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The Best Black Actors of All-Time…From A Millennial’s Perspective
When thinking about making a list of the best Black actors of all-time, and then looking at our history in this field, I was astounded by just how far back we go and how excellent at the craft we have been given the many harms and hurdles that have been put in the path of…
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Big Brother: The Racist Gift That Keeps On Giving
I have a big admission to make that most people don’t know about me: I love Big Brother. For the uninitiated, it’s a show in which 16 people enter a house, go through competitions, form informal teams and alliances, and on a weekly basis, they vote each other out of the house. What could possibly…
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The Top 10 Best Black Drama Movies of All Time
Okay. So this is going to be highly debated, but the conversation has to be had: what are the top 10 black movie dramas of all-time? Let’s start off by clarifying that we are strictly going for drama-drama movies. So romance films like Love Jones and Luv & Basketball obviously aren’t in consideration for some…
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“Atlanta” Made a Comeback
When I wrote, prior to the debut of its most recent season, that Season 3 of “Atlanta” was a disappointment, I kept coming back to the fact that the creators really didn’t give a damn that most folks didn’t like what they saw. It even sounded like they were proud of the fact that they…
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The 10 Best Black TV Shows You Might’ve Missed
Reruns and takeout, anyone? Netflix, HBO, and other popular streaming services have stepped their game up in recent years to highlight popular Black programming. And we’re here for it. From Hulu’s “Black Stories” hub to Netflix’s “Strong Black Lead” sub-brand, it’s now a lot easier to find a classic Black TV show or discover a…
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What Black TV Shows Can I Watch Now?
So you’ve been on your Roku TV set, looking for something new to watch, and as you keep scrolling and scrolling, something clearly needs to be asked of the current moment in television: what Black TV shows are out now? Yeah, yeah. Of course, you know what Black TV shows have been out and talked…
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Good Black Movies on Netflix to Watch Right Now
Netflix is undoubtedly the pioneer and leader in video streaming, and while the platform wasn’t always the best at bringing Black movies and TV shows to its platform, it has certainly made a concentrated effort to beef up its content library with a collection of Black content for us to binge on. At the same…
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Grand Crew: The Black TV Sitcom Vying for Your Aspirations (A Preponderantly Late Review)
Grand Crew is a new Black TV sitcom on NBC and Peacock focused on a group of, largely, Black friends living in Los Angeles and getting through the everyday struggles of life. The characters are probably meant to represent millennials, but they probably give off a little more Gen Z energy than anything else. At…
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“This Is Us” Was the Whitest Black TV Show Ever
Okay, let’s get this part out of the way: “This Is Us”, on its face, does not come across as a Black TV show. Every central character, except one, is white, and most of the stories, including those based on or around real world events, are not ones that are exactly homages to the Black…
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Top 5 Black TV Shows You Can Invest In
There’s too much stuff to watch on TV. Even when you whittle it down to just watching Black TV shows, there’s still a lot that you have to wade through in order to get to the good stuff that’s worth your time and your investment.