of the \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/search?q=Monarch:+Legacy+of+Monsters\">next season\u003C/a> of \u003Cem>Monarch: Legacy of Monsters\u003C/em>, which returns to the streaming service Feb. 27. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The series stars Kurt Russell, Wyatt Russell, Anna Sawai, Kiersey Clemons, Ren Watabe, Mari Yamamoto, Joe Tippett and Anders Holm in a story about siblings finding out their family’s hidden connections to the shady Monarch organization. Now, knowing their family’s ties to Godzilla, the siblings head to King Kong’s realm. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Apple TV dropped the new teaser on Thursday. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Here’s more about the series:\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>Season one of “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters” tracks two siblings looking to uncover their family’s connection to the secretive organization known as Monarch. Clues lead them into the world of monsters and ultimately down the rabbit hole to Army officer Lee Shaw (played by Kurt Russell and Wyatt Russell), taking place in the 1950s and half a century later where Monarch is threatened by what Shaw knows.\u003C/em>\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>Season two will pick up with the fate of Monarch — and the world — hanging in the balance. The dramatic saga reveals buried secrets that reunite our heroes (and villains) on Kong’s Skull Island, and a new, mysterious village where a mythical Titan rises from the sea. The ripple effects of the past make waves in the present day, blurring the bonds between family, friend and foe — all with the threat of a titan event on the horizon.\u003C/em>\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Safehouse Pictures’ Joby Harold and Tory Tunnell serve as executive producers with Lawrence Trilling, who directs four episodes, writer Andrew Colville, who writes two episodes, and showrunner Chris Black. Jen Roskind and Matt Shakman also executive produce. Toho Co., Ltd.’s Hiro Matsuoka and Takemasa Arita executive produce. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The first season of \u003Cem>Monarch: Legacy of Monsters \u003C/em>is available to stream on Apple TV. \u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Watch the teaser below:\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\u003Cdiv class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n\u003Ciframe title=\"Monarch: Legacy of Monsters — Season 2 Date Announcement | Apple TV\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/2CYelltpxT4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C/iframe>\n\u003C/div>\u003C/figure>\n",[271],{"name":231,"slug":232,"id":233},[273,277,281,285,289],{"id":274,"name":275,"slug":276,"description":10,"image":10},55047,"Blavity Entertainment","blavity-entertainment",{"id":278,"name":279,"slug":280,"description":10,"image":10},40910,"Kiersey Clemons","kiersey-clemons",{"id":282,"name":283,"slug":284,"description":10,"image":10},68637,"Monarch: Legacy of Monsters","monarch-legacy-of-monsters",{"id":286,"name":287,"slug":288,"description":10,"image":10},34278,"Shadow and Act","shadow-and-act",{"id":290,"name":291,"slug":291,"description":10,"image":10},32488,"television",{"url":293,"thumbnail":294,"credit":295,"title":296,"alt":10,"type":43},"https://cms.blavity.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,slow-connection-quality=30,onerror=redirect/https://cms.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Monarch_Legacy_of_Monsters_First_Look_0201-scaled.jpg","https://cms.blavity.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,slow-connection-quality=30,onerror=redirect/https://cms.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Monarch_Legacy_of_Monsters_First_Look_0201-150x63.jpg","Photo: Apple TV","Monarch_Legacy_of_Monsters_First_Look_0201","2025-11-13T21:25:26-05:00","2025-11-13T21:25:34-05:00",[],{"disableAd":47,"disableConnatixPlayer":47,"enabledComments":47,"headScript":10},{"id":302,"author":303,"authors":304,"title":306,"subTitle":10,"excerpt":10,"slug":307,"body":308,"categories":309,"tags":315,"featuredMedia":328,"publishedAt":334,"updatedAt":335,"type":45,"listicle":336,"disableContentGate":47,"isDisabledListicleNumbers":47,"canonicalUrl":10,"socialThumbnail":10,"additional":337},72881092,{"id":256,"avatar":257,"firstName":258,"lastName":259,"displayName":260,"email":261,"username":262,"normalizedUsername":263,"description":10,"twitter":10,"facebook":10,"instagram":10,"registeredAt":264},[305],{"id":256,"avatar":257,"firstName":258,"lastName":259,"displayName":260,"email":261,"username":262,"normalizedUsername":263,"description":10,"twitter":10,"facebook":10,"instagram":10,"registeredAt":264},"'The SpongeBob Movie: Search For SquarePants' New Trailer Showcases New Ice Spice Song In The Film","the-spongebob-movie-search-for-squarepants-trailer-ice-spice-song","\n\u003Cp>The new trailer for the latest \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/entertainment/regina-hall-ice-spice-to-star-spongebob-movie\">\u003Cem>SpongeBob SquarePants\u003C/em> film\u003C/a>, \u003Cem>The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants\u003C/em>, is here and zanier than ever.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/entertainment/the-spongebob-movie-search-for-squarepants-trailer\">The film\u003C/a> stars the voices of Tom Kenny as SpongeBob, who gets wrapped up in a journey with The Flying Dutchman to prove himself. Here’s more about the film from the official synopsis:\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>SpongeBob and his Bikini Bottom friends set sail in their biggest, all-new, can’t miss cinematic event ever…The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants. Desperate to be a big guy, SpongeBob sets out to prove his bravery to Mr. Krabs by following The Flying Dutchman – a mysterious swashbuckling ghost pirate – on a seafaring comedy-adventure that takes him to the deepest depths of the deep sea, where no Sponge has gone before.\u003C/em>\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-new-footage-showcases-ice-spice-s-song-for-the-film\">The new footage showcases Ice Spice’s song for the film\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The trailer also features Ice Spice’s new song for the film, “Big Guy.” The single will be available everywhere Thursday night. Spice made her first major film debut earlier this year with \u003Cem>Highest 2 Lowest. \u003C/em>\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The film also stars the voices of Clancy Brown, Rodger Bumpass, Bill Fagerbakke, Carolyn Lawrence and Mr. Lawrence. George Lopez, Arturo Castro, Sherry Cola, Regina Hall and Mark Hamill also star.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Derek Drymon directs from a script by Pam Brady and Matt Lieberman, with a story by Marc Ceccarelli and Kaz and Pam Brady. Marc Ceccarelli, Vincent Waller, Pete Chiappetta, Anthony Tittanegro and Andrew Lary executive produce, with Lisa Stewart, Pam Brady and Aaron Dem producing. The characters are based on \u003Cem>SpongeBob SquarePants\u003C/em>, created by Stephen Hillenburg.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-when-does-the-film-release-in-theaters\">When does the film release in theaters? \u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>The SpongeBob Movie: Search For SquarePants\u003C/em> comes to theaters Dec. 19.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/XdPt8QWTypI?si=ZRAUiWSSVCbS8QWr\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen>\u003C/iframe>\n",[310,311],{"name":231,"slug":232,"id":233},{"name":312,"slug":313,"id":314},"Film","film",56942,[316,317,319,323,324],{"id":274,"name":275,"slug":276,"description":10,"image":10},{"id":318,"name":312,"slug":313,"description":10,"image":10},36896,{"id":320,"name":321,"slug":322,"description":10,"image":10},53701,"ice spice","ice-spice",{"id":286,"name":287,"slug":288,"description":10,"image":10},{"id":325,"name":326,"slug":327,"description":10,"image":10},75353,"The SpongeBob Movie: Search For SquarePants","the-spongebob-movie-search-for-squarepants",{"url":329,"thumbnail":330,"credit":331,"title":332,"alt":333,"type":43},"https://cms.blavity.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,slow-connection-quality=30,onerror=redirect/https://cms.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/unnamed-45.jpg","https://cms.blavity.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,slow-connection-quality=30,onerror=redirect/https://cms.blavity.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/unnamed-45-150x81.jpg","Photo: Paramount Pictures","unnamed (45)","Ice Spice character new Spongebob Movie","2025-11-13T21:04:51-05:00","2025-11-13T21:05:03-05:00",[],{"disableAd":47,"disableConnatixPlayer":47,"enabledComments":47,"headScript":10},{"id":339,"author":340,"authors":341,"title":343,"subTitle":10,"excerpt":10,"slug":344,"body":345,"categories":346,"tags":349,"featuredMedia":365,"publishedAt":371,"updatedAt":372,"type":45,"listicle":373,"disableContentGate":47,"isDisabledListicleNumbers":47,"canonicalUrl":10,"socialThumbnail":10,"additional":374},72881089,{"id":256,"avatar":257,"firstName":258,"lastName":259,"displayName":260,"email":261,"username":262,"normalizedUsername":263,"description":10,"twitter":10,"facebook":10,"instagram":10,"registeredAt":264},[342],{"id":256,"avatar":257,"firstName":258,"lastName":259,"displayName":260,"email":261,"username":262,"normalizedUsername":263,"description":10,"twitter":10,"facebook":10,"instagram":10,"registeredAt":264},"'Wuthering Heights' New Trailer Gives Footage Of Jacob Elordi And Margot Robbie's Windswept Historical Romance","wuthering-heights-new-trailer-jacob-elordi-margot-robbie","\n\u003Cp>The official trailer for \u003Cem>\u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/entertainment/wuthering-heights-trailer-jacob-elordi-and-margot-robbie\">Wuthering Heights\u003C/a> \u003C/em>gives fans some more conventional looks at the new retelling by \u003Ca href=\"https://blavity.com/entertainment/saltburn-movie-inspiration\">Emerald Fennell\u003C/a>, but will it satisfy purists? That remains to be seen.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>When the teaser trailer came out, some fans were hoping that perhaps the film was about a woman who had read \u003Cem>Wuthering Heights\u003C/em> and was imagining herself in the world of the book. But that hope was because the teaser trailer was so far removed from what they had expected. While this more extended trailer gives more views of the windswept moors of the UK, the film still insists on it being a modern film “inspired by the greatest love story of all time.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The film’s logline also promotes its “bold and original” retelling of the story, describing Cathy (Margot Robbie) and Heathcliff’s (Jacob Elordi) “forbidden passion for one another turns from romantic to intoxicating in an epic tale of lust, love and madness.”\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-who-else-stars-in-wuthering-heights\">Who else stars in ‘Wuthering Heights’?\u003C/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The film also stars Hong Chau, Shazad Latif, Alison Oliver, Martin Clunes and Ewan Mitchell.\u003C/p>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Fennell directs from her screenplay based on the book by Emily Brontë. Fennell also serves as producer with Robbie and Josey McNamara. Sara Desmond and Tom Ackerley serve as executive producers. 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