MELANATED PEOPLE INFLUENCE GLOBAL CULTURE.
SOCIAL MEDIA HAS MADE THE ONCE SLUGGISH PROCESS OF CULTURAL APPROPRIATION NOW INSTANTANEOUS.
PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD DANCE TO OUR MUSIC, DRESS IN OUR FASHION, USE OUR LANGUAGE, AND LAUGH AT OUR JOKES.
SO IF THE WORLD IS TAKING NOTES...
WHAT IF THE WORLD WATCHED US HEAL?
HOW?
HOW OFTEN DO YOU REALLY SEE YOURSELF ON SCREEN?
ALTHOUGH WE'VE MADE STRIDES IN DIVERSE ON-SCREEN REPRESENTATION;
THE “HOLLYWOOD POWERS THAT BE” HAVE ROUTINELY CAPITALIZED OFF OF TRAUMATIC IMAGES AND STEREOTYPICAL NARRATIVES THAT NEVER SEEM TO SHOW WHAT OUR HEALING CAN LOOK LIKE.
WE HAVE MORE OPTIONS THAN WE KNOW.
