Tarik Moody

When filmmaker Ava DuVernay first read Isabel Wilkerson's 2020 book, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, she was so stunned, she reread it twice. The bestselling book draws a line between India's caste system, the hierarchies of Nazi Germany and the historic subjugation of Black people in the United States. "It took me a really long time to wrap my mind around the idea that there's something underneath racism that's […]

Author Hajar Yazdiha (left) wrote about Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy in her book, The Struggle for the People's King (right).PR Agency Everyone from the Tea Party to immigrants' rights groups want a piece of Dr. King | Code Switch At the time of his assassination, Martin Luther King Jr. was a figure of contention, far from the universally revered icon he is posthumously celebrated today. In Code Switch's latest episode, they […]

In recent years, the digital landscape has undergone a seismic shift, particularly with the acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk.This move has not only changed the platform's operational dynamics but has also led to a noticeable escalation in instances of racism. A striking report from the Center for Countering Digital Hate highlights this trend, revealing that racial slurs targeting Black individuals on Twitter surged to over 26,000 occurrences in 2022 […]

Some stories just seem to stay with us. That's certainly the case for Alice Walker's The Color Purple. Her 1982 novel won a Pulitzer Prize and has since been the basis for a movie, then a Broadway musical, then a radio play. On Christmas Day, it's coming back to the big screen as a musical but with new music and a new treatment. The story about African-American women who face […]

Anime, a vibrant and influential medium from Japan, has crossed cultural boundaries, resonating deeply with diverse audiences worldwide. Particularly notable is its profound impact within the Black community, a theme explored in Justin Roblero's documentary "Shades of Otaku," which just kicked off a crowdfunding campaign. I recently wrote about a similar topic the interaction of Anime and Black culture in an article titled "Anime, Art, Beats & Sake: The Intersection […]