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Chicago native Eneale Pickett awaits challenging conversations with a thick skin and bold attitude. The artist inspires dialogue through his clothing line, Insert Apparel, and multimedia project, “Dear Masculinity.”“You don’t have to physically open your mouth to let people know you’re speaking truth to power,” he said.Many people associate Pickett...
Javon, Deshawn, Trevon, and Devonte are names of just some of the black boys I grew up with. Names which today are being negotiated.A recent episode of Blackish touched on this topic: the phobia of black names. Dre (played by Anthony Anderson) wanted to name his unborn child Devonte, but his wife Bo, (who is played by Tracee Ellis Ross) was not having. The name Devonte was...
Before the credits for Fences, I glanced to both my right and left to capture a tearful eye from my father and uncle in a dark theater during the final scene. We do not often see black men struggle with mental well-being on the big screen. Fences, a film adaptation of the play written by the late August Wilson displayed the beauty of a life with family and the tragedy of living...
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