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Jul 25

[Exclusive] Director of “Conversating While Black” Wants To Create More Black Content for Black People

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By Sharee Silerio At the barbershop. In the hair salon. Family gatherings. Game night. Dinner after a movie. What do all of these places and activities have in common? People getting together. Continue Reading When people normally gather, what do they do? Besides eating, they talk. Whether it’s about sports, music, number 45’s latest fiasco or another tragic case of…

May 04

Lupita Nyong’o and Rihanna will Co-star in Twitter-Inspired Film by Ava Duvernay and Issa Rae

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By Sharee Silerio We’re all aware of social media’s power and influence. It’s news. It’s commentary. It’s social change. It’s comedy. It’s movement-building. It’s error-correcting. It can be anything we want it to be. Last month, #BlackTwitter demonstrated its power to make things happen with two tweets. Twitter user @blaquepink shared this bomb photo of Rihanna and Lupita Nyong’o from…

May 04

Shonda Rhimes’ Is Back With New Legal Series ‘For The People’

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By Sharee Silerio So we’ve all heard by now that season seven will be the final season for Shonda Rhimes’ beloved, critically-claimed, black woman-boss political drama Scandal. Continue Reading As much as we want to live through Olivia Pope and her ride or die gladiators, there was a sense that the end of the show would be arriving sooner rather…

May 04

This Alternate Ending for ‘Get Out’ is Exactly What Black People Expected

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Jordan Peele’s debut, record-breaking, critically and culturally acclaimed film Get Out will have its DVD and Blu-Ray release next Tuesday, May 23rd. Peele is the first African-American writer-director to surpass $100 million at the box office, has maintained a 99% or better rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and his first project is the highest-grossing original debut ever. Continue Reading The satirical…

May 04

Two Nigerian Sisters Create Sunscreen Products for Melanin-Rich Skin

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By Sharee Silerio Do you believe that black people don’t need sunscreen? Have you heard that we don’t get skin cancer because of our melanin? I found out the hard way that my cocoa-hued skin needed protection from the sun when I was on a beachfront family vacation in Jamaica for a week, and did not wear sunscreen once. When…