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Searching for a Contemporary 'Cosby Show'
Having grown with The Cosby Show, Washington Post writer Reniqua Allen argues that these days, there’s more multicultural casting in television and far fewer stories rooted in telling a multicultural story. Instead of a real look at black culture, Hispanic culture or any specific culture, we get “uniculture.” That’s how Felicia Henderson, creator of the…
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With a Black President, Race Talk Is Harder
In a piece for the Washington Post, Reniqua Allen says she thought that having a black president would do more to inspire productive conversations about race in America: Right now the nation has embarked on a massive conversation about race surrounding the tragic death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Florida. On Friday, President Obama weighed…
Black News and Black Views with a Whole Lotta Attitude
