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Colored People on TV

Long before the blockbuster movie, Black Panther blew up, earning more than $700 million at the box office in 2018  and sparking Black Panther parties (complete with regal costumes and the “Welcome to Wakanda” salutes offered in greeting) and decades before African-Americans held our heads a bit higher and walked a bit taller on the … Continue reading →

Silence is Golden

When I was a kid, the United Negro College Fund had a public service announcement on television that showed a young black man looking straight into the camera, while his head gradually faded and became invisible.  When his head had completely disappeared the voiceover would gravely intone, “The mind is a terrible thing to waste.”  … Continue reading →