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From Pawns to Kings: BET’s Game of Chess in the Battle for Black Audiences
This article about BET Original series dominating the list of top cable shows among Black audiences got me thinking. About chess! I’m not the most prolific chess player ever. And I’m not the guy that’s going to be able to tell you the names of strategic chess openings, call out any of the great players,…
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Broadcasting Pioneers: Recognizing Influential Black Male News Anchors
Broadcast journalism is not a field that has always been welcoming to Black male news anchors, as this country has always struggled with its relationship with Black people. That complicated and tarnished relationship didn’t leave room for the country as a whole to trust a black person to bring them their news on a regular…
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The Black News Anchors Shaping TV Journalism
The History of Black News Anchors in America Many people believe Max Robinson to be the first Black news anchor on a major network and when he became one of the three anchors heading up “World News Tonight” in 1978. At the time, he was following in the footsteps of Malvin R. Goode, who in…
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Where Were the Black Movies During the Pandemic?
Not so sorry to say it, but Hollywood failed us in 2020. Black people, yet again, seemed to be a very distant focus of any major studio or platform when it came to producing movies that were focused on our experiences and stories. Of course, if you talk to a Hollywood executive, they will point…
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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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Hollywood’s Original Sin: A Persistent Repudiation of Black Equity
Hollywood has come a long way since 1915, but with the persistent degradation of Black people rooted in its foundation, it has structurally refused to overcome its original sin.