The Enduring Controversies of the N-Word
Hearing the N-word uttered in popular media is rather familiar in the United States. A version of the word is
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On Hip Hop and Growing Up in Philadelphia: An Interview with MK Asante
This month I interviewed MK Asante. Asante is a best-selling author, award-winning filmmaker, recording artist, and professor. He studied at the University of
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“Talking Black in America”: A New Film on African American English
This post is part of a new blog series that announces the release of new films in African American History
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Representations of Black Women in Cuba
With the continued box office success of the Fate of the Furious, we are once again returning to the idea
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Hip Hop, Masculinity, and “The Get Down”
Why does it seem like hip hop can handle only a handful of prominent female MCs at a time? Roxanne
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