Writing at Ebony magazine, Tanya Steele wonders if Miriam Carey, the woman who tried to drive through a barrier near the White House last week, would have been fatally shot if she had been white. Steele says the incident sheds light on how African-American women with mental illness are perceived in America.   So, I know how Miriam Carey…

Tanya Steele writes at Shadow and Act that white directors like Quentin Tarantino and Steven Spielberg, the men behind Django Unchained and Lincoln respectively, have been able to create their films without worrying about their works’ representations of African Americans. As a black filmmaker, I find that I wrestle with thoughts of ‘responsibility’; ‘who will…