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PageTurners: May I Interest You in Some New Releases?
The more things seem to change, the more they stay the same. Walter Dean Myers first published Monster in 1999; over twenty years later, the profound themes centered around the criminality of Black boyhood and coping with trauma continue to plague young Black men across the country. The story follows Steve Harmon, a 16-year-old boy…
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BAFTAs: No Nominations for You Cynthia Erivo (or Any Non-White Actors), but Can You Sing at Our Ceremony?
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has quite the audacity and the unmitigated gall. Following a PR nightmare with its all-white acting nomination list for the EE British Academy Films Awards (known as the BAFTAs), it looks like the academy’s nerve went even further than you can imagine. According to Variety, the…
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The World's 10 Greatest Enunciating-Ass Negroes, Ranked
10. Pusha T No one has ever made crack speak so crisp. You listen to him say “Arm & Hammer and a Mason jar, that’s my dinner date” and you want to diagram a sentence. 9. Tika Sumpter Perhaps the world’s most underrated enunciator. She’s the Paul Millsap of enunciation. 8. Phylicia Rashad I heard…
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A Child’s Bed Becomes a Killing Scene
NBCU Exec Grieves, Estranged Husband Held Dyson Raises White Privilege After Maher Apology Big Comey Audience Includes Telemundo Twist Marker to Honor Slave Who Killed Overseer Could TV Viewing Be a Factor in Support for Trump? ‘Race Plays a Part in So Many Things. . .’ Excuses for Kaepernick Unemployment Don’t Wash No Such Thing…
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Bill Maher Books Michael Eric Dyson in a Desperate Attempt to Get Re-Invited to the Cookout
After apologizing for casually tossing out the n-word on live TV, low-key racist and prominent liberal douchebag Bill Maher has replaced Sen. Al Franken with scholar Michael Eric Dyson on Friday’s episode of Real Time With Bill Maher. According to Variety, Maher announced earlier that Ice Cube will also appear on the show, but when…
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‘State of Black America’ Town Hall Lays Out a Plan for Surviving the Trump Era
Every year around this time, the National Urban League releases a “State of Black America” report, with its successes and challenges for the future. This year, under the Trump administration, the need for a cohesive plan is more urgent than ever. “I think we are in a state of disarray,” said CNN commentator Angela Rye…
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Watch: Michael Eric Dyson Explains How Having White Skin Is the Biggest Handout in History
Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America is Georgetown University professor Michael Eric Dyson’s 20th book—and it was his most difficult to write. Inspired by a July 2016 New York Times essay responding to the shooting deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, Dyson uses Tears We Cannot Stop as an opportunity to…
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Watch: My Black History: Michael Eric Dyson on How MLK’s Assassination Opened His Eyes
Editor’s note: During Black History Month, the focus is usually on historical figures who loomed larger than life, paving the way for the progress we experience today. But black history isn’t just about telling stories of our past. History is being made every day and has been made throughout our lives; it’s not just in…
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#TakeItDownAmerica: Fight to Remove Mississippi’s Racist Flag Heads to the Nation’s Capital
On Flag Day (June 14), McComb, Miss., native and actress Aunjanue Ellis (Quantico, The Help) is taking the fight against the state’s flag all the way to the nation’s capital. Ellis will be joined by Michael Eric Dyson, musician Genesis Be and attorney Carlos Moore, along with lawmakers, celebrities and civic leaders from across the country. Moore…