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There’s a Petition Out to Bring a Show About Wakanda to Netflix
By now, I feel like I shouldn’t have to tell you that Black Panther is the greatest thing to ever hit the big screen. Don’t argue. Just accept (and perhaps check some box-office figures and every other piece of writing, as well as social media postings, about it). That being said, some fans are so…
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Ava DuVernay Says Not So Fast on the Gold Star, Hollywood: ‘We Sit on Top of a Broken System’
Ava DuVernay is super clear about how Hollywood is still a white man’s game. Although she is set to release a $100 million-budget film, A Wrinkle in Time, and Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther has been doing gangbusters at the box office, the celebrated director says not to break out the Champagne just yet. “I’m an…
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Some Wakanda Wonderful: Black Panther’s Success Spurs Disney to Fund STEM Centers Across US
The cultural impact of Black Panther may extend even further than fans originally hoped for. On Monday, Disney announced that it would be donating $1 million to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America to build new science, technology, engineering and math centers in director Ryan Coogler’s hometown of Oakland, Calif., as well as locations…
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Cry Me a River of White Tears, White South African Colonizers
Recently, Lauren Southern, Tomi Lahren’s Canadian sister in the white supremacist struggle, highlighted the perilous plight of white South Africans, who—gasp—are being discriminated against … this, in the very country known throughout the world for its racial tolerance! In a seven-minute documentary, this tone-deaf “alt-right” propagandist ruminates on the travails of white South Africans who…
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Black Panther Continues to Slay Box-Office Records, Nears $1,000,000,000 Worldwide
After another record-breaking weekend at the box office, the $1 billion club is in reach for Black Panther. The film raked in $108 million domestically in its second weekend, according to comScore. As far as second weekends go, it’s the second-best performance ever—only Star Wars: The Force Awakens has done better, at $149.2 million. For…
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Kanye West Just Taped an Episode of Celebrity Family Feud That I’m Never Going to Watch Because I’m Lying to You Right Now
I’ve never watched an episode of Keeping Up With the Kardashians, Khloé & Lamar, I Am Cait, Kylie and Kendall Go Black-Boy Fishing or any of the other iterations of the Kardashian shows. In fact, I think they’re untalented hacks who have made a fortune swallowing blackness and puking it back out because vomit spilling out…
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Is Mo’Nique a Donkey? Was Charlamagne Wrong for Calling Her One? Spoiler Alert: The Answer Is No
I am writing a book. When finished, I hope it will be a critical examination of race and culture in the United States. It will be unapologetic and fact-based and will pull no punches discussing the uniquely American brand of racism and how it is inextricably interwoven into the fabric of U.S. politics, economics and…
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#HurtBae’s Ex-Boyfriend Is Still an Asshole
#HurtBae and her boyfriend are back with another video updating the internet on how their lives have been since going viral last February. If you recall (or maybe you don’t), Kourtney Jorge and her ex-dirt-dawg of a boyfriend, Leonard, put their private lives on the Summer Jam screen when Kourtney confronted him about his cheating…
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AMC, Color of Change to Provide Free A Wrinkle in Time Tickets to Underprivileged Kids
Color of Change, a nonprofit civil rights advocacy organization, and AMC Theatres are working together to give underprivileged children a chance to see screenings of A Wrinkle in Time for free. According to Variety, the free tickets are being offered through the “Give a Child the Universe” initiative, which is encouraging both individuals and groups…