Category: Race

Obey, and you’ll be okay

Obey Cop

Few things infuriate me more than people who automatically and wholeheartedly support a police officer who’s been caught wilding out against a person of color, because, almost without fail, someone says “Well, if s/he had simply listened to the officer, things would have been all right.” You may as well advise people to not make …

The searing pain behind the Baltimore riots

Baltimore Riots

The only Americans who truly understand the forces behind the Baltimore/Freddie Gray riots are Black people. That’s not to say that other races cannot sympathize; there are plenty of compassionate human beings of all shades who have marched, petitioned, and otherwise raised awareness about the all-too-frequent occurrences of police brutality to people of African descent. A …

Is DreamWorks Animation burying the biracial Tip in its Home ads?

Tip from DreamWorks Animation's Home

It’s not very often that a mainstream animated film features a biracial, female lead, but DreamWorks Animation’s Home does just that. The move is a first for the studio, and one that I truly hope proves successful at the box office, because society needs this type of representation. As an ’80s kid, I didn’t see many …