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On Sociality

January 22, 2020January 19, 2020 Marquis Bey #OnSuite, Black Queer Identity, Black Queers, Gender, LGBT, sexuality, trans identity

*This post is part of contributor Marquis Bey’s On Suite series. Sociality, n. The state or quality of being sociable; (the enjoyment

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Holloway House and the Black Literary Underground

December 5, 2019November 30, 2019 Matthew Teutsch book review, culture, literature, popular culture, publishing, race

How do authors such as Robert Beck (Iceberg Slim) and Donald Goines go from catering to white audiences with “black

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We are our own Multitude: Los Angeles’ Black Panamanian Community

November 4, 2019November 2, 2019 Jenise Miller #BlackCalifornia, African Diaspora, Afro-Latinx, California, Caribbean, culture, Los Angeles, Panama

*This essay is republished in partnership with Boom California as part of an ongoing series on Black California.  On a Saturday

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Jargon for the Blacks—and Others

September 30, 2019September 22, 2019 Marquis Bey Black Queers, education, Gender, language, race, sexuality, trans identity

Time and again, usually a few times a year, I haphazardly stumble upon someone castigating the use of “jargon,” at

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The Centrality of Whiteness in Modern Sports

September 25, 2019September 17, 2019 Jermaine Scott culture, Gender, masculinity, race, sports, white supremacy

Modern sport is racial. This statement has become obvious with the recent protests in the NFL, NBA, and WNBA around

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