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"Get Out" Takes Cultural Appropriation To The Cultural Harvest Level
It seems like every other day a new initiative or podcast or deep-dive interactive project is launched in an effort to shed some understanding on race in America. Well look no further, because Jordan Peele’s Get Out is a capital “A” accurate understanding of race in America and the not even slightly exaggerated psychosis it…
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Paltrow and the N-Word: Is It Ever OK?
The “N**gas in Paris” Twitter controversy is deeply rooted in a lack of agency and ownership over our own vast influence on mainstream culture, Rebecca Carroll writes in a piece for Ebony. The black digerati had their panties in a tweet on Monday when Gwyneth Paltrow — ever the antithesis of all that is negro…
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Black Women Still Aren't the 'Mad Men'
Daily Beast writer Rebecca Carroll watched Mad Men last Sunday night and noticed a few similarities to her own life. Most significant, she realized that the treatment of black women in the early-1960s AMC drama reflects her experience as an executive today.Flustered at the lobby full of black people, the ad men discuss how best to handle…
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