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The Secret of Selling the Negro Market is a 1954 film financed by Johnson Publishing Company, the publisher of Ebony magazine, to encourage advertisers to promote their products and services in the African-American media.

‘My only sin is the colour of my skin’. Louis Armstrong.

The Cave of Adullam was originally a stronghold referred to in the Old Testament, near the town of Adullam, where future King David sought refuge from King Saul.

Nina Hibbin, writing about the film on its initial UK release in the Daily Worker, commented: “You can’t fight the colour bar merely by telling people it exists. You have to attack it, with passion and conviction. Commit yourself up to the hilt. Otherwise you’re in danger of fanning the flames.”

How Argentina Erased Its Black People from History.

Bell hooks on interlocking systems of domination

Die Antwoord is a South African band that uses hip-hop music to create a style it calls “zef”. Since it first appeared in 2009, Die Antwoord has been criticised for cultural appropriation (using cultural elements of a minority group in an exploitative way). It’s accused of copying the lyrics and styles of Cape Town artists rapping in South Africa’s Kaaps language, and of mimicking the visual styles of Cape Flats gang members.

White Supremacy in 1 minute

Jean-Michel Basquiat’s ‘Untitled (Skull)’

The Woman King Trailer

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