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I’m finally decolonizing the queerphobia I learned at home
by Indigo I could not have been older than six or so. It was the first time I can remember any indication from my family that queerness was something I would not be afforded the space to explore or embrace. This first memory of anti-queerness was a short conversation between my mother and I. In […]
Marvel taps Nnedi Okorafor to write Wakanda Forever series starring the Dora Milaje
Nnedi Okorafor and Marvel Comics now have an established working relationship, as they were apparently pleased enough with her work on their Black Panther: Long Live the King collaboration to bring her back to pen Wakanda Forever, a three part arc which features the Dora Milaje. Following the audience reception of the all female warriors […]
Arkansas Teacher Calls Michelle Obama ‘America’s First Chimp’
An Arkansas teacher is being investigated after calling First Lady Michelle Obama a chimpanzee over the holidays.
Donald Glover Cast As Lando Calrissian In New ‘Star Wars’
Donald Glover’s long been waving his flag for black nerds. He even took time to break down his personal definition of what it means to be a nerd in his 2012 stand-up special, Weirdo. So it’s no surprise that his latest role is a dream come true for many of his fans. The actor/rapper/singer was cast as none […]
Why We Must Expect More From Hip Hop Artists
PHOTO: Jasiri X speaks during a panel discussion on Ferguson, Mo., and police brutality in the Black community in Washington, D.C. in August. (Freddie Allen/NNPA) httpv://youtu.be/W_K6FsKhyrQ By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) –In the wake of the shooting death of Michael Brown, an unarmed Black teenager in Ferguson, Mo., members of the Black community and […]
While SNAPBACKS Take Over…
If I must have something that I don’t like about having locks, it would be that I can’t rock a snapback. Had there not been so much of a conversion in the herds of Black youth—fitted caps are nearly extinct among the heads of the coolest kids—my lament over snap backs would not even […]
With More Color Comes More Responsibility
For those that don’t know, in one of Marvel’s most famous comics, White Peter Parker has died and now an interracial male will be Spider-Man. Of course, popular talk about the new Spidey, Miles Morales (a combination of traditional Black and Latino names), yields more props to Obama. In order to do right by colored […]
A Tribute to Donna Lykes: My Mother, My Friend (RIP).
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETkP3R8j8hE I cry because teardrops weigh too much to stay dormant for long periods of time, and because pain and heartaches are just God’s way of letting us know that love is the source of life, and even though life is bordered by capacities of time, love is eternal, eternally extended in the realms of […]