Wednesday, February 12, 2020

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Rappers are ‘Products Made to Crumble’: A Review of Rap on Trial: Race, Lyrics and Guilt in America

by Tyler Bunzey |@t_bunzey | NewBlackMan (in Exile) Hip-hop has changed quite a bit since its early years as a small cultural movement in the South Bronx. Almost half a century old, hip-hop is now a massive international cultural force with multiple subgenres , a force that informs the layout of the recording industry, fashion, marketing, the American vernacular, and, hell, even U.S. diplomatic

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Actor-Comedian Tommy Davidson Dives Into His New Memoir, 'Living In Color: What's Funny About Me'

'In his new memoir, Tommy Davidson shares his unique perspective on making it in Hollywood, being an integral part of TV history with the pioneering sketch show, In Living Color , and on living a life that has never been black and white. Told with humor and hard-won honesty by a singular voice whose family and friendships help him navigate a life of personal and professional highs and lows, Livin
Class Incarceration: A New Understanding of Prison and the American Population

'Sociologist Adaner Usmani advances a new explanation for mass incarceration in America - not as an elite-driven tool of racialized social control, but as a wide-scale punitive response to the growing crime and violence of an unequal society with no social democratic push for redistributive policies. Usmani wrote the article "The Economic Origins of Mass Incarceration" with John Clegg for Catalys
Jessie Reyez On The Power Of Sad Songs

'The 28-year-old Colombian-Canadian singer Jessie Reyez makes emotional music that has connected deeply with fans. She recently received her first Grammy nomination for best urban contemporary album for her EP, Being Human in Public .' -- Weekend Edition Saturday
How Black Women Were 'Skimmed' By Infant Formula Marketing

'Here & Now 's Tonya Mosley speaks with Andrea Freeman — whose book Skimmed: Breastfeeding, Race, and Injustice looks at how formula was marketed to black women in the late 20th century.'
Writer Danez Smith Discuses New Collection 'Homie'

Photo by Hieu Minh Nguyen. Danez Smith joins All Of It to discuss their work and latest book, Homie: Poems .
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