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Like my native tongue, Wakanda bridges the cultural gap between my African ancestry and Black American life

‘Black Panther’ allows Black kids to see themselves as royalty

#WakandatheVote: Black women time voter education and registration project with Black Panther screenings in U.S.

Welcome to Wakanda: ‘Black Panther’ is a love letter between the African Diaspora and the continent

School shooter Nikolas Cruz charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder for FL massacre

When a Black woman tells you her worth, believe her the first time

For Black people who avoid mental health treatment for reasons other than our “culture” or fear of malpractice

A brown girl who #BleedsGreen: Finding joy in the Eagles Super Bowl win

Rethinking and retooling the “wife school” people always expect Black women to attend

‘Black Lightning’ gives hope to nerdy Black kids like me

Four Oscar nominations offer more proof that ‘Get Out’ is game-changing storytelling

A history of white valor: How World War II stories were made to erase violence against Africa

Comic: We know why y’all keep trying to distance yourselves from slavery

Erykah Badu finding “good” in Hitler highlights the limits of Black empathy after slavery

It’s not just straight men: We all have to reckon with internalized femmephobia in the wake of #MeToo

HTGAWM’s sex trafficking storyline is a hidden but pervasive narrative for vulnerable Black girls

The Black barbershop is both toxic and intimate for cishet Black men

The question of Blackness: How conversations about Bruno Mars and Cardi B miss the mark

Reparations will never be given — it’s time we protect the everyday people who take them

The ‘Tales from the Hood’ sequel will be right on time

“I’m is talking right”: How the stigma around Black language holds us back from liberation

Let’s talk about phenotype and global Blackness

Here’s a list of 20 of the dopest Black comics set to takeover 2018. You’re welcome!

Climate changes costs the U.S. big, new report reveals

As a Black woman, I won’t say #Metoo in Rose McGowan’s* movement

Reading ‘Black Museum’ and ‘Get Out’ as comparative Afrofuturist zombie slave narratives

An evening with Angela Davis inspired me to advocate for prison abolition for Black girls

Netflix’s ‘Bright’ is copaganda, plain and simple

Black Mirror’s “Black Museum”: The slave revolt fantasy Hollywood never intended to make?

Church makes me sick: How Black Christians are stalling Black liberation

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