Sentences with phrase «about black folks»

Ditto Charles Murray's Losing Ground, «another book about black folks that could have been written about hillbillies — which addressed the way our government encouraged social decay through the welfare state,» he notes.

Though it's Chuck who most infuriates Nick, this flick is mostly about black folks having a hard time adjusting to nature.

You could argue that this represents a real cross-section of Southern attitudes and how they evolved through the Civil Rights movement and into the modern day, or you could see it as simpering, middlebrow - pleasing pabulum meant to assure its middle - class elderly white audience that it's not racist and appreciates good, Oscar - feted movies about black folk (written / directed / produced by white folks) based on Pulitzer Prize - winning plays (by white folks).

and sadly, a huge portion of the word really is mistaken and uninformed about black folk... even in the 21st century.

Not exact matches

Because even these well intentioned folks would never consider going to a black or hispanic church... we want them to tone down their spirited religion and stop talking about poverty and social justice.

Blacks folks don't have short memories, they are still talking about slavery and that happen hundreds of years ago.

By uncovering as much as possible about such female liberation, the womanist begins to understand the relation of black history to the contemporary folk expression: «If Rosa Parks had not sat down, Martin King would not have stood up.»

Even if some folks are confused about whether they're food or decorations, I can at least offset the homesickness with a month full of squash - themed meals like this Butternut Squash and Black Bean Chili.

Scott's killing ignited a flame long dormant in many black folk around Charlotte about the daily oppression they face in searching for housing, escaping poverty, and policing.

Now, I'm not going to go into great detail about how I think you might just be missing the point, though I will suggest that perhaps you'd be more persuasive if you considered the question of whether anyone ASKED those «black folks» whether or not they wanted to be brought in chains to the New World, kept in servitude for centuries, stripped of their cultures and their very names and forcibly converted to an alien religion.

«My intention was more so about building an infrastructure that can ensure that younger folks, blacks from the Caribbean, blacks from the continent would see [that] building a black political base was important to them,» Atta - Mensah said.

had to smile about all the black in your wardrobe - i came from a 80 % black wardrobe to now having a problem if i have to attend a funeral... (i solve this with wearing dark colored folk costume) glad i found you and the other 40 + ladies here - fabulous bunch!

The struggle — and bright side — of online dating for people of color — «Black folks are skeptical about a lot of things,» he said, online dating being one...

What's more, his glorious, wild halo of hair is a flashpoint both for condescending white folk and for his fellow black students, some of whom ask him outright why he doesn't do something about it.

Her directorial work includes Paper Chase, a teen comedy in pre-production with Gunpowder and Sky; All Styles, a dance movie in post production starring Fik - Shun (So You Think You Can Dance) and Heather Morris (Glee); Black Folk Don't, a documentary web series in its fourth season featured in Time Magazine's «10 Ideas That Are Changing Your Life» and (A) sexua, l a feature - length documentary about people who experience no sexual attraction that streamed on Netflix and Hulu for four years.

Many talked about what it meant to see black folks in power.

It isn't a film that necessarily needs to be pushed because he's a black director or because it teaches us white folks about racism.

A valuable reminder about some brilliant black folks gifted and daring enough to make seminal cultural and social contributions to the nation in spite of their potentially - crippling, color - coded, second - class status.

The tinting of Jean Dujardin's toothy mug to accommodate black - and - white cinematography is about to rob recognition from the folks who toiled away, one last time, on magically morphing Ralph Fiennes into the pasty bane of Harry Potter's existence.

Q: Can you tell me a little bit about the state of making films for young black and brown folks today, both in terms of Indiegogo and Hollywood filmmaking?

As one character is obsessed with Elvis, it strikes as ironic that Elvis's blue - eyed soul reflects a lot of the same marketing success as The Commitments outrageously popular soundtrack album — making one character's line about the Irish being Europe's black folks interesting for more than just the realization that Parker is taking another oblique shot across the bow at America's race record.

Funny folks Jack Black and Sarah Silverman take dramatic turns in feature films; Bobcat Goldthwait premieres a documentary about comic Barry Crimmins; and comedian Tig Notaro stars in her own documentary, «Tig.»

In the horror movie Get Out, a guy about to meet his girlfriend's folks for the first time asks if she has told them he is black.

The silliness of EARLY MAN won't make any big splashes at the box office, as its going against a Marvel juggernaut BLACK PANTHER, but if enough folks hear about the giant man - eating mallard... Who knows?

Even in the wake of the massive box office and critical success of Avengers: Infinity War, folks are still talking about this year's other major Marvel blockbuster, Black Panther.

When Ellis Cose first conducted a study of black graduates of elite academic institutions back in 1994, he encountered a set of relatively - prospering folks who were nonetheless frustrated about the obstacles they encountered as they endeavored to ascend the corporate ladder.

Coogler concluded his letter by thanking Black Panther everyone who contributed to the movie's thunderous debut:» For the people who bought out theaters, who posted on social [media] about how lit the film would be, bragged about our awesome cast, picked out outfits to wear, and who stood in line in theaters all over the world before even seeing the film... To the press who wrote about the film for folks who hadn't yet seen it, and encourage audiences to come out... And to the young ones, who came out with their parents, with their mentors, and with their friends... Thank you for giving our team of filmmakers the greatest gift: The opportunity to share this film, that we poured our hearts and souls into, with you.»

In this edition, see what the folks at Honest Trailers have to say about Marvel's box office giant Black Panther now that it's out on home video.

I tell folks sometimes that black lives matter — and that since I have one, it matters a whole lot to me — but the electoral process left me confused about whether our leaders actually agree with me.

In ratifying a resolution to issue a moratorium on charter schools, the NAACP — despite its storied history of defending the civil rights of black and brown people in America — has made the same mistake that the majority has made about us for years: Assuming (wrongly) that black folks are a monolith.

I constantly hear black folk wax poetic about the golden era of trade schools.

In fact, those who support the amended platform language, which undercuts parent choice, are the ones who seek to impose their ideology on black folk by seeking to substitute their choices about school options in place of the decisions of individual black parents.

Just as black folks braved the cautions about what lay north and west when they participated in the Great Migration, black folks know that hope is captured in moving forward, not standing still.

Some folks love black cats, some are a bit nervous around them, and some have deep - rooted superstitions about them.

Folk tales like Black Cat's Message and Wait Until Emmet Comes and images of black cats with witches, in graveyards and under glowing moons still do play on residual fears about black Black Cat's Message and Wait Until Emmet Comes and images of black cats with witches, in graveyards and under glowing moons still do play on residual fears about black black cats with witches, in graveyards and under glowing moons still do play on residual fears about black black cats.

Among the periods she intends to highlight are the years 1924 to 1943, when the notion of a distinct American folk art came into public consciousness through the efforts of the Whitney Studio Club and MoMA director Alfred Barr; the long decade from the late 1960s through the early 1980s that saw both the publication of Roger Cardinal's 1972 book Outsider Art and Jane Livingston and James Beardsley's groundbreaking 1982 show «Black Folk Art in America, 1930 — 1980» at the Corcoran Gallery; and the near present, with its ongoing conversation about how to contextualize vernacular folk art came into public consciousness through the efforts of the Whitney Studio Club and MoMA director Alfred Barr; the long decade from the late 1960s through the early 1980s that saw both the publication of Roger Cardinal's 1972 book Outsider Art and Jane Livingston and James Beardsley's groundbreaking 1982 show «Black Folk Art in America, 1930 — 1980» at the Corcoran Gallery; and the near present, with its ongoing conversation about how to contextualize vernacular Folk Art in America, 1930 — 1980» at the Corcoran Gallery; and the near present, with its ongoing conversation about how to contextualize vernacular art.

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When asked about the film, Jafa said, «I suspected black people were gonna be moved by it, but I have to say, the most unexpected thing has been how strongly white folks, or nonblack people, have been moved by it.

We don't want black folk finding out about it.»

When writing his seminal work, «The Souls of Black Folk,» civil rights activist W.E.B. Du Bois created a series of data visualizations about black advancement in the United States — from circular charts that show taxable property owned by African Americans to others that tracked city - versus - rural populatBlack Folk,» civil rights activist W.E.B. Du Bois created a series of data visualizations about black advancement in the United States — from circular charts that show taxable property owned by African Americans to others that tracked city - versus - rural populatblack advancement in the United States — from circular charts that show taxable property owned by African Americans to others that tracked city - versus - rural populations.

We've already noted that survivalism is the new black, and with climate change, peak oil, and rising food prices all vying for our attention, it's little wonder that folks all over are thinking more and more about what they would do if our

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