Category Archives: Culture

Previewing the 2022 NAACP Image Awards, Part 2

Posted on February 22, 2022 by tlewisisdope

There is so much good TV that it’s actually a harder job for the NAACP Image Awards to select nominees than at perhaps any other time in American history. So – on some level – I’m sympathetic to the sheer … Continue reading →

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Previewing the 2022 NAACP Image Awards

Posted on February 21, 2022 by tlewisisdope

The NAACP Image Awards – like its namesake organization – is a Black American institution. But I think if you asked the average Black person what they think the awards are for and what they mean, you’d get a wide … Continue reading →

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What Michael B. Jordan’s GQ Interview Reveals about Race

Posted on September 28, 2015 by tlewisisdope

Talking about diversity and representations of blackness can be frought terrain, even now when we are seeing so many more Black men and women in key roles in front of, and behind, the camera. I thought about this immediately when … Continue reading →

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My 13 Favorite Pop Culture Moments of 2013

Posted on December 31, 2013 by tlewisisdope

I don’t have a long preamble for this. This list is just my way of trying to pull together a lot of disparate pop culture moments that struck me in some profound way during the year. I think the more … Continue reading →

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The Cruel Racism of the Real World

Posted on February 25, 2013 by tlewisisdope

Quvenzhané Wallis was the butt of a deeply sexist, racist inappropriate joke by whoever is tweeting for The Onion last night (which I will not link to or describe because it’s ugly). And what upsets me so much about it … Continue reading →

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