Nadine Ford, swim coach and executive director of Evolutionary Aquatics, a nonprofit led by Black women in Charlotte, North Carolina, dedicates her time to mainly teaching Black adults how to swim. According to the website, the club’s mission is to “reteach Black adults their authentic and genetic aquatic culture” and to shatter stereotypes that “Blacks don’t […]
In hip-hop culture, it seems like anyone who isn’t black has to be reminded every time they drop a verse. Even though countless races have proven their skills, people can’t seem to wrap their heads around non-blacks in the booth. Watch as Wildin’ Out cast member Lauren Flans blindly listens to a rap battle tournament, […]
Dustin Young, a recently certified male doula, is encouraging men to educate themselves on childbirth and is advocating for women before, during and post-labor. The California native shared that he began his journey to becoming a doula after aiding his younger sister, Alexis Pitts, during her pregnancy and childbirth. “It was a safe birth but […]
Get a full month of MUBI FOR FREE: https://mubi.com/thetake (With the support of Creative Europe – MEDIA Programme of the European Union) | The grotesque racist caricatures that were used to justify slavery and the systemic mistreatment of black people found their way into our earliest blockbuster movies, and they remained popular onscreen for decades. […]