Source: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin / Getty When readers opened the latest edition of the New Yorker and saw the illustrated portrait accompanying its profile of Wunmi Mosaku, many had the same immediate reaction: Who is that supposed to be? The drawing, rendered in the magazine’s familiar editorial illustration style, shows Mosaku standing stiffly in front of shelves […]
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Source: Iona Wolff / Getty The fallout from the 2026 BAFTA Awards is still unfolding after a shocking moment during the ceremony reignited conversations about race, disability and accountability. Read more about the BAFTA N-word controversy and how this Black woman with Tourette’s offers important context. According to reporting from The Guardian, Tourette syndrome activist John […]
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Source: Stuart Wilson/BAFTA / Getty Sometimes the most dangerous thing in the room isn’t the racist slur. It’s the audacity to tell Black folks we didn’t hear what we heard, and to demand that we understand it before we’re allowed to feel it. At this year’s BAFTA Awards, that dynamic detonated in plain sight when […]
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