There’s a pattern of white and non-Black performers using “Black English” or “Blaccent” to gain notoriety. These performers are being called out (and canceled) for cultural appropriation, yet Blaccent is becoming more popular, with some people proclaiming Blaccent to be the modern internet-speak. What is the problem with using a […]
There’s a new type of character in Hollywood: The Asian Himbo. These hunky male characters who are sweet but not the brightest bulbs have come a long way from stereotypes that date all the way back to the 1800s. Professors Adrian De Leon, Danielle Bainbridge, and special guest Phil Yu […]
Fans of all things Roman empire! Today we have stitched together our ‘Roman Empire’ videos into a compilation that is sure to give anyone a deeply intriguing and thorough understanding about how the ancient Romans ate, how they kept clean, how they dressed, and even what life was like in […]
Native American representation in film and TV used to be confined to Westerns and storylines of defeat. Today, a new wave of Native American comedies, written and created by Native peoples, are taking back their narratives. Shows like Reservation Dogs and Rutherford Falls challenge stereotypes and address big political movements […]
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The Stooges are pioneers of the proto punk movement, with Iggy Pop often hailed as the Godfather of Punk. In this album story, we explore the origins of the title, and trace it back to a bad decision — something The Stooges kinda made part of their career. This is […]
Take the 2023 PBS Survey: https://to.pbs.org/pbssurvey2023p Did you know that the U.S.’ first foreign-fought war was with…pirates? After the U.S. declared independence, the Barbary pirates began capturing Americans in the Mediterranean and holding them for ransom. At one point, Congress agreed to pay them a huge portion of their federal […]
The Palestinian catastrophe, explained. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don’t miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Around the time that Israelis celebrate Independence Day, Palestinians commemorate “The Nakba,” or “The Catastrophe.” The Nakba was a series of events, centered around 1948, that expelled hundreds of thousands Palestinians from their […]
The sex lives of kings and queens have been the subject of scrutiny and scandal for centuries. The Tudor period alone runs the gamut, from the highly sexualized court of Henry VIII to that of his daughter, the “Virgin Queen,” Elizabeth I. Extramarital relations at the British court was accepted […]
Today we discuss the fascinating history of Western thought regarding indigenous American origins. Did you know it was once commonly accepted that indigenous Americans were descended from ancient Israelites? This is one of the many tales we explore as we delve how we got to the modern prevailing opinion of […]
