Culture
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
Dawn Richard, ‘Second Line’: Album Review. By Jon Dolan / Rolling Stone
The Making of ‘High on the Hog,’ Bringing Black Food History to TV. By Kim Severson / NYT
The Underground Railroad review: A towering miniseries. By Emily VanDerWerf /Vox
‘The Underground Railroad’ stars hope series sparks conversation. By AP and USA Today
What We Want from Richard Wright. By Lauren Michele Jackson / The New Yorker
Netflix’s ‘The Upshaws’ rejects the outdated respectability politics of modern Black sitcoms. By Aramide A. Tinubu / NBC News
