December 2020 – THE BALDWIN

WATCH THIS: Amazon Prime’s ‘Sylvie’s Love’ An Authentic Black Love Story

The streaming service delivers an accurate and beautifully written love story where melanin is king Our love stories — complicated, passionate, and filled with optimism amidst racial inequality and angst; are still worth it. Each. And. Every. One. “Sylvie’s Love,” a melanated tour de force, which premiered on Amazon Prime on Christmas Day, pays homage […]

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WATCH THIS: ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ Tells the Whole Truth Behind Difficult Blacks in the Industry

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The word, difficult has long since been attached to Black female entertainers, along with it, the assumption that they should be “grateful” for the opportunities they have instead of crediting their talent, and God-given abilities. Not Ma Rainey

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OpEd White Supremacy and the Assignment of Color

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Abraham Lincoln knew all too well about the assignment of the superior position of the white race by virtue of the assignment of the color white to human bodies. “…and inasmuch as they cannot so live, while they do remain together there must be the position of superior and inferior, and I as much as

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PROTESTS AND FEDERAL INVESTIGATIONS ENSUE AFTER ANOTHER BLACK MAN WAS KILLED IN COLUMBUS

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The City of Columbus is reeling after Casey Goodson was killed in front of his home. Police confirmed he was not a person of interest. There’s a sense of tension and unrest in Columbus, Ohio as the city demands answers in the latest of Black murders at the hands of the police. His name was

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Last Minute Holiday Finds

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Couture Paige’s columnist and Film Editor Paige Wilson brings you some of her favorite Holiday Must-Haves in a fun video; featuring and co-starring her daughter Kayla!

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