The report discovered that scripted crime television shows, which millions of viewers tune into on a regular basis, depict a false narrative about the unchecked heroism of law enforcement.
Nakate, who is the founder of the climate action groups Youth for Future Africa and the Rise Up Movement, confronted the publication on Twitter, writing, “Why did you remove me from the photo? I was part of the group!"
Actress Jo Martin will be the first black Doctor, and the second woman, in the series’ history.
Get Out succeeds so magnificently because it tackles large and complex theoretical subjects in a creative and imaginative way.
At the crux of the debate over who has the right to say the N-word without consequence is the question of ownership. When Gina Rodriguez, or anybody outside of the black community, stakes a public claim over the word, and the culture it belongs to, they rightfully court pushback from that community.
On October 12, 2019, twenty-eight-year-old Atatiana Jefferson was shot by police officer Aaron Dean in her own home. Jefferson’s murder is yet another case of unwarranted, lethal violence perpetrated by a white police officer against a black civilian.
Black Twitter is generally known as a space for responses to cultural events and light-hearted humor. But it is also a genuinely critical space for black intellectuals and influencers, providing them a unique platform to explore the nuances of black Americans' lived experiences.
In late July, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) issued the first policy statement regarding racism’s negative impact on children’s health. According to their statement, exposure to racism in a variety of settings — including but not limited to the home, school, and even while in the womb — can create stress.
Our culture still does not accept “American” as a full identity, especially to those who look ethnically ambiguous or nonwhite. Your Americanism is less likely to be questioned if you resemble the white English immigrants who settled in New England in the 17th century. But otherwise, immigrants and their children who have lived in this country for years are still viewed as foreign.
Many assumed the famously red-headed Ariel would remain as such in the live action version, and Halle Bailey clearly does not fit that image. Shortly after Bailey was cast, #NotMyAriel started trending on Twitter.
DuVernay’s artful depiction of Linda Fairstein — prosecutor and head of the sex crimes unit of the Manhattan District Attorney’s office at the time of the Central Park Five case — exposes the process through which white women’s pain can be used as a pawn for white patriarchy.
Who gets to tell stories of black trauma and how and when should they tell them?
In 2019, of the 895 spots Stuyvesant High School gave to the incoming eighth-grade class, only seven were extended to black students. The year before, only 10 black students were given spots, and the class of 2021 included only 13.
On February 20, Smollett was charged with his first felony, for filling out a false police report, and on March 8, he was indicted on 16 counts of making false statements to the police.
It’s not uncommon for Kenyan public schools to have a “no-hair” policy, meaning both girls and boys have to shave off their tresses, policies that are the legacy of colonialism and, as such, still perpetuate racism.
South Africa’s entertainment industry has historically told monolithic narratives of black lives. While these narratives do reflect the reality of many black South Africans, they are not the only experiences of black South Africans and, moreover, not the only experiences black South Africans should be told are available to them.
That an American celebrity considered it lucrative to not only market a skin lightening brand abroad, but also travel all the way to Nigeria to promote it, says a lot about the socio-economic influence skin lightening products have in West Africa.
The Black Lives Matter movement in Brazil has largely focused on the basics: human rights and affirmative action. This is because talking explicitly about racism here is like trying to teach math to a three-year-old — pointless.
Priscila Gama, a 34-year-old Brazilian architect and entrepreneur from wanted to do something to help women in the face of pervasive violence. In 2016, she and a team launched the Malalai app, which enables women to let pre-authorized friends follow their routes when moving around the city by any means, whether by foot, car, or public transportation.
Higginbotham has covered topics including death, sex, and divorce. Recently, she told the FBomb about her newest book, Not My Idea, which tackles racism and white privilege, and is available now.
Religion is the thread that runs through the heart of India, but these questions have hardly been explored in public. Indian women’s ideas about religion have particularly been ignored by these institutions. So I decided to ask them about it.
As a black person with light-skin privilege, it took me a while to understand that society treats dark-skinned black people with a similar indifference and insensitivity to that which the ugly duckling experienced.
Brazilian author PJ Pereira tells the Fbomb about how his best-selling trilogy of books about the Orishas, gods that are part of the indigenous Yorubá tradition, are helping the belief system be re-examined in Brazilian culture.
How can we translate Asian women’s leadership in their respective countries to the international stage?
In early May, Kim Kardashian West made headlines for her attempts to ask White House officials to advocate for a presidential pardon for 62-year-old Alice Marie Johnson. While this case is certainly worthy of attention, her advocacy generally overlooks the fundamental problems of racism and prosecutorial discretion within the criminal justice system.