The 2004 comedy “White Chicks”, directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans, features two black male FBI agents, Kevin and Marcus who undergo a prosthetic transformation including whiteface in an effort to disguise themselves. as two stereotypical white women for a case. Although this movie is a comedy, and does not feature much profound racial or…
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Dr. Shakespeare Agamemnon Beard: A Humble Man
W.E.B. Du Bois, one of the leading 20th century advocates for African-American rights, was born in 1885 in a mostly white Massachusetts town. His father, a Haitian-born immigrant, deserted his family when Du Bois was only two (Holt). Under the care of his mother, Du Bois, who identified himself as mulatto, attended school with whites…
Passing, No Science Required
Earlier this summer I saw an article about the actress Tessa Thompson that announced that she would be starring in an upcoming movie adaptation of the book Passing, by Nella Larsen. I had read the book Passing for summer reading in high school. The plotline of the book centers around two childhood friends, both light-skinned…
Black No More vs Watermelon Man (1970)
Watermelon Man (1970), directed by Melvin Van Peebles, is an American comedy-drama film starring Godfrey Cambridge. The film centers on a bigoted white insurance agent, married with two children, wakes up to find that he is now a black man. His doctor suggests he might be more comfortable with a black doctor; his neighbors want him…
Transforming into a White Man to Infiltrate Hate
A movie that in some ways reminds me of the book, “Black No More” was the 2018 film, “Blackkklansman”, directed by Spike Lee. It was based on a memoir by Ron Stallworth and is set in the 1970s of Colorado Springs. It follows the first African-American detective in the city’s police department as he sets out…
“Black No More” vs. “Black Like Me”
Griffin, J., & Bonazzi, Robert. (2010). Black like me (50th Anniversary ed.). New York: Signet. While reading George S. Schuyler’s satirical novel Black No More I saw many similarities between this story and a book I read for one of my classes last year, Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin. Rather than being satirical…
Sorry to Bother You and “Black No More”
Sorry to Bother You. Dir. Boots Riley. Perf. Lakeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, Lily James, Armie Hammer. Annapurna Pictures, 2018. Both Schuyler’s Black No More and Riley’s “Sorry to Bother You” deal with the physical changing of a African American man in order to more fully assimilate into white society, and thus become more successful. In Black No More, Max…
Challenge: Madam C.J. Walker and Madame Sisseretta Blandish
Sources 1.Bundles, A’Lelia. “Madam C.J. Walker: A Brief Biographical Essay.” Madam CJ Walker: The Official Website, http://www.madamcjwalker.com/bios/madam-c-j-walker/. 2. “Madam C.J. Walker.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, 25 Jan. 2019, http://www.biography.com/people/madam-cj-walker-9522174#comments. 3. Michaels, Debra. “Madam C.J. Walker.” National Women’s History Museum. PwC Charitable Foundation, 2015. https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/madam-cj-walker. 4. Curseen, Allison. “How Does It Feel to be a Problem?”…
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