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Novelist and poet Ishmael Reed appears in his office at his home in Oakland, California, on June 1, 1998. Photo credit: Paul Sakuma, The Associated Press
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Disney buried its racist ‘Song of the South.’ Now an Oakland playwright is digging it back up

  • October 16, 2025
  • By The San Francisco Chronicle
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Halle Bailey as Ariel in Disney's "The Little Mermaid. " Photo credit: Giles Keyte, Disney Enterprises, Inc.
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Disney’s ‘The Little Mermaid’ starring Black actress Halle Bailey opens with fanfare, but also caps a history of misogynoir

  • May 26, 2023
  • By Carla Hay
  • NABJ Black News & Views
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