Get Out, Us, and the Themes of Black Horror

By: Jeremiah Holloway ('22), Managing Editor To fully comprehend any movie, it takes several viewings and time to process what you just watched to get a real understanding of what…

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What Should Black Horror Look Like?

By: Kiara Wilkerson ('22), Staff Writer October is the official start of spooky season, and with this month flying by at supersonic speeds, Halloween will be here before you know…

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Alt Culture is Edgy, Cool, and Black

By: Salena Braye-Bulls ('23), Staff Writer Alongside cooler temperatures and pumpkin-spiced everything, October brings us an emphasis on the eerie, creepy and unusual through Halloween. For many, Halloween is an…

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Reimagining the influence of Black culture on Western Tradition

By: Jai Neville ('23), Staff Writer To say no would not be unreasonable. Western traditions and the way they are practiced isolate Black people from participating, even encouraging violence against…

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Battle for the Ballot

By: Max Morant ('23), Staff Writer Slavery in America ended on June 19, 1865, but it took a hundred more years before Black Americans could truly improve our station in…

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What Black Sitcoms Do For The Black Community

By: Denise Kyeremeh ('23), Staff Writer Loud. Angry. Strong. Dangerous. Uneducated. These are just a few stereotypes of Black people that exist in popular culture. Television and film have played…

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For What Could Be

By: Kerstan Nealy ('22), Editor-In-Chief In February of 2019, I wrote a short piece about what it would mean to center Blackness in the 2020 elections. I could not have…

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Paying Homage To Our Heroes

By: Jeremiah Holloway ('22), Managing Editor While 2020 has been an incredibly difficult year for people around the world, it has been especially hard for Black people. Not only have…

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An Unlevel Playing Field

By: Salena Braye-Bulls ('23), Staff Writer Amongst all of the fanfare and sportsmanship, it may be easy to forget that American college sports are a billion-dollar industry. Universities, like UNC,…

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Netflix’s Sudden Interest in its Black Audience

By: Kiara Wilkerson ('22), Staff Writer If you’ve been on social media within the past two months then you’ve probably seen posts about how there are more than forty new…

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