Culture
On original Black music, successful white cover songs, and a culture of covetousness and cruelty. By Denise Oliver Velez / The Daily Kos
The Harlem Cultural Festival footage is getting wider recognition in the new ‘Summer of Soul’ documentary. By Farrell Evans / The Undefeated
In the Heights exemplified the ugly colorism I’ve experienced in Latinx communities. By Jasmine Haywood / Vox
New movies to stream this week: ‘Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer,’ ‘Luca’ and more. By Michael O’Sullivan / Wash Post
Soul food, summer sun, and family reunion tunes for Father’s Day. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
Lin-Manuel Miranda apologizes for lack of Afro-Latino representation in ‘In the Heights.’ By Doha Madani / NBC News
Hollywood’s treatment of Latinos is an open wound. Healing it requires a reckoning. By Daniel Hernandez / LA Times and Yahoo Sports
Bobby Rush Lived the Blues. Six Decades On, He’s Still Playing Them. By Brett Anderson / NYT
The Unwritten History of Black Performance. By Kelton Ellis / The Nation
The Other Black Girl’ should be at the top of your summer reading list. By Naomi Jackson / Wash Post
How “Kim’s Convenience” went from a beacon of representation to a lesson in racist storytelling. By Kylie Cheung / Salon
Mickey Guyton Takes On the Overwhelming Whiteness of Country Music. By Amanda Petrusich / The New Yorker
LeBron James to debut the Nike LeBron 19 in ‘Space Jam: A New Legacy.’ By Aaron Dodson / The Undefeated
Tom Hanks says movies and TV shows must ‘portray the burden of racism.’ By Rob Picheta / CNN
‘In the Heights’ is more than a movie to its cast. It’s a celebration of Latinas throughout history. By Candice Frederick / Wash Post
The Beautiful, Flawed Fiction of ‘Asian American.’ By Viet Thanh Nguyen / NYT
Exhibit explores ‘the national emergency of Black grief.’ By Julianne McShane / NBC News
Interracial couple representation in pop culture isn’t as progressive as we think. By Rebecca Theodore-Vachon / The Undefeated
‘Black Is Beautiful’ Beer By Black Brewer Helps Pour Money Into Social Justice Reform. By John Burnett / NPR
Howard University Names Its Arts College For Chadwick Boseman. By Anastasia Tsioulcas / NPR
Ladies don’t just sing the blues. They play them, too. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
How purity culture and anti-Asian racism intersect in some white evangelical circles. By Sarah Ngu / NBC News
Blues music was birthed by slavery, racism, and Jim Crow. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
Paul Mooney, Comedy’s Maestro of White America. By Lauren Michele Jackson /The New Yorker
Earth, Wind & Fire’s Philip Bailey on Maurice White’s legacy, dedication to faith: ‘I always go back to God.’ By Stephanie Nolasco / Fox News
The Achievement of Barry Jenkins’s “The Underground Railroad.” By Doreen St. Félix / The New Yorker
White supremacists attacked Johnny Cash for marrying a ‘Negro’ woman. But was his first wife Black? By Sydney Trent / Wash Post
Breaking up with your favorite racist childhood classic books. By Valerie Strauss / Wash Post
‘Respect’: Trailer for Aretha Franklin Biopic. By Daniel Kreps / Rolling Stone
‘What’s Going On’ at 50 – Marvin Gaye’s Motown classic is as relevant today as it was in 1971. By Tyina Steptoe / The Conversation
