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The whitewashing of ‘IT’ is proof that it’s past time to start centering Blackness in horror

Blackness is rarely ever centered in mainstream horror tales. I think that it's past time for that change.

by Sherronda J. Brown

The NFL boycott is steeped in misogynoir and I’m not participating

‘That Black Couple’ podcast delivers thoughtful social commentary and ratchet fun

If Colin Kaepernick is for Black lives, he won’t go back to the NFL

Michael Bennett pens letter detailing being profiled by Las Vegas police

Cleveland police refuse to carry flag at Brown’s game in National Anthem counter-protest

Jim Brown thinks Colin Kaepernick should choose between football and activism

Beyoncé pledges to give aid to hometown of Houston following Harvey

Yes, I hated Sansa because of her (white) femininity

Erica DeValve, wife of Cleveland Brown’s player, reminds us not to make him a “white savior”

Petition started to replace Confederate statue with sculpture of Missy Elliot

NFL players continue National Anthem protest as new season begins

‘Reading Rainbow’ owner sues LeVar Burton

‘Detroit’ and 10 other films about race that completely fail by centering the white gaze

‘Get Out’ is 2017’s most profitable movie so far

Another retired Black NFL player is telling Kaepernick to be ‘low-key’ about his activism

Tyler, the Creator checks Comic-Con audience member in defense of Black cartoon characters [VIDEO]

Kidd Creole of pioneering hip-hop group arrested for murdering homeless man

Amazon developing ‘Black America’ series where reparations actually happened

Simone Manuel wins world championship in Hungary

Vic Mensa has some strong feelings on R. Kelly

#NoConfederate trends on Twitter following criticism of HBO’s TV show idea

Comedian Lil Duval called out after making transphobic comments on Breakfast Club

Esperanza Spalding joins Harvard University faculty

Rick Ross won’t sign a female rapper because he thinks he’s “gotta f**k a couple times” first

Michael Vick thinks Colin Kaepernick should cut his hair to be more “presentable”

‘The Girl With All The Gifts’ and Black girls destroying the world to save themselves

R. Kelly denies accusations of leading a “cult”

We are in a queer media movement, but is increased visibility the answer to violence?

On ‘4:44’, maleness, and the performance of the public apology

Sofia Coppola erased Black women from ‘The Beguiled’ because white women always have to be victims

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