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Marvel’s New Black Panther Is …White, Explained
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Watch: Lena Waithe Was My Favorite Thing About Ready Player One
If you haven’t already, I highly recommend you go see Ready Player One. The Steven Spielberg sci-fi adventure opened in theaters on March 23 and stars Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn and my personal favorite, Lena Waithe. The film is full of ’80s pop-culture references and is a perfect homage to video gamer culture.…
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Rapper Lil B Calls for a ‘Black Panther Moment’ in Video Game Culture
Lil B is a lot of things: rapper, Based God, goth-girl lover and outspoken gaming nerd. In an interview with English electronic-music publication Fact magazine from February (it just landed on my radar! Sorry!), B (real name Brandon McCartney) discusses a lack of diversity in gaming culture, suggesting that video games need their own “Black…
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Comedian Gary Owen Enlists Wife’s Help in Calling Black Comedian the N-Word
Comedian Gary Owen is one white person who is proud of his so-called “invitation” to the cookout given to him by some black people who love his “I’m the down white dude” shtick. On a scale from 1 to Michael Rapaport, I would say Owen is about a 7 when it comes to his blaccent…
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What Better Way to Break Saudi Arabia’s 35-Year Cinema Ban Than With a Black Panther Screening?
Saudi Arabia is looking to end its 35-year cinema ban, and the film chosen to break down that particular wall is, of course, Black Panther. Could there be a better pick? (I am biased, so there’s that.) According to Variety, Disney and its Middle East distribution partner Italia Film will be releasing the critically acclaimed…
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A Sad Day for Hip-Hop: Kris Jenner Is Now ‘Momaging’ Kanye West and Travis Scott
For those who guessed that Kanye West’s parting of the ways with his longtime manager last week was to make room for Mama Kris—you were right. Page Six reports that Kris Jenner, hustling matriarch of the Kardashian clan, has taken on not only rapper-producer West, who is married to her daughter Kim Kardashian, but also…
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Dave Chappelle Is Being Sued by Some Guy Who Threw a Banana Peel at Him
You read that headline correctly. According to the Associated Press, a white man named Christian Englander, who threw a banana peel at Dave Chappelle during a 2015 performance in Santa Fe, N.M., is suing the comedian and another man believed to be his bodyguard. Englander’s lawsuit, filed Friday, claims that the assumed bodyguard struck him…
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Episode 9: ‘We’ve Gotta March Again.’ Sanitation Workers Remember Martin Luther King Jr.’s Last Battle Cry
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. returned to Memphis, Tenn., on April 3, 1968, one day after the funeral of Larry Payne—the 16-year-old boy killed by Memphis Police Officer Leslie Dean Jones. King was exhausted and battling deep depression, the kind that makes it difficult to get out of bed. He was tired of…
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Google Releases Amazing New Doodle in Honor of Maya Angelou’s 90th Birthday
Google is back at it again with the stunning doodles, this time releasing an audiovisual masterpiece to celebrate what would have been Maya Angelou’s 90th birthday. At first glance, the beautifully drawn doodle of the poet, civil rights activist and author appears to be a regular illustration, but once you click on it, a reading…