Thirty African countries have laws against homosexuality, but debate still rages over whether homophobia is endemic to Africa or a European import. “Leftover colonial laws” against queerness are only partially responsible, said Wunpini Fatimata Mohammed, a professor of journalism and mass communications at the University of Georgia and author of the article, “Deconstructing homosexuality in Ghana.” In societies that were already homophobic before colonization, said Dr Mohammed, “these colonial laws worked in tandem with homophobic societal norms.” American evangelicals also contribute to anti-queerness in Africa.
White supremacy in Hollywood operates on the premise that Black movies, directors, and stars are “unbankable”—or not profitable.
As global capitalism slowly withers, a non-exploitative health care system has entered the realm of the possible.
Blacks and Palestinians struggle against the same global matrix of interlocking oppressions.
Avoid anything that could be construed as progressive or risk never working in television again.
The Trump-era brought in a new McCarthyism to which the Guild, shockingly, has fallen prey.
