Culture
From its birth 50 years ago, hip-hop has spread throughout Europe and challenged outdated ideals of racial and ethnic identity. By Armin Langer / The Conversation
Abbott signs into law CROWN Act banning race-based hair discrimination. By Alejandro Serrano / The Texas Tribune
Black Military Movies You Should Watch This Memorial Day. By Noah A. McGee / The Root
Tina Turner, Magnetic Singer of Explosive Power, Is Dead at 83. By William Grimes / NYT
Why We Can Imagine Singing Fish, But Not Black Mermaids. By Arianna Coghill and Sam Van Pykeren / Mother Jones
Spike Lee on “Malcolm X” & How Hollywood Almost Prevented Landmark Film from Being Made. By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
The Cultural Legacy Behind ‘Blaxit’ — And How It Informed Our Choice to Leave The U.S. By Imani Bashir / HuffPost
The First 10 Words of the African American English Dictionary Are In. By Sandra E. Garcia / NYT
A Florida School Has Banned the Poem Read at Biden’s Inauguration. By Tori Otten / The New Republic
Does ‘The Little Mermaid’ Pass the Black Princess Test? By Sam Sanders / Vulture
Beyoncé And Jay-Z Purchase Los Angeles Mansion For $200 Million—The Most Expensive Home In California’s History. By Emma Reynolds / Forbes
Spike Lee’s fellowship gives HBCU students a role in Hollywood. By Tariro Mzezewa / Wash Post
Martin Scorsese’s ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ stirs emotion at Cannes. By Jada Yuan / Wash Post
The multiracial aristocracy depicted in ‘Queen Charlotte’ is a dangerous distortion. By Shayn Armstead / CNN
Viola Davis Says Hollywood Is ‘Vast Desert’ For Black Women Over 50. By Margo Margaritoff / HuffPost
Hip-hop turns 50: Here’s a part of its history that doesn’t always make headlines. By Art Daniel / NPR
Asian Americans are over just being included — they’re defining mainstream culture. By Brahmjot Kaur and Angela Yang / NBC
Review: Beyoncé Renaissance World Tour Begins in Stockholm. By Hunter Harris / Vulture
Amazing base: A singer wed in a D.C. ballpark, and 19,000 paid to attend. By Terence McArdle / Wash Post
Whose Queen? Netflix and Egypt Spar Over an African Cleopatra. By Vivian Yee / NYT
I was young, Black, gay … and angry. By Darren Walker / Andscape
Opera Ebony turns 50 this year, but its future is uncertain. By Brandon Gates / NPR
Black Music Sunday: ‘Spring has sprung, the grass has riz,’ and jazz is ‘where the flowers is.’ By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
Kylie Jenner invites Kardashians to talk beauty standards. That’s big. By Hannah Yasharoff / USA Today
Roy Wood Jr’s Surprisingly Personal and Scathing White House Correspondents’ Dinner Roast. By Jennifer M. Wood / The Daily Beast
‘Dear Mama’ is Tupac and Afeni Shakur’s beautiful, tragic opus. By Justin Tinsley / Andscape
