Posts by Mary Ali-Masai
Netflix’s ‘High on the Hog’ Retraces the Origins of Black Food Culture
Netflix’s ‘High on the Hog’ documentary traces how African food and traditions were transported to America, and how this culinary legacy continues to thrive in various U.S. food scenes.
Read MoreThe Enemy Within
Over a decade after the FBI first issued its warning, American police departments remain an attractive option for white supremacists seeking work.
Read MoreEfforts to Ban White Supremacists From Joining Law Enforcement Face Pushback in Several States. I Wonder Why
The Capital Riot has resulted in multiple state legislatures introducing bills that would prevent members of hate groups from joining law enforcement. What should be a straightforward process has instead faced pushback from lawmakers and law enforcement alike.
Read MoreWho Benefits From Watching Black Trauma on Screen?
What will it take for Black girls to exist as children on and off screen, without making them into adults to justify violence against them?
Read MoreBones of Black children killed in police bombing used in Ivy League anthropology course
Remains of those killed in 1985 Move bombing in Philadelphia serve as ‘case study’ in Princeton-backed course.
Read MoreUS police and public officials donated to Kyle Rittenhouse, data breach reveals
A data breach revealed that US police and public officials donated to Kyle Rittenhouse’s defense fund. Rittenhouse stands accused of murdering two protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Read MoreOn the Long Tradition of the Imitative Performance of Blackness
Ayanna Thompson Considers the History of Minstrelsy, Racial Tropes, and the White Gaze.
Read MoreSlave-Built Infrastructure Continues to Generate Massive Wealth for State Economies
American cities from Atlanta to New York City still use buildings, roads, ports and rail lines built by enslaved people.
Read MoreMovement and Space’: Civil Rights Memorial Center releases new community guide to help fight racism in America
Black people are killed on a daily basis, while trying to exercise their right “to be, to move and to occupy space.”
Read MorePiers Morgan and Sharon Osbourne: A Masterclass in racism
Audre Lorde once said, “Black and Third World people are expected to educate white people as to our humanity”… The recent actions of Piers Morgan and Sharon Osbourne demonstrate nothing has changed.
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