The Police Foundation doesnât want the police to call drones âdrones.â Because of the publicâs association with âmilitary-style weapons like the Predator,â the organizationâs 311 page report reads, the term âdroneâ is âa major obstacle to law enforcementâs ability to convince the publicâ that police drone programsâŚ
Even though the story of the X-Men began as a metaphor for the Civil Rights Movement and the importance of diversity, the seriesâ message about what racism looks like has always fallen somewhat short. X-Men: Red is trying to change that.
While details about Jessica Jonesâ upcoming third season are still sparse, the latest bit of casting buzz suggests that the season might try to correct one of the showâs most glaring and problematic issues. Though Jessica Jones has consistently been one of the stronger and more interesting parts of Netflixâs branch ofâŚ
One of the most high-profile neo-Nazi groups in the country, the Traditionalist Worker Party, is completely disintegrating in the wake of a truly humiliating, somewhat incestuous sex scandal involving its founder and Charlottesville rally organizer Matthew Heimbach and his spokesperson and web administrator, DavidâŚ
Facebook subsidiary Instagram and stumbling competitor Snapchat have both disabled GIF-embedding service Giphy after an extremely racist image began spreading on the platform, TechCrunch reported.
Both Get Out and The Shape of Water are great films about outsiders, made by people from non-white backgrounds. But, Get Out is a lot less comforting, which is probably why it didnât win Best Picture last night.
Mindy Kaling is one of us. Though sheâs best known for her comedic work on The Office and The Mindy Project, Kaling is a huge genre fan. When she was growing up, she never felt those genres spoke to her directly. However, working on Ava DuVernayâs new Disney movie, A Wrinkle In Time, she finally got to let her geekâŚ
If youâve been following all the buzz leading up to Black Pantherâs release, then youâve probably seen the viral video of a group of friends hugging and enthusing over the movieâs poster. Their energy served as a stand-in for the excitement of folks all over the world; nowâs your chance to find out who they are.
Director Alex Garlandâs Annihilation recently came under fire for being the latest example of a movie casting white actors as characters who were people of color in the source material. Garland has said that he wasnât aware of the whitewashing issue and in a recent interview, actresses Natalie Portman and JenniferâŚ
If you were to ask basically anyone whoâs excited about Black Panther why they think the film is important, youâd undoubtedly hear many an explanation about how it, unlike virtually every other superhero movie, features a cast and story that young, black kids can see themselves in.
Black Lightning is unique amongst all of the CWâs superhero series is that it began at a point in its titular heroâs life long after heâd become a crime-fighting vigilante. Jefferson Pierce is a grown man who weâve only seen rediscovering his Black Lightning identity after a much-needed hiatus.
With just a few more days until it hits theaters, the hype around Black Panther is reaching a fever pitch as everyone prepares to see Marvelâs first film with a predominantly black cast and a black director. But with all the excitement in the air, there are some folks who donât know that Black Panther wonât be theâŚ
In Dark Horseâs Incognegro: Renaissance, Zane Pinchbackâa young black journalist and New York transplant by way of Tupelo, Mississippiâfinds himself smack dab in the middle of Harlem at the height of its Renaissance during the 1920s. Zane, like Incognegro: Renaissance creator Mat Johnson, is a black man with a lightâŚ
Though BoJack Horseman has built up a loyal fanbase since it debuted on Netflix four years ago, thereâs been a contingent who have criticized the series over the voice casting of one of its main characters. Creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg was recently asked about the issue, and his response was pretty much the bestâŚ
In Ben Passmoreâs comic Your Black Friend, a black man sits in a cafe and watches as one white person diligently ignores the casual, anti-black racism of another. On some level, both of the white folks know that what theyâre doing is wrong, but neither of them is willing to acknowledge it.
Black Lightning isnât the first television show to prominently feature black superheroes and it also isnât the first cape series with a predominately black cast. And yet, Black Lightning is telling a very particular story about black lives thatâs unlike anything else on the CW right now and it feels very much likeâŚ
Altered Carbon takes place in a world where the mind has been digitized, turning bodies into disposable âsleeves.â The main character is a man of Japanese descent whose mind has been forcibly put in the body of a white manâwhich means Joel Kinnaman, the showâs star, is portraying an Asian character. This has raisedâŚ
Oscar-winning screenwriter John Ridley has been writing an excellent politically charged superhero story in The American Way: Those Above and This Below. For his next DC project, heâs going to get inside the heads of John Stewart, Renee Montoya, Katana and others to see what it feels like to be a superhero when youâreâŚ
Though the CWâs Black Lightning isnât slated to premiere until next week, there are certain things about the show and its titular hero you can easily discern without having seen them. Black Lightning is a (retired) black superhero operating outside the law. Of course heâs had run-ins with the police.
Depression is an equal opportunity malady. It affects people from all walks of life, be they rich or poor, young or old, or black or white. But itâs apparent there are some groups who are more vulnerable to depression than others, such as those living in poverty or who regularly face discrimination. A recent study,âŚ
