A New York-based filmmaker wades into the deep waters of his Gullah Geechee heritage and South Carolina roots.
Category: Race and Ethnicity
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Meet Greta Lee, the Star of “Past Lives”
She’s known for playing offbeat characters in “Russian Doll,” “High Maintenance” and “Girls,” but Greta Lee is winning raves for her restrained performance in “Past Lives.” It almost didn’t happen.
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‘White Balls on Walls’ Review: Time With the Gatekeepers
The Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam becomes a somewhat flimsy case study for fine-art diversity and inclusion conversations in this documentary.
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Addiction Treatment Medicine Is Vastly Underprescribed, Especially by Race, Study Finds
Black patients with opioid use disorder were far less likely to fill prescriptions for the most effective addiction treatments than white patients. But strikingly few patients of all races got the medicine.
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Grace Bumbry, Barrier-Shattering Opera Diva, Is Dead at 86
A flamboyant mezzo-soprano (who could also sing meaty soprano roles), she overcame racial prejudice to become one of opera’s first, and biggest, Black stars.
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California Panel Calls for Billions in Reparations for Black Residents
A task force recommended that legislators enact a sweeping program to compensate for the economic harm from racism in the state’s history.
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Harry Belafonte, 96, Dies; Barrier-Breaking Singer, Actor and Activist
In the 1950s, when segregation was still widespread, his ascent to the upper echelon of show business was historic. But his primary focus was civil rights.
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Jury Says Tesla Must Pay Worker $3.2 Million Over Racist Treatment
A former Tesla factory worker, who is Black, challenged a judge’s earlier award of $15 million, but came away with less in a new trial.
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Boston Celtics’ Jaylen Brown Talks Free Agency, Activism and Kanye West
The New York Times – Sports:The star Celtics guard talks about his career year in the N.B.A., educational inequality and his association with Kanye West.
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When Pretty Walls Tell a Deeper Story
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:How contemporary designers are using patterns and historical motifs to reframe — and reclaim — cultural narratives in homes décor.