In my years as an educator and scholar, I have learned that education can be both empowering and oppressive. Specifically, I have closely studied discipline in Black families, racism in children’s literature and how all these things impact educational outcomes. In 2014, Atlanta Blackstar published…
Last year, the world got to watch Serena Williams, one of the greatest athletes of all time, complete an epic sports season. She tore through the tennis world on her historic quest to win all four major tennis tournaments in a year, known in tennis as a calendar year Grand Slam. She ended up winnng […]
A’ight young whoas, party people and kinfolk, as promised we have our comprehensive list of the Blackest moments of 2015. This year had its highs and lows but for now we’re focusing on our favorite moments in Black culture. Go on head take a gander, click the links, share and enjoy. Happy…
We’re back with the Fall 2015 Color TV Primetime schedule — the shows we’ll be following, live Tweeting, and covering on The Soapbox (official podcast of The ViP) this season. Below are 23 shows, which is more than 300 hours of television featuring people of color, 26% of which includes…
When speaking with staff earlier this week, Naomi Ko perfectly summed up The Comedy Comedy Festival and why it is important: “we want people to be entertained, we want them to be happy but…we still have to address issues of race, of gender, of religion, of sexuality on stage and we will and we’re…
There’s a difference between being funny and being a stand-up comedian. Anyone can land a joke at the right time. A lot of people can turn a phrase or tell a story in such an entertaining way, it makes people laugh until they cry. But it takes a certain amount of skill to engage a […]
A live table read of a pilot you’ve been working on with a close friend for months. It’s the first time hundreds of people, including your family and friends, will hear this work and it’s on the last day of a festival that’s been in the works for over seven months. That scenario might be […]
“Well they just don’t give a damn.” That was the first thought that popped into my head once I read the title “The Comedy Comedy Festival: A Comedy Festival (CCF).” I chuckled and knew that whoever was in charge of this event was a kindred spirit (or a group of kindred spirits),…
