Sign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Zoë Kravitz has opened up about feeling “uncomfortable” with her mixed-race heritage …
CNN — I was scrolling through Facebook one evening when I noticed an odd image that someone had posted on my page. Almost every movie about Black people in South Central has focused on gangs – “Akeelah” is about a humble girl’s brilliance. Tyler Perry’s “Madea” movies – Some say the “Madea” movies are modern-day minstrel shows that reinforce stereotypes …
In September, popular South African health and beauty retailer Clicks sparked widespread anger after publishing an The online People were outraged; angry posts filled social media, crowds gathered to protest outside Clicks stores, and thousands called the company out for discrimination. Beyond the policies themselves, the enforcement of these rules had echoes of apartheid-style policing: Institutional white authorities – in …
