The ‘New Black’ Fairytale
When Pharrell dropped the term “New Black” last year, it was as if the ethereal cultural phenomena that ushered in the era of ...
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[SHADE BRIGADE] Jodeci, Let Me Hear You Say ‘We Rehearsed’
Michael Arceneaux, EBONY.com contributor and Master of Shade, calls out five of his biggest gripes from the past week. Rejoice and be read. ...
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Ezell Ford: ANOTHER Victim of State Sanctioned Anti-Black Violence
“The announced function of the police, ‘to protect and serve the people,’ becomes the grotesque caricature of protecting and preserving the interest of ...
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Dear Millennials: Ain’t Nothing Post-Racial About America
I could’ve sworn a few of us Blacks with better senses had kidnapped the term “post-racial” and sent it on a first class ...
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[DISPATCHES FROM POST-RACIAL AMERICA] Un-Gangster Grills
While cultural diversity can be an amazing, transformative and revolutionary blessing, there are also those times when the blurring of (color) lines is ...
DEAR WHITE FOLKS: Yes, Black People Are “Sensitive” About Race
I recently had a Facebook conversation with a White friend in which she suggested that I, as a Black woman, was a little "sensitive" ...
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‘Dear White People’ Movie to Challenge Racism…or Perpetuate Stereotypes?
“Dear White People,” an independent film written, directed and produced by Justin Simien is “a satire about being a Black face in a ...
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[WATCH!]Touré vs Khalil Gibran Muhummad(Part 2)
Harlem’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture recently held its second “Stage for Debate” event. This time, the Center’s director, scholar and author Dr. KhalilGibran Muhammad (The Condemnation ...
