Culture
‘Black Panther’ Is Ready To Take Dark-Skinned Actresses (And Colorism) Seriously – Clarkisha Kent / HuffPost
Chadwick Boseman Reflects On Past Experiences With Racism – Carol Kuruvilla / HuffPost
‘Black Panther’ first reactions: It’s ‘astonishing,’ ‘iconic’ and ‘will save blockbusters’ – Andrea Mandell / USA Today
Hugh Masekela, South African Jazz Giant, Dead at 78 – Jon Bilistein / Rolling Stone
“Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart”: An absorbing portrait of an activist’s soul – Melanie McFarland / Salon
Behind the scenes of ‘Black Lightning’ reveals the intersection of race, social justice and culture – Gianina Thompson / The Undefeated
Lena Waithe’s ‘The Chi’ Is a Sublime Portrait of Black Life in Chicago – Ira Madison III / Daily Beast
Dave Chappelle has a message for ‘poor white’ Trump supporters – Eugene Scott / Wash Post
The Holiday Brilliance of Donny Hathaway’s “This Christmas” – Emily Lordi / The New Yorker
Why 2017 was R&B’s return to glory – Rachel Leah / Salon
The Best Jazz Albums of 2017 plus the best historical releases – Fred Kaplan / Slate
African Ancestry Inc.: Telling black folks where they’re from – Jason Reid / The Undefeated
It’s Time to Take Tiffany Haddish Seriously as an Oscar Contender – Ira Madison III / Daily Beast
As Confederate Statues Fall, What Should Replace Them? – Aviva Kemper / NYT
A Mixed-Race Royal Couple? It Wouldn’t Be the First – Monica Drake / NYT
Spike Lee: Why I Turned ‘She’s Gotta Have It’ Into a TV Series – Tim Grierson / Rolling Stone
Colin Kaepernick and the Legacy of the Negro National Anthem – Brent Staples / NYT
‘Mudbound’ Provides a Timely, Unflinching Portrait of America’s Racist Past – Ira Madison III / Daily Beast
James Baldwin and Richard Avedon’s divided states – Steven W. Thrasher / The Guardian
The Rope: The Forgotten History of Segregated Rock & Roll Concerts – Steve Knopper / Rolling Stone
A New ‘She’s Gotta Have It’: Spike Lee’s Feminist Breakthrough – Salamishah Tillet / NYT
Lupita Nyong’o is right: erasing her afro hair exposes the extent of prejudice – Yasmin Jones-Henry / The Guardian
Remembering Fats Domino, 1928–2017 – David Browne / Rolling Stone
Sade’s Quiet Storm of Cool – Jacob Bernstein / NYT
New short film explores colorism with pain, truth, and love – Kay Wicker / ThinkProgress
Black Superheroes Matter: Why a ‘Black Panther’ Movie Is Revolutionary – Tre Johnson / Rolling Stone
