Don’t get me wrong, it is important that the story of slavery is carried on so that history doesn’t repeat itself, but if we don’t normalize primarily black casts we’ll only be viewed as slave characters.
Advertisements
Sexual Assault Awareness Month
April 2019 marks the official 18th anniversary of Sexual Assault Awareness Month
What Steph Curry and I Have In Common
“OMG, Steph Curry and I have something in common!”
Happy 27th Birthday Young M.A
She started rapping when she was 9
Beyond “Green Book”
I grew up and traveled in the south in the 60s and had never heard of The Negro Motorist Green-book: A Classified Motorist’s & Tourist’s Guide Covering the United States (published annually 1936-1966) until I saw the movie In 2019.
Diverse Authors Who Are Changing The Game
Building a diverse bookshelf may be the only way we can learn about ourselves and the world around us in a non-stereotypical way.
Happy Birthday Nina Simone R.I.P.
She wrote Mississippi Goddam after the deaths of Medgar Evans and the girls in the church in Birmingham and performed it during the march to Selma in 1965.
Taraji P Henson Shines in “What Men Want”
Surrounding the comedy that is “What Men Want,” is a story that we’ve all heard before or are all too familiar with.
10 Things I Learned about “The Upside”
by Kiki 1. It’s based on a true story. 2. It’s a remake, actually the third remake. 3. Bryan Cranston…
