Culture
Common teams up with Tony Parker, Drew Brees for new boxing documentary – Kelly L. Carter / The Undefeated
Lost-Found ‘Negro’: Never-Before-Seen Chapter From Autobiography of Malcolm X Open to the Public – Angela Helm / The Root
Crazy Brash Asians: Review of ‘The Souls of Yellow Folk’ By Wesley Yang / Commentary
Who Was Don Shirley? ‘Green Book’ Tries to Solve the Mystery – Giovanni Russonello / NYT
The Unreality of Racial Justice Cinema – Reggie Ugwu / NYT
Can these descendants of enslaved Africans save their unique culture – Pete Marovich / Wash Post
The Myth of Whiteness in Classical Sculpture – Margaret Talbot / The New Yorker
The Hate U Give Is a Black Lives Matter Movie Designed for Anyone Willing to Listen – Sam Adams / Slate
‘Coming of Age in Mississippi’ still speaks to nation’s racial discord, 50 years later – Leigh Ann Wheeler / The Conversation
After years of white, male dominance, the Grammys invite 900 new, diverse voters – Jessica M. Goldstein / ThinkProgress
How Black Activists Changed Disney’s Mind About Princess Tiana’s Skin in ‘Wreck It Ralph 2’ – Amy Zimmerman / Daily Beast
Anthony Bourdain’s Message of Tolerance Continues On After His Death – Libby Torres / Daily Beast
REVIEW: 5 times ‘Nappily Ever After’ proved a Black woman’s struggle is real AF – Cortney Wills / The Grio
“I Certainly Didn’t Think of Myself as Asian” – Isaac Chotiner / Slate
A Man Says His DNA Test Proves He’s Black, and He’s Suing – Sarah Zhang / The Atlantic
The Majestic, Rule-Breaking ‘Hale County’ Questions How We Observe Black Bodies – Natalia Winkelman / Daily Beast
Quincy Jones Has Accomplished So Much That Even Netflix’s New Doc About Him Can’t Capture It All – Jack Hamilton / Slate
Just Behind the Beat – A perfectly timed, well-tuned chronicle of the past, present, and future of jazz – Carl Wilson / Slate
What it Was Like Inside a Nike Call Center After the Colin Kaepernick Ad Dropped – Matt Saincome / Rolling Stone
Chronicling the Virtuosity and Struggles of 1970s Soul and Funk Musicians – Maurice Berger / NYT
Why Are Black People Still Punished for Their Hair? Ria Tabacco Mar / NYT
LeBron James’ The Shop Is an Unfiltered Glimpse Into the Black Experience in Present-Day America – Derreck Johnson / Slate
‘America to Me’ shows why all the black kids sit together in the cafeteria – Soraya Nadia McDonald / The Undefeated
Asian-Americans Need More Movies, Even Mediocre Ones – Viet Thanh Nguyen / NYT
Aretha Franklin—Musical Genius, Truth Teller, Freedom Fighter – Farah Jasmine Griffin / The Nation
Aretha Franklin Was the Defining Voice of the 20th Century – Jack Hamilton / Slate
Till Victory Is Won: The Staying Power Of ‘Lift Every Voice And Sing’ – Claudette Lindsay-Habermann / NPR
Crazy Rich Asians: 5 things to know about the effervescent rom-com – Alex Abad-Santos / Vox
What The Source Taught Me – Lawrence Ware / NYT
“BlacKkKlansman” and white women: Spike Lee’s new film indicts their investment in white supremacy – Rachel Leah / Salon
