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References

Collins, P. H. (2000). Mammies, matriarchs, and other controlling images In Black feminist thought: Knowledge, consciousness, and the politics of empowerment (2nd Ed, pp. 69–96). New York: Routledge.

Doane, A. (“Woody”). (2014). Shades of colorblindess: Rethinking racial ideology in the…

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Meet Charley Bordelon West

Portrayed by the actress Dawn Lyen-Gardner, Charley Bordelon West is the middle sister of the Bordelon siblings…

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A Look Inside the Series

Queen Sugar airs on OWN network, and follows the lives of the Bordelon family situated in Louisiana. Centering the lives of three distant Bordelon siblings, Charley, Nova, and Ralph Angel, the plot unfolds as they are brought together to mourn the passing of their late father. From…

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The Era of Black Lives Matter

Queen Sugar premiered in 2016, toward the end of Barack Obama’s second term, and right in the heat of the…

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Meet Nova Bordelon

Unlike the other Bordelon siblings, Nova is a character that wasn’t originally featured in the novel by Natalie Baszille…

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The Women of Queen Sugar
The Women of Queen Sugar
This blog explores representations of Black womanhood through an examination of the four main women characters featured in Ava Duvernay’s drama series, Queen Sugar.
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