Culture
R. Kelly and the Complexities of Race in the #MeToo Era. By Jelani Cobb / The New Yorker
Surviving R. Kelly By Willa Paskin / Slate
Black Directors Had A Big Year In 2018 — But Other Inclusion Numbers Stagnated. By Colin Dwyer / NPR
How Chadwick Boseman Embodies Black Male Dignity. By Reggie Ugwu / NYT
The policing of black hair in sports. By Martenzie Johnson / The Undefeated
What was Michelle Obama thinking after Trump’s inauguration? ‘Bye, Felicia.’ By Allyson Chiu / Wash
Steven Spielberg on Storytelling’s Power to Fight Hate. By Adam Popescu / NYT
Roma Is Only the Latest Movie From a Latin American Director About His Family’s Domestic Worker. By Inkoo Kang / Slate
58 Jazz Giants in One Immortal Image. By John Leland / NYT
What Makes Jeremy O. Harris’ ‘Slave Play’ Such a Powerful Play About Racism. By Tim Teeman / The Daily Beast
The Politics of Memory in Barry Jenkins’s “If Beale Street Could Talk.” By Richard Brody / The New Yorker
Writing ‘BlacKkKlansman’ was an exploration of ‘twoness.’ By Kevin Willmott / LA Times
Ryan Speedo Green: From juvenile delinquency to opera stardom. By Scott Pelley / 60 Minutes
People of color will be center stage at Sundance – that’s worth celebrating – Candice Frederick / The Guardian
James Baldwin’s ‘Beale Street’ Is Talking Louder Than Ever – Ben Fountain / The Daily Beast
Rap’s Radical First Act – Walton Muyumba / NYT
How Creed Forever Changed the Rocky Series – Adam Serwer / The Atlantic
‘What to Send Up When It Goes Down’ Reveals the Reality of Racism in America – Tamara Best / The Daily Beast
Why are some Americans changing their names? Kirsten Fermaglich / The Conversation
Aretha Franklin Touches The Infinite In The Long-Delayed Film ‘Amazing Grace’ – Anastasia Tsioulcas / NPR
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
