Racism

Is She Serious? Stacey Dash’s Comment on the Oscars

By now you’ve all heard of Stacey Dash’s comments about the Oscars Boycott. According to ET Online, Dash stated, “If we don’t want segregation, then we need to get rid of channels like BET, and the BET Awards and the Image Awards, where…

Simianization in the Film “Sing”

Let’s talk about simianization now, at the close of 2016. It’s the comparison of people with apes in an effort to dehumanize and oppress them. People of African, African-American, Irish, Japanese, and Jewish descent have been simianized in the past — and the present.

#OscarsSoWhite and Loving Film While Black

I love film more than I love some people. As a writer, it should probably be the literary sphere and its icons that I worship, study and offer my first-born to, but it’s the realm of film that’s always had my heart. Case in point: The Rosie Perez dance…

The Marginalization of Marketing

Recognizing Inclusivity in a Diverse Marketplace

Four Oscar Nominations for Best Picture Go to Films with Disability Connections

This is the point, isn’t it? It just wasn’t possible before, we can now. We can enrich ourselves by being open to difference, by embracing it, even in something that some might consider ‘silly’ like comics (I don’t think they are silly, by the way) we would be called to vibrate at a higher frequency.

The History of Black People in Media

The History
Representation of black people in different aspects of media has been the topic of much debate. This topic caught my interest because it’s something that’s closely related to my major, filmmaking, and what I wish to pursue as a career. I’m also…

Noem My Skollie

Last night, my wife and i went to see “Noem My Skollie” (Call me Thief)- an Afrikaans movie, set in the 1960’s in the Cape Flats…

Unfortunately, the Islamic terrorist is not a cliché but statistical reality. A majority of Muslims are not terrorists but a majority of terrorists are Muslims. The political…