Opinion

Highlighting Black Women Who Are Shaking Up The TV Industry

Television shows have captivated our attention since the birth of television in the 1930s. Storylines that involve complex characters and dramatic events create timeless memories that span generations. Unfortunately, a vast majority of programming was produced, written, and created by white men. America did not see a woman produce a national TV show until the …

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Diversity Is Divisive?

His criticism of diversity trainings is uniform to his criticism of critical race theory and the Black Lives Matter movement, both of which he also finds divisive and destructive. In his view, several of the most prominent efforts that claim to address and combat social injustice actually only seek to spread divisive, ahistorical, anti-American, and …

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The Struggle to Understand How to Sustain Healthy Black Love

This semester I began my journey towards studying mass communications. As my professor began to discuss the initial presentation of mass media through the radio, I began to think about how mass media presents black people, or rather, black love. I later discussed with a friend about Tyler Perry’s “Madea” films, and the debate around …

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For The Love of Community

I remember typing the words into HU Twitter like a fervent prayer. “Since we are manifesting, I need a queer Black friend group in DC.” For much of my life, I had gone without a sense of community. Yes, I had grown up with a host of Black friends in school or in the Saturday …

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