Culture
The ‘Avatar’ sequel is getting heat from some Indigenous people. By Harmeet Kaur / CNN
What the Whitney Houston biopic reveals. By Brandon Tensley / CNN
Disney’s Black mermaid is no breakthrough – just look at the literary subgenre of Black mermaid fiction. By Jessica Pressman / The Conversation
The ‘Black Panther’ Sequel That Never Was. By Reggie Ugwu / NYT
What Black Playwrights Taught Me About Shakespeare. By Alicia Andrzejewski / HuffPost
You may be seeing a more ‘woke’ Santa Claus this Christmas. By John Blake / CNN
Meghan Markle thought being biracial could protect her from racism. She was wrong. By Nylah Burton / Andscape
What’s the difference between race and ethnicity? Looking beyond the labels. By Tibi Puiu / ZME Science
The Untethered Tongue: Lifting the Black Feminine Voice in Jazz. By Sandra Booker / AAIHS
Black Music Sunday: For Hanukkah, let’s enjoy some kosher gospel with Joshua Nelson. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
Eddie Murphy to be honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Award at Golden Globes. By Chloe Metas / CNN
Two influential films for Latinos are inducted into the National Film Registry. By Nicole Acevedo / NBC News
“Avatar: The Way of Water,” Reviewed: An Island Fit for the King of the World. By Richard Brody / The New Yorker
Even More of Michelle Obama’s Best Book Tour Looks. By Angela Johnson / The Root
When Children Ask About Race And Sex, We Have No Choice But To Answer. By Danielle Allen / Wash Post
Black Music Sunday: Giving Big Mama Thornton Her Birthday Props. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
Will Smith’s ‘Emancipation’ Exposes the Corruption Wrought by Slavery. By Gordon Berg / History
How African Americans Entered Mainstream Radio. By Bala James Baptiste / AAIHS
Billie Holiday and the Black Arts Movement. By Whit Frazier Peterson /AAIHS
‘Loudmouth’: Rev. Al Sharpton reflects on a career as a ‘blowup man.’ By Michael O’Sullivan / Wash Post
Black Music Sunday: Celebrating Changó and Iansã! By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
‘Emancipation’ Review: Will Smith in a Brutal Journey. By Manohla Dargis / NYT
Rosa Parks: new documentary sheds light on a misunderstood figure. By David Smith / The Guardian
Elvis Mitchell: The success of Black ’70s films was “the dirty little secret of American cinema.” By Melanie McFarland / Salon
Best Jazz Albums of 2022. By Giovanni Russonello / NYT
How Ralph Ellison’s World Became Visible. By Arthur Lubow / NYT
