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Mo’ Better Blues (1990)

Mo’ Better Blues (1990)

Zui Quan (Drunken Boxing) 

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Eldominante

Because…..that’s goals right there 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾

Important.

What timeline is this

This article lays out many of the same discussions taking place on Writing With Color, but it also provides a look into the history of representation in U.S. publishing, how racial stereotypes in literature are transmitted across generations, and hope for breaking the cycle.

So those were the only three kinds of black characters that you tended to find in stories as protagonists. But when I was younger, it just felt like I was doubling up on history lessons. I wanted to read about fairytales and science fiction and fantasy. I wanted fun reads. It’s not necessarily fun to have to be confronted with racism, whether or not it’s in the past or the present, as a child. And unfortunately, a lot of those early books, that was all we had.”