JUST ADD COLOR-AFFIRMING OURSELVES THROUGH ENTERTAINMENT Unlearn racial bias through movies and TV with JUST ADD COLOR, which gives in-depth articles on the intersections of race, identity and

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AN INTRIGUING $2 BILLION PROPOSAL FOR REPARATIONS IN A 1916 newspaper ad for the film’s screening in El Paso, Texas (Public Domain). If you are aware of your movie history, you’ll know that Hollywood as we know it today began with D.W. Griffith’s 1915 action-adventure epic, The Birth of a Nation.His film, telling the history of the south before and after the Civil War, is still taught in film schools today because of his narrative techniques. JULIAN REVIEWS: 'MORTAL KOMBAT' IS FUN, BUT NOT FOR This movie is solely dedicated to Mortal Kombat fans while enticing new fans to the series. It’s a good attempt but it takes itself too seriously. It goes the 2015 Fantastic Four route of taking a franchise that is silly and fun and making it gritty and serious. In terms of tone, the new Mortal Kombat film makes the 1995 version better.. Much like how the original movie ended, the new Mortal MO' REVIEWS: QUEEN LATIFAH IS A NICE WOMAN, BUT IS SHE With that said, I still feel like something is missing from the series. We’ve seen Latifah be scary and intimidating on screen. Her role as Cleo in the heist classic Set It Off is one of her greatest moments in film, hands down. She was believable as a woman pushed to the edge enough to rob a bank with her friends and try to get over on a society that profits from keeping Black people at the ABOUT HONGJOONG'S CORNROWS: ATEEZ'S APPROPRIATION SCANDAL Teaser for ATEEZ’s upcoming album, ZERO: FEVER Part. 1 featuring Hongjoong wearing blue cornrows. (Photo credit: KQ Entertainment) Fans came after the group for a problem that continues to plague the K-pop industry: cultural appropriation. WHITE AMERICA WRESTLES WITH 'THE BIG LIE' OF WHITE White America begins to contend with the riot and the upcoming Senate impeachment trial for former president Trump. (Photo credit: John Cameron on Unsplash) From what I gathered, the white people commenting resonated with the Twitter user’s observation wholeheartedly. 10 OF THE MCU'S MOST CRINGEWORTHY MOMENTS Spoilers for Avengers: Endgame below. Avengers: Endgame has a lot of us out there looking back at the first 10 years of the MCU.While the franchise has a lot to be proud of, it also has a lot to analyze as it goes into the next years-long saga.Frankly, the MCU has had some gross moments. Here’s my list of 10 of the cringiest moments that have been stuck in my head for far too long. WHY YOU'RE SEEING WOMEN OF COLOR/WHITE MEN PAIRINGS ON TV Clearly, some swirling has been involved. National Geographic went more in depth with their reporting just than using this beautiful photography by Martin Schoeller. They went to the U.S. Census records. The U.S. Census Bureau has collected data on multiracial people only since 2000, when it first allowed respondents to check off more than one race, and 6.8 million people chose to do so. QUEER CODED: SCAR ("THE LION KING") There’s a ton on this scene that exemplifies how Scar is a queer coded character. First, there’s just the physical presence of both Scar and Mufasa. Mufasa was designed to be king-like and “manly,” with a broad nose and build, a thick flowing mane, seemingly thicker fur (which might just be a mental effect from everything else on

Mufasa

QUEER CODED: URSULA ("THE LITTLE MERMAID") I bet you’re wondering why I have Ursula down as a queer-coded character. Well, I’m not going to write anything like her villainy is coded in queerness (welltechnically, it could still be, if you want to get really deep with it). JUST ADD COLOR-AFFIRMING OURSELVES THROUGH ENTERTAINMENT Unlearn racial bias through movies and TV with JUST ADD COLOR, which gives in-depth articles on the intersections of race, identity and

society.

AN INTRIGUING $2 BILLION PROPOSAL FOR REPARATIONS IN A 1916 newspaper ad for the film’s screening in El Paso, Texas (Public Domain). If you are aware of your movie history, you’ll know that Hollywood as we know it today began with D.W. Griffith’s 1915 action-adventure epic, The Birth of a Nation.His film, telling the history of the south before and after the Civil War, is still taught in film schools today because of his narrative techniques. JULIAN REVIEWS: 'MORTAL KOMBAT' IS FUN, BUT NOT FOR This movie is solely dedicated to Mortal Kombat fans while enticing new fans to the series. It’s a good attempt but it takes itself too seriously. It goes the 2015 Fantastic Four route of taking a franchise that is silly and fun and making it gritty and serious. In terms of tone, the new Mortal Kombat film makes the 1995 version better.. Much like how the original movie ended, the new Mortal MO' REVIEWS: QUEEN LATIFAH IS A NICE WOMAN, BUT IS SHE With that said, I still feel like something is missing from the series. We’ve seen Latifah be scary and intimidating on screen. Her role as Cleo in the heist classic Set It Off is one of her greatest moments in film, hands down. She was believable as a woman pushed to the edge enough to rob a bank with her friends and try to get over on a society that profits from keeping Black people at the ABOUT HONGJOONG'S CORNROWS: ATEEZ'S APPROPRIATION SCANDAL Teaser for ATEEZ’s upcoming album, ZERO: FEVER Part. 1 featuring Hongjoong wearing blue cornrows. (Photo credit: KQ Entertainment) Fans came after the group for a problem that continues to plague the K-pop industry: cultural appropriation. WHITE AMERICA WRESTLES WITH 'THE BIG LIE' OF WHITE White America begins to contend with the riot and the upcoming Senate impeachment trial for former president Trump. (Photo credit: John Cameron on Unsplash) From what I gathered, the white people commenting resonated with the Twitter user’s observation wholeheartedly. 10 OF THE MCU'S MOST CRINGEWORTHY MOMENTS Spoilers for Avengers: Endgame below. Avengers: Endgame has a lot of us out there looking back at the first 10 years of the MCU.While the franchise has a lot to be proud of, it also has a lot to analyze as it goes into the next years-long saga.Frankly, the MCU has had some gross moments. Here’s my list of 10 of the cringiest moments that have been stuck in my head for far too long. WHY YOU'RE SEEING WOMEN OF COLOR/WHITE MEN PAIRINGS ON TV Clearly, some swirling has been involved. National Geographic went more in depth with their reporting just than using this beautiful photography by Martin Schoeller. They went to the U.S. Census records. The U.S. Census Bureau has collected data on multiracial people only since 2000, when it first allowed respondents to check off more than one race, and 6.8 million people chose to do so. QUEER CODED: SCAR ("THE LION KING") There’s a ton on this scene that exemplifies how Scar is a queer coded character. First, there’s just the physical presence of both Scar and Mufasa. Mufasa was designed to be king-like and “manly,” with a broad nose and build, a thick flowing mane, seemingly thicker fur (which might just be a mental effect from everything else on

Mufasa

QUEER CODED: URSULA ("THE LITTLE MERMAID") I bet you’re wondering why I have Ursula down as a queer-coded character. Well, I’m not going to write anything like her villainy is coded in queerness (welltechnically, it could still be, if you want to get really deep with it). JUST ADD COLOR-AFFIRMING OURSELVES THROUGH ENTERTAINMENT Unlearn racial bias through movies and TV with JUST ADD COLOR, which gives in-depth articles on the intersections of race, identity and

society.

AN INTRIGUING $2 BILLION PROPOSAL FOR REPARATIONS IN A 1916 newspaper ad for the film’s screening in El Paso, Texas (Public Domain). If you are aware of your movie history, you’ll know that Hollywood as we know it today began with D.W. Griffith’s 1915 action-adventure epic, The Birth of a Nation.His film, telling the history of the south before and after the Civil War, is still taught in film schools today because of his narrative techniques. MO' REVIEWS: 'LOKI' IS THE WEIRDEST, MOST PHILOSOPHICAL Tom Hiddleston as Loki and Wunmi Mosaku as B-15. (Marvel Studios) Directed by: Kate Herron Written by: Michael Waldron Starring: Tom Hiddleston, Owen Wilson, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Sophia Di Martino, Wunmi Mosaku, Richard E. Grant Synopsis (Disney+): Marvel Studios’ Loki features the God of Mischief as he steps out of his brother’s shadow in a new Disney+ series that takes place after the ASIANS IN FILM: 5 SOBERING FACTS FROM USC ANNENBERG'S Last week, USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative and researchers Dr. Nancy Wang Yuen, Dr. Stacy L. Smith, Dr. Katherine Pieper, Marc Choueiti, Kevin Yao and Dana Dinh released a comprehensive study of Asian representation in film. EVERYONE AGREES: MONICA RAMBEAU, JIMMY WOO AND DARCY LEWIS Kat Dennings, Teyonah Parris and Randall Park as Darcy Lewis, Monica Rambeau, and Jimmy Woo in WandaVision. (Photo credit: DIsney) WandaVision, the first MCU series on Disney+, has captured the hearts and minds of viewers nationwide.But while we all came to see the zany, trippy romp through 20th-century sitcoms, we’ve realized the most unexpected gift WandaVision has given is the BTS, ARMY AND BLACK LIVES MATTER: THE VALUE OF FANDOM While that by itself is a dramatic break from other K-pop groups and talent agencies, the group and their management, Big Hit Entertainment, also quietly donated to Black Lives Matter, with the news confirmed to Variety June 6. The outlet reports that “he donation was transferred earlier this week, with Black Lives Matter confirming receipt to Big Hit on Friday.” MAKE THIS MOVIE: MARY SEACOLE, BRITAIN'S GREATEST BLACK Mary Jane Seacole is unequivocally one of the most famous black nurses ever. Mary ‘Mother ‘Seacole was born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1805. Her father was a Scottish soldier, and her mother was a practitioner of traditional Jamaican medicine and had a boarding house. WHITE AMERICA WRESTLES WITH 'THE BIG LIE' OF WHITE White America begins to contend with the riot and the upcoming Senate impeachment trial for former president Trump. (Photo credit: John Cameron on Unsplash) From what I gathered, the white people commenting resonated with the Twitter user’s observation wholeheartedly. ANALYZING BLACK WOMEN'S LOVE FOR CHRIS EVANS Then there’s the recent video of Evans lightly flirting with Danai Gurira at the Avengers: Endgame world premiere in L.A.From what I gathered from Twitter comments, Evans was ribbing her for an answer she game during an MTV News press junket game about if she and the other Avengers stars could identify their co-stars solely from pictures of their body parts. 5 LESSONS FROM JENNIFER LAWRENCE ON WHY WHITE FEMINISM ISN It is the feminism you probably first learned. “White feminism” is the feminism that doesn’t understand western privilege or cultural context. It is the feminism that doesn’t consider race as a factor in the struggle for equality. White feminism is a set of beliefs that allows for the exclusion of issues that specifically affect women JUST ADD COLOR-AFFIRMING OURSELVES THROUGH ENTERTAINMENT Unlearn racial bias through movies and TV with JUST ADD COLOR, which gives in-depth articles on the intersections of race, identity and

society.

JULIAN REVIEWS: 'MORTAL KOMBAT' IS FUN, BUT NOT FOR This movie is solely dedicated to Mortal Kombat fans while enticing new fans to the series. It’s a good attempt but it takes itself too seriously. It goes the 2015 Fantastic Four route of taking a franchise that is silly and fun and making it gritty and serious. In terms of tone, the new Mortal Kombat film makes the 1995 version better.. Much like how the original movie ended, the new Mortal MO' REVIEWS: QUEEN LATIFAH IS A NICE WOMAN, BUT IS SHE With that said, I still feel like something is missing from the series. We’ve seen Latifah be scary and intimidating on screen. Her role as Cleo in the heist classic Set It Off is one of her greatest moments in film, hands down. She was believable as a woman pushed to the edge enough to rob a bank with her friends and try to get over on a society that profits from keeping Black people at the WHITE AMERICA WRESTLES WITH 'THE BIG LIE' OF WHITE White America begins to contend with the riot and the upcoming Senate impeachment trial for former president Trump. (Photo credit: John Cameron on Unsplash) From what I gathered, the white people commenting resonated with the Twitter user’s observation wholeheartedly. THE TIME IS NOW: HOW THE INDIGENOUS POP CULTURE Movies and comics are two other avenues where Native American content is in demand. Camel Rock Studios, the first Native American studio, has already started being used for Hollywood productions such as the Tom Hanks starrer News of the World.. The studio, owned by the Tesuque Pueblo, is a new environmentally-conscious playground for Hollywood. 10 OF THE MCU'S MOST CRINGEWORTHY MOMENTS Spoilers for Avengers: Endgame below. Avengers: Endgame has a lot of us out there looking back at the first 10 years of the MCU.While the franchise has a lot to be proud of, it also has a lot to analyze as it goes into the next years-long saga.Frankly, the MCU has had some gross moments. Here’s my list of 10 of the cringiest moments that have been stuck in my head for far too long. WHY YOU'RE SEEING WOMEN OF COLOR/WHITE MEN PAIRINGS ON TV Clearly, some swirling has been involved. National Geographic went more in depth with their reporting just than using this beautiful photography by Martin Schoeller. They went to the U.S. Census records. The U.S. Census Bureau has collected data on multiracial people only since 2000, when it first allowed respondents to check off more than one race, and 6.8 million people chose to do so. DISABILITY IN "STAR WARS": DARTH VADER, LUKE SKYWALKER & FINN Disability in “Star Wars”: Comparing Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker & Finn. By Monique on Wednesday, April 13, 2016. Star Wars is, of course, highly covetable science fiction. We’ve got “tales of daring-do” (as Stan Lee would say), awesome anti-heroes, a young person on a hero’s journey, and one of the biggest villains of all

time

QUEER CODED: URSULA ("THE LITTLE MERMAID") I bet you’re wondering why I have Ursula down as a queer-coded character. Well, I’m not going to write anything like her villainy is coded in queerness (welltechnically, it could still be, if you want to get really deep with it). WHAT THE LACK OF A BLACK DISNEY PRINCE REVEALS ABOUT AMERICA Disney’s silence on not creating a black Disney prince reflects how America at large views black men, black masculinity, and the desirability of black males. 1. Black masculinity is still seen as dangerous: It is telling that the only black man that exists throughout the entirety of JUST ADD COLOR-AFFIRMING OURSELVES THROUGH ENTERTAINMENT Unlearn racial bias through movies and TV with JUST ADD COLOR, which gives in-depth articles on the intersections of race, identity and

society.

JULIAN REVIEWS: 'MORTAL KOMBAT' IS FUN, BUT NOT FOR This movie is solely dedicated to Mortal Kombat fans while enticing new fans to the series. It’s a good attempt but it takes itself too seriously. It goes the 2015 Fantastic Four route of taking a franchise that is silly and fun and making it gritty and serious. In terms of tone, the new Mortal Kombat film makes the 1995 version better.. Much like how the original movie ended, the new Mortal MO' REVIEWS: QUEEN LATIFAH IS A NICE WOMAN, BUT IS SHE With that said, I still feel like something is missing from the series. We’ve seen Latifah be scary and intimidating on screen. Her role as Cleo in the heist classic Set It Off is one of her greatest moments in film, hands down. She was believable as a woman pushed to the edge enough to rob a bank with her friends and try to get over on a society that profits from keeping Black people at the WHITE AMERICA WRESTLES WITH 'THE BIG LIE' OF WHITE White America begins to contend with the riot and the upcoming Senate impeachment trial for former president Trump. (Photo credit: John Cameron on Unsplash) From what I gathered, the white people commenting resonated with the Twitter user’s observation wholeheartedly. THE TIME IS NOW: HOW THE INDIGENOUS POP CULTURE Movies and comics are two other avenues where Native American content is in demand. Camel Rock Studios, the first Native American studio, has already started being used for Hollywood productions such as the Tom Hanks starrer News of the World.. The studio, owned by the Tesuque Pueblo, is a new environmentally-conscious playground for Hollywood. 10 OF THE MCU'S MOST CRINGEWORTHY MOMENTS Spoilers for Avengers: Endgame below. Avengers: Endgame has a lot of us out there looking back at the first 10 years of the MCU.While the franchise has a lot to be proud of, it also has a lot to analyze as it goes into the next years-long saga.Frankly, the MCU has had some gross moments. Here’s my list of 10 of the cringiest moments that have been stuck in my head for far too long. WHY YOU'RE SEEING WOMEN OF COLOR/WHITE MEN PAIRINGS ON TV Clearly, some swirling has been involved. National Geographic went more in depth with their reporting just than using this beautiful photography by Martin Schoeller. They went to the U.S. Census records. The U.S. Census Bureau has collected data on multiracial people only since 2000, when it first allowed respondents to check off more than one race, and 6.8 million people chose to do so. DISABILITY IN "STAR WARS": DARTH VADER, LUKE SKYWALKER & FINN Disability in “Star Wars”: Comparing Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker & Finn. By Monique on Wednesday, April 13, 2016. Star Wars is, of course, highly covetable science fiction. We’ve got “tales of daring-do” (as Stan Lee would say), awesome anti-heroes, a young person on a hero’s journey, and one of the biggest villains of all

time

QUEER CODED: URSULA ("THE LITTLE MERMAID") I bet you’re wondering why I have Ursula down as a queer-coded character. Well, I’m not going to write anything like her villainy is coded in queerness (welltechnically, it could still be, if you want to get really deep with it). WHAT THE LACK OF A BLACK DISNEY PRINCE REVEALS ABOUT AMERICA Disney’s silence on not creating a black Disney prince reflects how America at large views black men, black masculinity, and the desirability of black males. 1. Black masculinity is still seen as dangerous: It is telling that the only black man that exists throughout the entirety of ASIANS IN FILM: 5 SOBERING FACTS FROM USC ANNENBERG'S Last week, USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative and researchers Dr. Nancy Wang Yuen, Dr. Stacy L. Smith, Dr. Katherine Pieper, Marc Choueiti, Kevin Yao and Dana Dinh released a comprehensive study of Asian representation in film. EVERYONE AGREES: MONICA RAMBEAU, JIMMY WOO AND DARCY LEWIS Kat Dennings, Teyonah Parris and Randall Park as Darcy Lewis, Monica Rambeau, and Jimmy Woo in WandaVision. (Photo credit: DIsney) WandaVision, the first MCU series on Disney+, has captured the hearts and minds of viewers nationwide.But while we all came to see the zany, trippy romp through 20th-century sitcoms, we’ve realized the most unexpected gift WandaVision has given is the THE TIME IS NOW: HOW THE INDIGENOUS POP CULTURE Movies and comics are two other avenues where Native American content is in demand. Camel Rock Studios, the first Native American studio, has already started being used for Hollywood productions such as the Tom Hanks starrer News of the World.. The studio, owned by the Tesuque Pueblo, is a new environmentally-conscious playground for Hollywood. 'DOWN A DARK STAIRWELL' AIMS TO BRING BLACK AND CHINESE With Gurley becoming a symbol of America’s perpetual hatred of the Black body, and Peter becoming a symbol of Asian-Americans’ desire to belong, the case brings to mind the various ways in which both communities have hurt each other through repeating the stereotyping, discrimination and racism that is levied against them by society at large at each other. KEL MITCHELL IS BACK FOR SECONDS WITH 'DELICIOUSNESS Kel Mitchell is not only a comedian and actor, but he’s a king of food humor. From his food humor on All That and Kenan and Kel, to his iconic character Ed and Good Burger, Mitchell said that he feels like he’s treated like a real-life burger king.. It was amazing to speak with Mitchell, who is coming back to Deliciousness for its second season. I asked him about his time on Nickelodeon MO' REVIEWS: 'PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN' IS OK, BUT FALTERS ON Bo Burnham and Carey Mulligan in Promising Young Woman. (Photo credit: Focus Features) The binary way Promising Young Woman analyzes toxic patriarchy and rape culture leaves a little to be desired since the world doesn’t operate that way.Digging up the roots of our society’s toxicity, which has a grip on everything from cultural habits to who we deem are acceptable partners, is a much more ANALYZING BLACK WOMEN'S LOVE FOR CHRIS EVANS Then there’s the recent video of Evans lightly flirting with Danai Gurira at the Avengers: Endgame world premiere in L.A.From what I gathered from Twitter comments, Evans was ribbing her for an answer she game during an MTV News press junket game about if she and the other Avengers stars could identify their co-stars solely from pictures of their body parts. DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY OFFERS NEW WAYS TO TEACH LESSONS FROM posts on COLORwebmag.com, the cross-section of media literacy, entertainment news and media activism. media, literacy, entertainment, news, activism, images, QUEER CODED: SCAR ("THE LION KING") There’s a ton on this scene that exemplifies how Scar is a queer coded character. First, there’s just the physical presence of both Scar and Mufasa. Mufasa was designed to be king-like and “manly,” with a broad nose and build, a thick flowing mane, seemingly thicker fur (which might just be a mental effect from everything else on

Mufasa

THREE REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD CARE ABOUT THE NORTH DAKOTA If a pipeline did affect the Missouri and that damage flowed into the Mississippi, the longest river in the United States, then it’d be more than just the Standing Rock Sioux who’d be receiving poisoned water; it’d be people from the south westward, about half or more than half of the entire country. That would be millions to possibly billions of dollars spent on cleaning up the JUST ADD COLOR-AFFIRMING OURSELVES THROUGH ENTERTAINMENT Unlearn racial bias through movies and TV with JUST ADD COLOR, which gives in-depth articles on the intersections of race, identity and

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MO' REVIEWS: QUEEN LATIFAH IS A NICE WOMAN, BUT IS SHE With that said, I still feel like something is missing from the series. We’ve seen Latifah be scary and intimidating on screen. Her role as Cleo in the heist classic Set It Off is one of her greatest moments in film, hands down. She was believable as a woman pushed to the edge enough to rob a bank with her friends and try to get over on a society that profits from keeping Black people at the 10 OF THE MCU'S MOST CRINGEWORTHY MOMENTS Spoilers for Avengers: Endgame below. Avengers: Endgame has a lot of us out there looking back at the first 10 years of the MCU.While the franchise has a lot to be proud of, it also has a lot to analyze as it goes into the next years-long saga.Frankly, the MCU has had some gross moments. Here’s my list of 10 of the cringiest moments that have been stuck in my head for far too long. DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY OFFERS NEW WAYS TO TEACH LESSONS FROM posts on COLORwebmag.com, the cross-section of media literacy, entertainment news and media activism. media, literacy, entertainment, news, activism, images, "MOONLIGHT" SHINES A LIGHT ON BLACK MASCULINITY AND SEXUAL The film, the second for writer-director Barry Jenkins, tells a haunting tale of a boy named Chiron whose battle throughout life is coming to terms with his identity as a gay black man. That identity is complicated by merciless taunts at school and a home life surrounded by drugs and hard drug dealers. The film looks like it’ll become one

of

MO' REVIEWS: 'DEADLY CLASS' IS A 'HARRY POTTER'-ESQUE Benedict Wong as the refined Master Lin with Saya, Willie, Maria and Billy (Liam James) in the background. (SyFy/Screencap) Because it’s rooted in the counterculture, Deadly Class is far removed from the pastels and neons that we typically think of when we think ’80s.Instead, it’s all black, white and red, similar to Blondie’s first album cover. DISABILITY IN "STAR WARS": DARTH VADER, LUKE SKYWALKER & FINNDARTH VADER AND LUKE SKYWALKERDARTH VADER AND LUKESTAR WARS DARTH VADER SAVES LUKELUKE AND VADER FIC Disability in “Star Wars”: Comparing Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker & Finn. By Monique on Wednesday, April 13, 2016. Star Wars is, of course, highly covetable science fiction. We’ve got “tales of daring-do” (as Stan Lee would say), awesome anti-heroes, a young person on a hero’s journey, and one of the biggest villains of all

time

QUEER CODED: URSULA ("THE LITTLE MERMAID") I bet you’re wondering why I have Ursula down as a queer-coded character. Well, I’m not going to write anything like her villainy is coded in queerness (welltechnically, it could still be, if you want to get really deep with it). 5 LESSONS FROM JENNIFER LAWRENCE ON WHY WHITE FEMINISM ISN It is the feminism you probably first learned. “White feminism” is the feminism that doesn’t understand western privilege or cultural context. It is the feminism that doesn’t consider race as a factor in the struggle for equality. White feminism is a set of beliefs that allows for the exclusion of issues that specifically affect women WHY YOU'RE SEEING WOMEN OF COLOR/WHITE MEN PAIRINGS ON TV Clearly, some swirling has been involved. National Geographic went more in depth with their reporting just than using this beautiful photography by Martin Schoeller. They went to the U.S. Census records. The U.S. Census Bureau has collected data on multiracial people only since 2000, when it first allowed respondents to check off more than one race, and 6.8 million people chose to do so. JUST ADD COLOR-AFFIRMING OURSELVES THROUGH ENTERTAINMENT Unlearn racial bias through movies and TV with JUST ADD COLOR, which gives in-depth articles on the intersections of race, identity and

society.

MO' REVIEWS: QUEEN LATIFAH IS A NICE WOMAN, BUT IS SHE With that said, I still feel like something is missing from the series. We’ve seen Latifah be scary and intimidating on screen. Her role as Cleo in the heist classic Set It Off is one of her greatest moments in film, hands down. She was believable as a woman pushed to the edge enough to rob a bank with her friends and try to get over on a society that profits from keeping Black people at the 10 OF THE MCU'S MOST CRINGEWORTHY MOMENTS Spoilers for Avengers: Endgame below. Avengers: Endgame has a lot of us out there looking back at the first 10 years of the MCU.While the franchise has a lot to be proud of, it also has a lot to analyze as it goes into the next years-long saga.Frankly, the MCU has had some gross moments. Here’s my list of 10 of the cringiest moments that have been stuck in my head for far too long. DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY OFFERS NEW WAYS TO TEACH LESSONS FROM posts on COLORwebmag.com, the cross-section of media literacy, entertainment news and media activism. media, literacy, entertainment, news, activism, images, "MOONLIGHT" SHINES A LIGHT ON BLACK MASCULINITY AND SEXUAL The film, the second for writer-director Barry Jenkins, tells a haunting tale of a boy named Chiron whose battle throughout life is coming to terms with his identity as a gay black man. That identity is complicated by merciless taunts at school and a home life surrounded by drugs and hard drug dealers. The film looks like it’ll become one

of

MO' REVIEWS: 'DEADLY CLASS' IS A 'HARRY POTTER'-ESQUE Benedict Wong as the refined Master Lin with Saya, Willie, Maria and Billy (Liam James) in the background. (SyFy/Screencap) Because it’s rooted in the counterculture, Deadly Class is far removed from the pastels and neons that we typically think of when we think ’80s.Instead, it’s all black, white and red, similar to Blondie’s first album cover. DISABILITY IN "STAR WARS": DARTH VADER, LUKE SKYWALKER & FINNDARTH VADER AND LUKE SKYWALKERDARTH VADER AND LUKESTAR WARS DARTH VADER SAVES LUKELUKE AND VADER FIC Disability in “Star Wars”: Comparing Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker & Finn. By Monique on Wednesday, April 13, 2016. Star Wars is, of course, highly covetable science fiction. We’ve got “tales of daring-do” (as Stan Lee would say), awesome anti-heroes, a young person on a hero’s journey, and one of the biggest villains of all

time

QUEER CODED: URSULA ("THE LITTLE MERMAID") I bet you’re wondering why I have Ursula down as a queer-coded character. Well, I’m not going to write anything like her villainy is coded in queerness (welltechnically, it could still be, if you want to get really deep with it). 5 LESSONS FROM JENNIFER LAWRENCE ON WHY WHITE FEMINISM ISN It is the feminism you probably first learned. “White feminism” is the feminism that doesn’t understand western privilege or cultural context. It is the feminism that doesn’t consider race as a factor in the struggle for equality. White feminism is a set of beliefs that allows for the exclusion of issues that specifically affect women WHY YOU'RE SEEING WOMEN OF COLOR/WHITE MEN PAIRINGS ON TV Clearly, some swirling has been involved. National Geographic went more in depth with their reporting just than using this beautiful photography by Martin Schoeller. They went to the U.S. Census records. The U.S. Census Bureau has collected data on multiracial people only since 2000, when it first allowed respondents to check off more than one race, and 6.8 million people chose to do so. JUST ADD COLOR-AFFIRMING OURSELVES THROUGH ENTERTAINMENT Unlearn racial bias through movies and TV with JUST ADD COLOR, which gives in-depth articles on the intersections of race, identity and

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JULIAN REVIEWS: 'MORTAL KOMBAT' IS FUN, BUT NOT FOR This movie is solely dedicated to Mortal Kombat fans while enticing new fans to the series. It’s a good attempt but it takes itself too seriously. It goes the 2015 Fantastic Four route of taking a franchise that is silly and fun and making it gritty and serious. In terms of tone, the new Mortal Kombat film makes the 1995 version better.. Much like how the original movie ended, the new Mortal EVERYONE AGREES: MONICA RAMBEAU, JIMMY WOO AND DARCY LEWIS Kat Dennings, Teyonah Parris and Randall Park as Darcy Lewis, Monica Rambeau, and Jimmy Woo in WandaVision. (Photo credit: DIsney) WandaVision, the first MCU series on Disney+, has captured the hearts and minds of viewers nationwide.But while we all came to see the zany, trippy romp through 20th-century sitcoms, we’ve realized the most unexpected gift WandaVision has given is the 'DOWN A DARK STAIRWELL' AIMS TO BRING BLACK AND CHINESE With Gurley becoming a symbol of America’s perpetual hatred of the Black body, and Peter becoming a symbol of Asian-Americans’ desire to belong, the case brings to mind the various ways in which both communities have hurt each other through repeating the stereotyping, discrimination and racism that is levied against them by society at large at each other. THE TIME IS NOW: HOW THE INDIGENOUS POP CULTURE Movies and comics are two other avenues where Native American content is in demand. Camel Rock Studios, the first Native American studio, has already started being used for Hollywood productions such as the Tom Hanks starrer News of the World.. The studio, owned by the Tesuque Pueblo, is a new environmentally-conscious playground for Hollywood. ANALYZING BLACK WOMEN'S LOVE FOR CHRIS EVANS Then there’s the recent video of Evans lightly flirting with Danai Gurira at the Avengers: Endgame world premiere in L.A.From what I gathered from Twitter comments, Evans was ribbing her for an answer she game during an MTV News press junket game about if she and the other Avengers stars could identify their co-stars solely from pictures of their body parts. QUEER CODED: SCAR ("THE LION KING") There’s a ton on this scene that exemplifies how Scar is a queer coded character. First, there’s just the physical presence of both Scar and Mufasa. Mufasa was designed to be king-like and “manly,” with a broad nose and build, a thick flowing mane, seemingly thicker fur (which might just be a mental effect from everything else on

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FIVE FANTASY BOOKS BY NATIVE AUTHORS TO COMBAT J.K You might have heard about J.K. Rowling’s literary misfire in recent days. The Harry Potter writer is busy creating new stories for her Magical Beasts and Where to Find Them. movie, and a new set of stories, telling the history of magical North America, hit Pottermore to eager fans.. A promotional trailer was also released, in which some of the details of her North American history are revealed. 7 HISTORICAL BLACK/MULTIRACIAL EUROPEAN FILM-WORTHY SUBJECTS 7 Historical Black/Multiracial European Film-Worthy Subjects. By Monique on Wednesday, October 21, 2015. The British film Belle, starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw, has shown the mainstream public that yes, black and multiracial people existed back in the 1700s. As I’ve written in my article for Coming of Faith, films showing historical

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