Nickelodeon’s PSA and Why Black Girls Are Not Our Soldiers
by Faith Nwachuku-Taite
This piece was originally published by Plugged, a partner of ATC, on their blog Views From The...
‘Wind River’ and Wow, We Don’t Care About Native Americans
Light spoilers are contained in the article. No major plot twists or reveals though, promise!
Wind River is star-studded, brilliant, and you don't even know...
Beat Shazam Is Back, Along With The Wonderfully Awkward Racial Overtones
"This is a fucking social experiment," my girlfriend spit out in the midst of cackling at Aaron and Martin, Black sibling educators from Philly...
‘Dope’: Blackness, Pop Culture, and Growing Up in 2015
Revolving around a circus of coinciding storylines and Malcolm's issues of self-understanding, Dope serves as a humorous representation of popular youth culture in 2015...
‘Blockers’ Was As Progressive As It Was Raunchy (Preview)
Ike Barinholtz is a professional clown on The Mindy Project. I love him. I also love how pleasantly competent John Cena is as an actor....
Joseph Allen, The Suspicious GCU, And “Good Energy”
Note: If you're just here for my take on the strange involvement of Grand Canyon University in Joseph Allen's audition, scroll down to 'The...
Fox News Might Be More Tolerant Than MSNBC
Yeah, I said it. I think we give Fox News too much of a hard time.
I mean, there was that time Outnumbered co-host Andrea...
What They Say: Is ‘Black-ish’ Racist?
This past Monday, Andrea Peyser of the New York Post published an article claiming the show Black-ish perpetuates racist stereotypes of Black people.
Among other...
‘White People’ and ‘Uncommon Sense’: Why Now?
MTV is rolling out two new shows this month: White People and Uncommon Sense. White People, set to air on July 22, is a special on...
The Anime Talk Block: a fresh start
If you live in the plugged-in 21st century on Earth, chances are you have heard of this thing called Anime. The reputation of this...