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Wind, TCM host Eddie Muller notes Malcolm X s mention of the film in his 1965 autobiography. I was the only Negro in the theater, and when Butterfly McQueen went into her act, I felt like crawling under the rug, the activist wrote. Some intros examine the expectation of who an audience for a film might be in the case of classic movies, producers were thinking almost exclusively of white audiences. It s important to come face-to-face with that uncomfortable idea that what many of us have considered safe is the opposite of that for other people, says TCM host Alicia Malone. One person s safety can be another person s trauma.
Disney s PC police: Company holds monthly meetings with race and gender advocacy groups to decide which of the more than 500 films on its Disney+ streaming service gets a disclaimer for offensive material
The Walt Disney Company meets with third-party advisory council every month to determine which content could be deemed culturally insensitive
Disney consults with coalition including African American Film Critics Association, GLAAD, and groups that speak for Native Americans, disabled
The council is tasked with combing through hundreds of hours of content on Disney+ streaming service to search for insensitive material
Disney+ has placed a disclaimer before several of its classic hits including Peter Pan, The Jungle Book, The Aristocats and Swiss Family Robinson
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#BTColumn – Women and STEM
Article by February 13, 2021
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Donna Every
I thought it would be a great opportunity to talk about STEM this week especially as yesterday was proclaimed by the United Nations as International Day for Women and Girls in Science.
STEM is the acronym for science, technology, engineering and mathematics. One might wonder why there is a day set apart to recognize and celebrate women and girls in science.
That is because there is cause for celebration when women and girls choose to study and pursue careers in these fields. An article on the World Economic Forum’s website states: When it comes to the world of science, women are in the minority.
0 February 4, 2021 10:50 by Annabel D Monte
Cora-Laine Moynihan
Over the past decades a change has occurred. This change began as a singular entity that then became two, three, then four and soon enough it became millions. This change became millions of women breaking into the world of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics to assert their position in what once was considered a man’s world.
The future is growing stronger day by day for female scientists
While historically there had been women working within the sciences, with the likes of Marie Curie, Mary Somerville, and Elizabeth Garrett Anderson paving the way, it was not until the 20