“I don’t care if they like me. I didn’t come here to make friends. I don’t even care if they respect me, I know who I am. I got enough respect for myself. But I do not want them to beat me.” Chadwick Boseman as Jackie Robinson, 42 (2013). Thanks to the artificially-glamorized… Continue reading “The Struggles Along The Way….Shape You For Your Purpose”: Chadwick A. Boseman, 1976-2020
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Initiating and Embracing Antiracism: 4 ways
“I’se still climbin’, and life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.” Langston Hughes “I am not tragically colored……I do not weep at the world.” Zora Neale Huston “To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time.” James Baldwin The… Continue reading Initiating and Embracing Antiracism: 4 ways
Soultracks Music Review: Brandy, B7
If you were to ask an industry newbie what they aspired to achieve as an entertainer, the list probably includes a lot of what’s already a reality for Brandy Norwood. Her irresistible and eponymous 1994 debut, Brandy, went multi-platinum and introduced pop and R&B audiences to a Mississippi native with a sweet face and sultry voice in… Continue reading Soultracks Music Review: Brandy, B7
The Sistahs Are NOT Your “Superwomen”
It’s one of the most pivotal scenes in the classic 1985 film, The Color Purple: set in 1930s rural Georgia, Ms. Sofia (Oprah Winfrey) is in town running errands with her family, when she’s approached out of nowhere by Ms. Millie, a white woman who happens to be a mayor’s wife. “Would you like to… Continue reading The Sistahs Are NOT Your “Superwomen”
“…Expanding our real estate as women of color”: Hitting the “High Note” with Tracee Ellis Ross
As she appears on the computer screen for AAFCA’s Virtual roundtable, Tracee Ellis Ross is the picture of casual glam: bare arms, elegant gold jewelry and her signature mane smoothed back to emphasize her expressive eyes and a mega-watt, magenta-from-MAC painted smile. Clearly excited about the video-on-demand release of her first-ever feature film, The High… Continue reading “…Expanding our real estate as women of color”: Hitting the “High Note” with Tracee Ellis Ross