Atlanta
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Atlanta and the Black Millennial Experience—in GIFs
So by now you’ve heard of Donald Glover’s Atlanta and its Southern blackness. The series premiered on FX Tuesday and was Glover’s TV directorial debut. We’re here for it. The 32-year-old cleverly explores issues like parenthood, relationships, police brutality and sexuality in a comedic light. The situations faced by the Atlanta cast are super relatable to…
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With Atlanta and Queen Sugar, TV Gets a Dose of Real Southern Blackness
“I’m criminally Northern,” from black Twitter stalwart and cultural critic Jamilah Lemieux about the epic Tuesday night of black Southern intensity fueled by new TV shows Atlanta and Queen Sugar. Clearly, the Chicago native, who now calls New York City home, was not alone, as similar sentiments also showed up on Twitter. Those from the…
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FX’s Atlanta Is Fucking Awesome. Signed, An ATLien.
I couldn’t wait for FX’s new series, Atlanta, to hit the screen. Ninety percent of my excitement is that it’s named after a city I like to call home. ZONE 4 ADAMSVILLE. WHAT! The other ten percent is because of all the press and promotion done on behalf of the show. If you watch television…
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Dragon Con: Where Black Nerds Come Out to Play
Most people spend their Labor Day weekend cooking, shopping or just getting the heck out of town. Other people spend Labor Day weekend cooking up plans for world domination, shopping for rare-action-figure collectibles and finding ways to fly to another galaxy. At least that’s the main explanation for most black folks who attended Dragon Con…
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Atlanta Episodes 1 + 2 Recap
When I was in the fifth grade I had a huge crush on this guy name Lonnie. Lonnie was one school year older than me and barely knew I was alive but for some reason one day he decided to strike up a conversation. I’ll never forget it. It was 3pm on a Wednesday during…
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Former Atlanta Cop Indicted on Felony Murder in Death of Unarmed Black Man
A Fulton County, Ga., grand jury has indicted a white former Atlanta police officer on felony murder, among other charges, in relation to the death of an unarmed black man who was inside a vehicle, the Associated Press reports. James Burns was also indicted on charges of aggravated assault, making a false statement and two counts…
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Ga. Mom Accused of Pepper-Spraying Students Who Attacked Her Son
An Atlanta parent is accused of pepper-spraying a crowd of high school students after they reportedly jumped her son as she dropped him off at school, WSB-TV reports. Shawanda Favors was apprehended by the Atlanta Public Schools Police Department and charged with inappropriate conduct after authorities say she pepper-sprayed the students during the fight, which broke…
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I Deserve More of Momma Dee’s Music, and I’m Not Kidding
Although the nucleus of Love & Hip Hop is supposed to be the dramas involved with the music industry and those who date within in it, each franchise largely shifts its focus toward the latter. Still, in the midst of all the madness that’s happening, there is music made that eventually floats into space. When…
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Atlanta Store Clerk Charged After Pointing Gun at 11-Year-Old Boy
An Atlanta store clerk is facing charges of aggravated assault after locking an 11-year-old boy inside the store and holding the child at gunpoint, WSB-TV reports. The convenience store clerk, identified as Abhishek Dubey, accused 11-year-old Dylan Curate of stealing when he detained the child and pointed a gun at him in the early-morning hours…
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MLK Would Never Shut Down a Freeway, and 6 Other Myths About the Civil Rights Movement and Black Lives Matter
On Saturday, as protests mounted across the country following the police killings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed explained the large police presence at downtown protests to reporters: “Dr. King would never take a freeway.” Reed’s claim was historically absurd. Martin Luther King Jr. took many a highway—most famously, perhaps, in…