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  by JeCorey Holder After years and years of whitewashed characters, white actors in various forms of racially insensitive make-up effects, and nonsense like Zoe Saldana as Nina Simone… it finally happened. After what seemed like an eternity after its initial announcement and following what seemed like an unstoppable train of hype leading up to […]

by Antoinette Gregg  This essay contains minor spoilers for Black Lightning. I had no idea what to expect when I sat down to check out Black Lightning last Tuesday night. I’ve been watching other CW shows like Arrow and The Flash, and I wondering what this leading Black man would have in store for us. […]

“She don’t even like us. She only help us because of this.” My coworker pointed at her forearm with an ardent finger, calling attention to the mahogany of her skin. A deep, dark, gorgeous color. The white woman she spoke of was a member of the church that housed the after-school program we worked for. […]

By Myles E. Johnson “What man wants to lay down and watch the world burn in his bedroom?” – Warsan Shire Often I gaze at myself in the mirror to ensure that I am present, that I recognize the face looking back at me, that I haven’t acquired any new scars, and my face hasn’t […]

James Baldwin’s unpublished works and letters have been delivered to an archive in Harlem. This happens after decades of being restricted to only a trusted few.

A still-growing list of performers have backed out of or completely rejected invitations to appear at President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20th. Many of them have cited personal conflict given his proven history of supporting racism, sexism and other forms of oppression. However, Rebecca Ferguson, a British singer and X-Factor alum, has taken a new […]

Nina, the film that stars Zoe Saldana as Nina Simone, had a long, hard journey to making it to the big screen. It initially went from office to office and couldn’t pin a lead actress until Saldana joined on. But when the trailer was released, it was the target of a multitude of negative criticisms […]

The curtain rises on The Life of Pablo like the sun on a Sunday morning as Kelly Price’s vocals serenade and transition us into Kanye’s hook on “Ultra Light Beam.” The background choir plays a heavy role in adding the spiritual touch onto this epic album.

In a recent cover interview with Nylon, 26-year-old actress Zoë Kravitz had a lot to say about her prior issues with understanding the complexities of blackness and with Hollywood’s ongoing “race problem.” The young starlet and daughter of Lenny Kravitz and Lisa Bonet shared how race has factored into her acting career thus far. The interview […]

By Erika Dickerson While we were waist-deep in circular (yet necessary) conversations about Iggy Azalea’s Grammy Award nomination for Best Rap Album, her “blaccent,” and appropriation of Black music and culture at-large, the Grammy Awards were undermining Blk women in another way: the “tribute” performance for Ava DuVernay’s Selma. Let’s quickly recap the shameful dismissal that has […]

It looks like singer-actress Zendaya Coleman will be starring in the role of Aaliyah in VH1’s upcoming biopic. Filming starts in a few weeks, and the movie is set to premiere in September. 

In a recent interview, Saldana asserted that she wishes people would stop asking her about her race, and that “there is no such thing as people of color.”