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Yale is mocked for unveiling new Beyoncé 'cultural impact' course: 'How will this help me in life?'
1 month, 1 week ago

Yale is mocked for unveiling new Beyoncé 'cultural impact' course: 'How will this help me in life?'

Daily Mail  

Yale University, long-hailed as one of the most prestigious educational institutions, is facing ridicule online for its latest attempt at 'cutting-edge' academia. The Ivy League university has recently announced a new course, Beyoncé Makes History: Black Radical Tradition History, Culture, Theory & Politics through Music, Beyoncé, with the aim to use her work as a lens to examine Black intellectual …

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Queen Bey and Yale: The Ivy League university is set to offer a course on Beyoncé and her legacy
1 month, 1 week ago

Queen Bey and Yale: The Ivy League university is set to offer a course on Beyoncé and her legacy

Associated Press  

With a record 99 Grammy nominations and acclaim as one of the most influential artists in music history, pop superstar Beyoncé and her expansive cultural legacy will be the subject of a new course at Yale University next year. Titled “Beyoncé Makes History: Black Radical Tradition, Culture, Theory & Politics Through Music,” the one-credit class will focus on the period …

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Opinion: Denigrating Drake, and Kamala Harris, as ‘Not Like Us’
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Opinion: Denigrating Drake, and Kamala Harris, as ‘Not Like Us’

LA Times  

Arguments that question the racial identity of the hip-hop artist and the presidential candidate deny the complexity of Blackness. On the same day that former President Trump claimed before a national gathering of Black journalists that Vice President Kamala Harris “was Indian all the way, and then all of a sudden she made a turn, and she became a Black …

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Essence Festival wraps up a 4-day celebration of Black culture
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Essence Festival wraps up a 4-day celebration of Black culture

Associated Press  

NEW ORLEANS — For 30 years, the Essence Festival of Culture has brought together people from all walks of life and from around the world to connect through conversation, shared experiences and, of course, music. “Historically, as Black people, sometimes we’re not sure where our heritage comes from,” Tubman-Zawolo said. Understanding that allows our power to be even greater.” Tubman-Zawolo …

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Fujian-based tea provider's efforts to boost Guangyuan black tea industry
7 months ago

Fujian-based tea provider's efforts to boost Guangyuan black tea industry

China Daily  

Guangyuan black tea products are displayed at the national distributors conference for Chinese tea company Zhengshantang on May 14. In recent years, the company has delved into Guangyuan's rich history and tea culture, establishing the Guangyuan Tea Culture Communication Center. Zhengshantang aims to lead its counterparts in Guangyuan in economic indicators such as green tea purchase, tax payment, and dry …

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"We've been doing that to survive": "Black Twitter" filmmaker on Black culture repurposing spaces
7 months, 1 week ago

"We've been doing that to survive": "Black Twitter" filmmaker on Black culture repurposing spaces

Salon  

Why did you first join Twitter? “You get to see people's kind of the way they think.” Penny continued, “And I think that becomes much more of an interesting person to want to meet than just seeing a picture and not knowing what's happening here.” “Black Twitter" is based on Jason Parham’s Wired article “A People’s History of Black Twitter." …

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Ajay Devgn on facing paranormal activity: 'Black magic exists in every culture'
10 months ago

Ajay Devgn on facing paranormal activity: 'Black magic exists in every culture'

India Today  

Ajay Devgn is now venturing into horror with Vikas Bahl's supernatural thriller, 'Shaitaan'. On being asked about the paranormal, Ajay said, "I wanted to do horror as a genre for a long time, I had done Bhoot before. I love this genre because black magic exists in every culture. In the first 10-12 years of our career, we have seen …

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Point Comfort: The little-known birthplace of African American culture
10 months, 1 week ago

Point Comfort: The little-known birthplace of African American culture

BBC  

Point Comfort: The little-known birthplace of African American culture Xinhua/Alamy Each August, African cleansing ceremonies take place at Fort Monroe to help Black Americans reconnect with their ancestors Forty years after receiving an anonymous tip, one man has been working to rewrite Black history to show where and how the first Africans arrived in the British Colonies. Today, Pearson and …

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Travis Kelce addresses backlash after article credits him with popularising the fade: ‘I didn’t invent that’
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Travis Kelce addresses backlash after article credits him with popularising the fade: ‘I didn’t invent that’

The Independent  

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Timothée Chalamet: Black culture has always been integral to his lore.
1 year ago

Timothée Chalamet: Black culture has always been integral to his lore.

Slate  

In the wake of a tentative SAG-AFTRA deal, Timothée Chalamet and his disarmingly angular visage kicked into publicity high gear and swung by 30 Rockefeller Plaza last month to host Saturday Night Live in the run-up to his latest film project, Paul King’s highly anticipated musical blockbuster Wonka. Rather, it is a cheeky—albeit poorly executed—nod to a distinct part of …

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Liu Xuanzi: A spreader of Qihe black pottery culture
1 year ago

Liu Xuanzi: A spreader of Qihe black pottery culture

China Daily  

Black pottery, from the late Neolithic Age, has a history of more than 4,000 years. Qihe black pottery uses unique, pure and fine laterite found on the Yellow River bed. As a spreader of black pottery culture, Liu Xuanzi has since the early 1990s followed his father on national black pottery tours. As a planner and organizer of China Black …

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BTS member V sparks debate over durag wear in livestream, faces netizen's backlash
1 year, 2 months ago

BTS member V sparks debate over durag wear in livestream, faces netizen's backlash

Hindustan Times  

BTS member V has faced backlash and accusations of cultural appropriation for wearing a durag in a livestream. Some BTS fans criticized V for wearing the durag, saying that it was disrespectful to Black culture and that he was using it to look “hood” or “gangsta”. One fan wrote on X: “for people trying to downplay Taehyung wearing the durag: …

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Pharrell fuses entertainment and fashion for confident Louis Vuitton menswear debut
1 year, 6 months ago

Pharrell fuses entertainment and fashion for confident Louis Vuitton menswear debut

The Independent  

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Why Miley Cyrus is the ultimate 21st-Century pop star
1 year, 9 months ago

Why Miley Cyrus is the ultimate 21st-Century pop star

BBC  

Why Miley Cyrus is the ultimate 21st-Century pop star Getty Images From pop-rock to R&B and country-disco, the chameleonic Miley Cyrus has done it all. McIntyre notes that though Cyrus has not "tackled everything" musically, "she has done rock and pop and electronic music, and even leaned into country and hip-hop from time to time". "It has all gone fairly …

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Black Californians have long celebrated cowboy culture. We’re just catching up
2 years ago

Black Californians have long celebrated cowboy culture. We’re just catching up

LA Times  

Ron Jennings grew up in Los Angeles, but he’s all country, right down to his cowboy hat and folksy twang. At the Bill Pickett Invitational Rodeo’s latest stop in City of Industry east of Los Angeles, not only are all of the cowboys and cowgirls Black — so are most of the 3,500 spectators. “There’s nothing like the feeling of …

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Who was the real Elvis Presley?
2 years, 6 months ago

Who was the real Elvis Presley?

BBC  

Who was the real Elvis Presley? Kane Skennar/ Warner Bros Entertainment Inc Presley's friendship with BB King, played by Kelvin Harrison, features in the film But equally, other commentators have seen Elvis as a problematic figure regarding race, with accusations that he has appropriated black music, and some even going so far to state that he's a racist. "I was …

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Esteemed novelist Anne Tyler says she 'should be allowed to write from the viewpoint of a black man'
2 years, 9 months ago

Esteemed novelist Anne Tyler says she 'should be allowed to write from the viewpoint of a black man'

Daily Mail  

A writer hailed as America's answer to Jane Austen has slammed cancel culture in a new interview, while insisting that she 'should be allowed' to write a book from the 'viewpoint of a black man' without being accused of appropriation. Baltimore-based author Anne Tyler, 80, who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1989, has said she is horrified by the implications …

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Afrofuturism showcased at Carnegie Hall in 2-month festival
2 years, 10 months ago

Afrofuturism showcased at Carnegie Hall in 2-month festival

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Afrofuturism is getting a spotlight at Carnegie Hall as the bastion of New York City music and culture takes another step toward normalcy. “It is something which is kind of hard to explain in a certain way,” said Adriaan Fuchs, Carnegie’s director of festivals and special projects. “But it also shows that they’re very much ahead of …

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Reconsidering Scott Joplin's 'The Entertainer'
2 years, 10 months ago

Reconsidering Scott Joplin's 'The Entertainer'

NPR  

Reconsidering Scott Joplin's 'The Entertainer' Enlarge this image toggle caption Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture/The New York Public Library Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture/The New York Public Library Editor's Note: The historical photos in this story feature a variety of dances inspired by music from the 20th century. Enlarge this image toggle caption Michael Ochs Archives/Getty …

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Black Natives Want to See Themselves in 'Reservation Dogs,' Too
3 years, 1 month ago

Black Natives Want to See Themselves in 'Reservation Dogs,' Too

Huff Post  

With a long-awaited Indigenous renaissance happening in Hollywood, Taika Waititi's “Reservation Dogs" has occupied the spotlight and raised crucial questions within Native communities. HuffPost reached out to FX Networks for interviews with writers and casting directors of “Reservation Dogs,” and a representative said they “are not able to facilitate the interview.” I agree the lack of Black Native representation on …

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Jesy Nelson’s solo career launch is one of the most disastrous in recent memory
3 years, 2 months ago

Jesy Nelson’s solo career launch is one of the most disastrous in recent memory

The Independent  

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Nelson’s experiences were particularly unsettling due to the “girl …

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Black culture is not something to be picked up, used and discarded – perhaps someone could tell Jesy Nelson
3 years, 2 months ago

Black culture is not something to be picked up, used and discarded – perhaps someone could tell Jesy Nelson

The Independent  

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Jesy Nelson ‘blackfishing’ controversy: How to appreciate – not appropriate – black culture
3 years, 2 months ago

Jesy Nelson ‘blackfishing’ controversy: How to appreciate – not appropriate – black culture

The Independent  

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Leon Bridges craved reinvention. Living at a Hollywood dive-bar/studio/hotel helped
3 years, 5 months ago

Leon Bridges craved reinvention. Living at a Hollywood dive-bar/studio/hotel helped

LA Times  

To make his sultry and exploratory new album, “Gold-Diggers Sound,” Leon Bridges started working nights. With “Gold-Diggers Sound,” Bridges leaves behind the mannered late-’50s/early-’60s revivalism of his early music, which garnered countless comparisons to Sam Cooke, in favor of a more modern, freewheeling approach. The result, Bridges notes with pride, unsettles the idea of “a retro artist living a retro …

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