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Black people don’t need to be “twice as good”: Unpacking the communal depression of watching Serena lose

As far as I can tell, no one really knows who first stated that Black people have to work twice as hard... more

Why Black LGBTQ+ people get upset when our most prominent people show up with white partners

Kaepernick isn’t the only reason working with the NFL is making a deal with the devil

We shouldn’t be surprised by Jay-Z’s NFL move. He’s always been a capitalist & this is what capitalism looks like

Anti-Blackness knows no borders: How nation-centric understandings of Blackness fails us

‘Fast Color’ was snubbed by Hollywood’s white male gatekeepers because it doesn’t fit their worldview

Linda Fairstein will always feel justified because there’s no accountability for the violence of white feminism

I want Black time travelers to be a threat to the status quo

‘How We Fight White Supremacy’ honors the many ways Black folks resist

Chris Rock’s ‘Saw’ will continue the relationship between comedy and horror

‘Mixed-ish’ and the anti-Black myth of post-racial insulated societies

‘A Million Little Things’ powerfully reflects the truth of many Black folk’s mental health struggle

Reflecting on GayL Jones’ ‘CoRregidora’ and its excavation of transgenerational traumas on the body

Theon never betrayed the Starks: How ‘Game of Thrones’ minimizes forced captivity & slavery

The underrated brilliance of Cynthia Erivo as Darlene Sweet in ‘Bad Times at the El Royale’

Defending “Nipsey Hussle’s widow” and other hollow gestures for Black women

How Dr. Yaba Blay’s ‘Professional Black Girl’ captures the creativity and artistry of Black Girl Culture

How defiant Black women athletes like Surya Bonaly and Serena Williams inspire me and help lay the groundwork for the future

Jordan Peele’s ‘Us’ contends with unresolved trauma, and a host of other unsettling things

R. Kelly explodes in first public interview after arrest

Nourishing Black children has nothing to do with their parents’ genders and everything to do with letting them be themselves

HBO’s “Leaving Neverland” finally airs to fierce debate about sexual abuse, celebrity & race

Toni Morrison is our greatest living writer

Black integrity matters

We deserve to see more Black vampires on the screen

NYPD commander tells cops to “shoot (50 Cent) on sight,” rapper says he fears for his life

Carceral “love”, consent, and Black womxn’s bodies: From ‘OITNB’ to ‘Siempre Bruja’

R. Kelly may soon be facing a new trial for sexually assaulting another 14-year-old girl

Jussie Smollett attack under new scrutiny after CPD won’t substantiate unnamed sources “staged” claim

Family speaks out after 6 California cops murder 20 year old Willie McCoy in Taco Bell parking lot

The presumption of attractiveness will always perpetuate violence

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