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The Violence of Racial Capitalism in Dakota

October 9, 2019October 6, 2019 André Carrington #MilestoneMedia, criminal justice system, police violence, poverty, race, Race and Economic History, urban history

*This post is part of our online forum on the Black-owned and -controlled Milestone Media. In the 2018 horror film

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Fantastic and Fatal Coalitions: Revisiting ‘Blood Syndicate’

October 8, 2019October 6, 2019 Rebecca Wanzo #comicsandrace, #MilestoneMedia, black intellectual history, comic books, comics, race, urban history, violence

*This post is part of our online forum on the Black-owned and -controlled Milestone Media. In 1983, Bernice Johnson Reagon

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Making a World: Comics, Meaning, and the Dakotaverse

October 7, 2019October 6, 2019 Julian Chambliss #MilestoneMedia, comic books, comics, geography, race, urban history

*This post is part of our online forum on the Black-owned and -controlled Milestone Media. In Milestone Forever, a documentary

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The Centrality of Whiteness in Modern Sports

September 25, 2019September 17, 2019 Jermaine Scott culture, Gender, masculinity, race, sports, white supremacy

Modern sport is racial. This statement has become obvious with the recent protests in the NFL, NBA, and WNBA around

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Unilever’s Ads and the History of Sexual Abuse Under Slavery

September 19, 2019September 19, 2019 Thomas A. Foster art, Gender, race, Racial Violence, racism, sexuality, slavery

In a typical US advertisement for Magnum ice cream, a young, attractive white woman devours an ice-cream treat coated in chocolate. The

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