LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Story about portraying Jefferson missing Black narrative
Itâs really twisted to read the lead in a story that focuses on a white actor who has been portraying Thomas Jefferson for more than three decades in the current political moment. The lack of creativity and inability to read the meta-narrative of anti-Blackness amid the frequent interruptions of Black death is a stunning act of tone-deafness. How is it that in 2020, journalists are still centering a historical narrative about Thomas Jefferson, alongside his extortion and exploitation of Black bodies for profit portrayed predominantly through the lens of white men â and an actor no l...
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