Culture
The #OscarsAreStillSoWhite. By C. Brandon Ogbunu / The Undefeated
Trevor Noah On The Grim Reality Of Having ‘The Talk’ In Black Families. By Josephine Harvey / HuffPost
Did the Music Industry Change? A Race ‘Report Card’ Is on the Way. By Ben Sisario / NYT
Long excluded from country music, Black women are finally breaking through. By Amna Nawaz and Gretchen Frazee / PBS
Roberta Flack’s musical gift to us has spanned more than 5 decades. By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
We’re stuck in a loop of death until we address policing. This Netflix short showcases that. Michele L. Norris / Wash Post
Sounds of Freedom: The Music of Black Liberation. By AAIHS Editors
Rod Wave and Lil Tjay, Two Brands of Sing-Rap With Different Bite. By Jon Caramanica /NYT
‘Them: Covenant’: New Horror Anthology Is Haunted by Another Show. By Alan Sepinwall / RollingStone
The little-known history of the Black ‘Concrete Cowboy.’ By Faith Karimi / CNN
DMX, Known For Gritty Raps And Smashing Billboard Charts, Dies At Age 50. By Jeremy Blum /HuffPost
Why some Asian Americans are embracing their heritage by dropping their anglicized names. By Jessie Yeung / CNN
In Lifetime’s joyful “Mahalia,” Danielle Brooks’ song and fury triumphs over a tepid script. By Melanie McFarland / Salon
SAG Awards: Actors of color sweep film acting nods for the first time. By Wilson Wong / NBC News
Watch “Cynthia Erivo gives stirring performance of ‘Stand Up’” on YouTube
Why Hollywood is finally trying to tell slain Black Panther Fred Hampton’s story. By P.R. Lockhart / NBC News
Concrete Cowboy’ review: Dynamite teamwork of Elba and McLaughlin keeps you riveted. By Peter Travers / GMA
Black-owned distilleries are breaking barriers that once surrounded the Kentucky bourbon industry. By Josh Wood / Wash Post
