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The cast of the film ‘Spotlight’ reacts after they won the Oscar for Best Picture at the 88th Academy Awards. Mario Anzuoni/Reuters

February 29, 2016

Oscars 2016: expert reaction

Kevin Hagopian, Penn State; Amberia Sargent, University of California, Los Angeles; Kathy DeMarco Van Cleve, University of Pennsylvania; Kellie Carter Jackson, Hunter College; Michael Mamp, Central Michigan University; Patti McCarthy, Whittier College, and Thomas Leitch, University of Delaware

From Chris Rock’s opening monologue to red carpet hits (and misses), our experts analyze key moments from this year’s Academy Awards.

Self-identifying as black is anyone’s right, but the lies are what do the most damage. Colin Mulvany/The Spokesman Review via AP/file 2015

June 16, 2015

Spokane’s black community embraces white allies, so what’s behind Rachel Dolezal’s perplexing deception?

Kellie Carter Jackson, Hunter College

Blacks need allies, not avatars.

Alejandro G. Inarritu’s Birdman took home four awards, including Best Picture. Mike Blake/Reuters

February 23, 2015

Oscars 2015: expert reaction

Michael Green, Arizona State University; Catherine Liu, University of California, Irvine; Fabrizio Cilento, Messiah College; Kellie Carter Jackson, Hunter College; Marissa J. Moorman, Indiana University; Michele Schreiber, Emory University, and Stephen Benedict Dyson, University of Connecticut

Indies to the rescue, the quiet power of foreign language films, Gen-X’s crowning moment. All – and more – are covered by our experts, who weigh in on this year’s Oscars.

Rapper Kanye West’s new album Yeezus reflects on race and discrimination in present day America. EPA/Ferdy Damman

June 25, 2013

Yeezus saves: Kanye West, hip hop and the language of slavery

Kellie Carter Jackson, Harvard University

This month, rapper Kanye West’s highly anticipated new album Yeezus was released at perhaps one of the coolest launch events ever. His latest single New Slaves was simultaneously featured on 66 screens…

Tarantino’s “Django Unchained” set in the context of slavery, depicts stark racial stereotypes. AAP/ Facundo Arrizabalaga

January 24, 2013

How Quentin Tarantino unchained Django (and historical facts)

Kellie Carter Jackson, Harvard University

This year, America will celebrate the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, a presidential decree that effectively abolished slavery in all states in rebellion during the Civil…

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