America has a performative problem. CBS is only one of many. Editor’s note: Since the publication of this story, The Activist TV show has been totally reimagined in light of the criticism lobbed at CBS. That said, the author of this piece points out issues that will continue to loom large in society as content creators …
Author Archives: Brittany King
I Am Not Your #HashTag: Why I Am Critical Of White Allyship
The current state of America is one for the history books. It’s the 4th of July, Mitt Romney has marched with black liberationists, the NFL has apologized for opposing racial protests, and NASCAR has banned the Confederate flag from their franchise. But bigger things have occurred; over 25 million Americans have crowded the streets in protest …
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A Letter To My Niece
Inspired by James Baldwin’s, “A Letter To My Nephew.” Dear Sinclair, About 60 years ago, one of my favorite writers wrote a letter to his nephew, with whom he shares the same name, James Baldwin. This piece was published on the 100th anniversary of Juneteenth. A celebration our ancestors created to commemorate their exit from …
RACISM-19: Our other pandemic
The world is shouting the name of George Floyd, sparking an outbreak of protests across the globe. In America-from Minneapolis, where he died, to southern Georgia, across the east and west coasts, jumping abroad to Berlin, Germany, and London, England. Even though we’re still fighting COVID-19, millions of citizens have braved the streets against our …
The Black Descendants: The Case for Our Freedom of Thought.
We’re twenty weeks into the COVID-19 pandemic and 75 days post-George Floyd. The street-marches for justice have not ceased, but the actions to eradicate racial inequality have popularized through conversations assembled on virtual platforms and social media, making this current discourse a novel marker in American history. And since black Americans finally have the world’s …
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Our Skin Problem: America’s Toxic Bias of Color
We cannot dismantle race, but perhaps there’s another way to escape it. For the last decade, many Americans have steadily fought the structure of race to achieve a united-country and post-racial state — some opting for colorblindness, and others challenging the historical bias attached to skin color. Even right now, as we’re surviving a novel pandemic, the …
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I’m Not Gonna Let You Finish, Kanye.
SOUTH CAROLINA — He jumped on stage with a bullet-proof vest, and “2020” etched in his purple hair. The Chicagoan rapper, and third hopeful for president, Kanye Omari West. Kanye held his #2020Vision rally last night in North Charleston — his first presidential campaign appearance. Like Donald Trump, he rambled about being a billionaire, and how Democrats are corrupt. …