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Raven-Symoné Privileged to Tweet About Her Sexuality
Actress Raven-Symoné’s established career enables her to post on Twitter about her same-sex relationship, but it’s a freedom that eludes most actresses, Allison Samuels argues in a piece at the the Daily Beast. “Interracial relationships and sex-same relationships are still subjects most famous people of color won’t discuss,” says black film historian and NYU film professor…
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'Scandal' and 'Styled': Finally, Balanced Views of Black Women
Horrified by depictions of black women on TV, the Daily Beast‘s Allison Samuels shunned prime time for years. But she says that two new shows are doing a much better job of representing African-American women. Still, it seems it’s never too late for a change, even in prime-time television. In the last few weeks that…
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Where's the Outrage Over the Killing of Trayvon Martin?
In a blog entry for the Daily Beast, Allison Samuels notes that activists like George Clooney are protesting war crimes in Sudan and the abuses captured in the video Kony 2012, but few apart from the Rev. Al Sharpton seem concerned about the apparently unjust slaying of teenager Trayvon Martin. With much fanfare, Oscar-winning actor…
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What Charlize Theron Doesn't Get About Black Hollywood
In her column at the Daily Beast, Allison Samuels examines Charlize Theron’s seemingly harmless comment to Viola Davis to “stop saying that” in response to Davis’ comments about the difficulty of finding roles in Hollywood. By suggesting that it would make a big difference if Davis changed her attitude, Theron highlights an intractable problem that…
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New TV Series Helps Find Missing People of Color
In her column at the Daily Beast, Allison Samuels checks in on the new TV One series Find Our Missing. She says that it will tell the stories of missing minorities, whose tales are often absent from the mainstream media. Thelma Butler remembers well planning a quaint Valentine’s Day dinner with her daughter, Pamela, in…
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Cain Marriage Already Rocked by Infidelity Charges?
In her column at the Daily Beast, Allison Samuels writes that Herman and Gloria Cain’s marriage had its share of problems over the years. She writes that the former GOP presidential front-runner’s attraction to other women was a factor in the trouble. … A close friend of one [of] Cain’s two children explained that Herman…
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Samuel L. Jackson on Portraying MLK on Broadway
Allison Samuels of the Daily Beast speaks to Samuel L. Jackson about his Broadway debut in October as Martin Luther King Jr. in The Mountaintop, a fictional account of the last day of the leader’s life. Samuel l. Jackson doesn’t mince words when sharing his thoughts on the current state of African-American affairs. He isn’t…
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