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Black representation onscreen has never been higher. Now let's free ourselves from negative tropes


Posted: Jun 30, 2021 10:30 AM ET | Last Updated: June 30
Joey Badass (left) and Andrew Howard in Two Distant Strangers.(Netflix)
Black Light is a column by Governor General Award-winning writer Amanda Parris that spotlights, champions and challenges art and popular culture that is created by Black people and/or centres Black people. While Amanda is away on maternity leave, a different writer will be featured in a guest edition of the column each month. This month s edition is an essay by writer, filmmaker and musician Matthew Progress.
I m a Black storyteller who has been shaped by the stories that were told to me. I was gifted Pan Africanism from my Garveyite elders, Black abstraction from my contemporary art mentors, and unconditional self-love from my grandmother. But learning about the powerful complexities of my culture has never been an endeavour that mainstream film and television could help me with even amidst a new wave of Black representation. ....

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Black Female WWII Unit Hoping to Get Congressional Honor


Black Female WWII Unit Hoping to Get Congressional Honor
July 18, 2021
World War II veteran Maj. Fannie Griffin McClendon poses at her home, Thursday, June 10, 2021, in Tempe, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt York)
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Major Fannie Griffin McClendon never thought too much about being part of the only Black female United States army group to serve in Europe during World War II. Neither did those who served with her in the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion. The soldiers had a job to do.
The women are credited with solving a serious U.S. Army mail crisis during the war. Upon their return, they were seen as models for generations of Black women who would join the military. ....

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