In the heat of the Civil Rights Movement, James Earl Jones didn’t give rousing speeches (as Harry Belafonte did) or hand-deliver cash to student activists (as Sidney Poitier did).
Whether Jane Austen’s books and characters imply criticism of slavery has long been a subject of disagreement among her readers, but new research shows that at least 3 of her 6 brothers were publicly involved in the abolitionist movement.
Historically, cosmetology schools in the U.S. have not been obliged to teach hairdressing students how to style textured hair. "For the most part, the only way students could learn how to work with textured hair was to seek additional training, which requires access to extra funds for tuition and the bandwidth to take on more courses. Over time, this has created a permanent blind spot for most stylists when it comes to properly serving Black clients," writes @Allure's Kayla Greaves. Now, legislation has been passed in New York, Minnesota and Connecticut to make textured hair education part of the general curriculum. Greaves looks into the current state of things, how legislation might be enforced, and what it all means for the future of hairstyling in America.
💛 “Michael Che, the Enlightenment, and Whiteness”
By Rebecca Hyman
To ask “what was here before whiteness” is to open the more dangerous question: what had to be eliminated, for this way of organizing reality to appear natural.
💛 “Michael Che, the Enlightenment, and Whiteness”
By Rebecca Hyman
To ask “what was here before whiteness” is to open the more dangerous question: what had to be eliminated, for this way of organizing reality to appear natural.
“As officers’ pay went up in cities with police unions, more Black Americans died from police actions. This phenomenon didn’t happen for white Americans.”
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In 1998, HarperCollins relaunched the “Harold” books with modified covers, changing the color of his jumper and altering his original tan complexion to light peach.
Their decision likely influenced the creators of the show and the new movie to cast a white actor as Harold. But is Harold actually Black? The book's choices by author Crockett Johnson, and his personal advocacy, make it entirely possible.