Black Agenda Report
Black Agenda Report
News, commentary and analysis from the black left.

  • Home
  • Africa
  • African America
  • Education
  • Environment
  • International
  • Media and Culture
  • Political Economy
  • Radio
  • US Politics
  • War and Empire

Jim Crow Still Lives in Hollywood
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
19 Aug 2019
🖨️ Print Article

The US film industry is more open to Black themes and participation than in the past, but still has not answered the question of what kind of society it will project, said Maryann Erigha, a professor of sociology and African American Studies at the University of Georgia, and author of the new book, “The Hollywood Jim Crow: Racial Politics of the Movie Industry.” “Is it a sanitized whiteness, is it a whitewashed vision, or can we have this unapologetic Blackness, and that just be part of the American cultural canon?”

Hollywood Racism

More Stories


  • Devil got a Donor
    Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
    Devil got a Donor
    11 Sep 2019
    The Devil got a donor—a real high roller! The Devil’s donor base blew up  like it caught the mumps from this true believer in big Capital projects:
  • Which Way Out of Neoliberalism: Fascism or Socialism? 
    Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
    Which Way Out of Neoliberalism: Fascism or Socialism? 
    11 Sep 2019
    Without self-determination, socialism becomes an economistic demand that fails to account for imperial rule.
  • 3rd International Trade Union Forum: Comments from Ajamu Baraka
    Ajamu Baraka , BAR editor and columnist
    3rd International Trade Union Forum: Comments from Ajamu Baraka
    11 Sep 2019
    There can be no workers’ rights without peace and social justice. “War and militarism are class issues.”
  • They Survived Solitary Confinement. Now They’re Fighting to End It.
    Victoria Law
    They Survived Solitary Confinement. Now They’re Fighting to End It.
    11 Sep 2019
    On any given day, 80,000 people are locked in solitary confinement in US prisons and jails.
  • Letters from Our Readers 
    Jahan Chowdhry, BAR Comments Editor
    Letters from Our Readers 
    11 Sep 2019
    This week we discuss the rising popularity of socialism in the US, Bernie Sanders’ energy policy, and the electoral obstacles to electing a new Congress.
  • Load More
Subscribe
connect with us
about us
contact us