52 Search results for "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 […]

I will admit: one of the major draws for me to go and see Star Wars: The Force Awakens was the fact that Lupita Nyong’o would be in the film. In trying to avoid spoilers, I didn’t realize that she would not be appearing as her physical self but as a little red-skinned alien with […]

John Boyega remains unphased by folks who can’t get past racism to join him in a galaxy far, far away.

Academy award-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o has landed a role in the next Star Wars film.  The film’s earlier casting announcement was met with criticism for its lack of female roles. 

By L.N. Lewis I visit a certain website almost monthly, reading names and cross-checking news stories. It is a stark spreadsheet, a database of nightmares reaching back to May 1, 2013, titled killedbypolice.net. For April 2018, it lists 418 names. Among them: Shukri Ali Said, aged 36; Elijah James Smith, 20-years-old; and Brenda Jenette Harrison-Bumbray, […]

“Black Men Arrested At Starbucks Said They Were There For 2 Minutes Before 911 Call” — The Huffington Post The headlines blaze, sear into your consciousness, don’t let up, suffocate. Eventually they begin to blend together, but each individually shapes you into a better activist, or so you once hoped. Hope is why you spread […]

Vice Admiral Michelle Howard made history when she became the first female in the Navy to receive a fourth star ranking of full admiral. Howard currently serves as deputy chief of naval operations for operations, plans and strategy. President Obama nominated Howard for the ranking.

Style, or the way we construct our dress, seems capable to achieve political goals—equal to the power of protests. Speaking from experience, I did not know that my clothes upset the authority figures. Since my professor claimed that I was funny-looking last night, I’ve found a complement in my teacher’s words. Where he was speaking […]

by JeCorey Holder Look. All I’m saying is no one gets to complain about modern reboots of old characters being redesigned as Black, People of Color, LGBTQ+, or (non-sexualized) women when they’re the ones turning literally everything into a “kawaii desu”-ass Big Tittied Anime Waifu. Grown-ass adults often depict these redesigns as being HELLA underage […]

By “DJ Ferguson” All Star Batman and Robin: The Boy Wonder written by Frank Miller is an unholy mixture of camp and 90s grim-and-gritty/edgy for its own sake, but this interaction between Batman and Green Lantern will stick with me for the rest of my life. This story takes place not long after Batman: Year […]

Nearing the end of each year, I like to compile a list of upcoming films that look intriguing to me or that I have been anticipating for months, or even years. This year, I tailored my list to be extensive and hella Black, just for y’all. Each of these feature a predominantly Black cast, Black […]

Nnedi Okorafor’s star is rising rapidly in literature at large. The winner of Nebula and Hugo awards has been tapped by Marvel to write an eight-page series, she has a short story in the Star Wars short story anthology, From a Certain Point of View, and is having her 2010 book Who Fears Death turned […]