Culture Archives - Page 5 of 8 - The Emancipator

Wendy Williams wearing a green top holding a microphone, looks to the left.

‘Where is Wendy Williams?’ reveals the uncomfortable truth about Black women and chronic illness

by Marissa Evans March 9, 2024December 20, 2024

Crownsville Hospital under construction in 1911.

Books

The madness of Cousin Maynard

by Antonia Hylton January 23, 2024December 20, 2024

Books

Tell the truth about MLK

by Hajar Yazdiha January 15, 2024January 18, 2025

Our culture readily consumes stories of larger-than-life Black Muslim figures such as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Malcolm X, Oklahoma Congressperson Mauree Turner, and Busta Rhymes, but portrayals of everyday Black Muslims are typically nonexistent or fall flat.

Searching for Black Muslims

by Aaliyah Bilal September 15, 2023December 20, 2024

Jaime Foxx and Jennifer Aniston.

Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Aniston, and the grace owed across cultures

by Frederick Joseph August 10, 2023December 20, 2024

David Stamps with his father, David Stamps, Sr., and son, Carter Stamps.

Black men, let’s hug it out

by The Emancipator June 15, 2023December 20, 2024

Actor Shameik Moore poses with young movie-goers during the ‘Spiderman Into The Spider-Verse’ Atlanta screening at Regal Atlantic Station on Dec. 6, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia.

How to tell if a film or TV Show is antiracist

by Phillipe Copeland and The Emancipator March 19, 2023December 20, 2024

Cate Blanchett stars as Lydia Tár in director Todd Field's Tár.

We need to talk about Tár’s racist ending

by May-lee Chai and The Emancipator March 11, 2023December 20, 2024

Books

Why cancel culture scares the rich and powerful so much

by Alex LaSalvia February 16, 2023December 20, 2024

Examples of racism denial.

The art of the denial

by Phillipe Copeland January 3, 2023December 20, 2024