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I had been given such a wide breadth of opinions, suggestions, thoughts on Sundance that it felt a bit like I walked into somebody else’s IG story when I set foot in Park City for my first in-person attendance of the largest “independent” film festival in the U.S. I’ve mostly known Sundance as a beacon […]

By Letta Tayler and Elisa Epstein[1] This report was published on January 9, 2022 by Costs of War, a project at the Watson Institute of International and Public Affairs at Brown University “We also have to work, though, sort of the dark side, if you will… if we’re going to be successful. That’s the world […]

As a black American woman and international development professional, my first thought when I am deployed is: “how do they perceive and treat black people there? Will I be safe?” Fortunately, I have yet to experience any overt acts of racism while overseas. However, I only needed to engage with one seasoned white male team […]

Let me begin by stating the obvious: images in U.S. media—not just images of Black people, but all images—are highly influenced by the political conditions of the times. Moreover, Black images have not been and still are not con­trolled by Black producers, and, therefore, these images were created to serve the psychic purposes of those […]

For our “Africa Reacts” series, the CSIS Africa Program has asked prominent African journalists, civil society activists, and thought leaders to analyze the U.S. presidential election process. We believe it is critical to flip the script by featuring African views on U.S. politics—informing a new conversation about the future of U.S.-African relations. This installment is […]

North Preston’s Trevor Silver released Trev Black History Volume Four earlier this month. For Black History Month, he uses his clothing brand to feature Black public figures from Nova Scotia and abroad who have done great things, says Silver. Every year, he collaborates with someone new. “This year’s design, I commissioned local Black artist Letitia […]

The Issue There has been a significant rise in the number of domestic terrorist attacks and plots at demonstrations in the United States, according to new CSIS data. The result is escalating violence in U.S. cities between extremists from opposing sides, a major break from historical trends. In 2021, over half of all domestic terrorist […]

There has been some improvement in closing the gap — in 2000, Black Americans were 26% more likely to die of cancer than White Americans, but by 2020 that disparity had shrunk to 12%, researchers at Duke University found. Photo by Adobe Stock/HealthDay News While cancer death rates have fallen among Americans generally over the […]

The black head nod? As a culture, there are just some things we do that need no explanation. It’s just passed down from generation-to-generation, so there’s a general understanding. One of those universal understandings is the “head nod.” In an article published by Work in Progress, a public sociology blog of the American Sociological Association […]

January 10, 2013 by 826chi in Beyond the Films In Soul Food Junkies, filmmaker Byron Hurt briefly describes what it used to be like for African Americans to travel in the United States. He talks about how blacks would take along boxed lunches in order to avoid being turned away from restaurants or dining cars. And […]


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