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Displaying all articles tagged:
Race
finish line
Nov. 5, 2023
Which Celebrities Are the Fastest Marathon Runners?
Let’s take a look at which celebs ran the 2023 New York City Marathon the quickest.
By
Tom Smyth
in the heights
June 16, 2021
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jon M. Chu and
In the Heights
Actors Address Film’s Colorism
Rita Moreno has also addressed the backlash, saying, “Can’t you just wait a while and leave it alone?”
By
Rebecca Alter
close reads
Mar. 26, 2021
What Was the Asian American Character Actor?
For way too long, supporting roles were both the ceiling and a devil’s bargain.
By
Alison Willmore
cable news
Jan. 6, 2021
Joy Reid Delivers Powerful Speech on Capitol Siege and Race on MSNBC
“White Americans aren’t afraid of the cops. White Americans are never afraid of the cops, even when they’re committing an insurrection.”
By
Chris Murphy
apologies
Aug. 5, 2020
Zoe Saldana Apologizes, for Real This Time, for Playing Nina Simone
“I should have never played Nina.”
By
Rebecca Alter
race
July 15, 2020
James Roday Reclaims Birth Name Rodriguez
The
Psych
star will now go by James Roday Rodriguez.
By
Charu Sinha
lawsuits
July 8, 2020
Renamed Band Lady A Is Suing Anita ‘Lady A’ White Over Use of the Name Lady A
Anita White has responded to the lawsuit, tweeting “no weapon formed against me shall prosper.”
By
Chris Murphy
lady a
June 12, 2020
If Country Music Wants to Reckon With Its Racism, Look Deeper Than the Bad Names
Even if we are to give “Lady A” credit for their gesture, we must also acknowledge that it should be but the catalyst of far deeper work.
By
Andrea Williams
theater
June 10, 2020
Building Trust After Inclusivity Failed: Lessons for the Theater
After years of talk, minimal progress. So what now?
By
Helen Shaw
hindsight in 2020
June 8, 2020
Justin Bieber, Having ‘Benefited off of Black Culture,’ Vows to Fight Racism
“My style, how I sing, dance, perform, and my fashion have all been influenced and inspired by black culture.”
By
Halle Kiefer
roundtables
June 5, 2020
A Roundtable Discussion on a Chaotic Week in Social Media
As new rules emerge and people test the bounds of what’s acceptable online, Vulture gathers to discuss what unrest looks like on your phone.
By
Craig Jenkins,
E. Alex Jung,
and
Dee Lockett
baftas so white
Jan. 10, 2020
Cynthia Erivo Turned Down BAFTAs Performance Over All-White Acting Nominees
The awards received criticism this week after no nominees of color made it into any of the four acting categories.
By
Halle Kiefer
spoilers
Nov. 24, 2019
Who Is Hooded Justice?
Watchmen
Has a Stunning Answer.
Watchmen
writer Cord Jefferson talks Hooded Justice, generational trauma, and the show’s best episode yet.
By
Angelica Jade Bastién
tv
Sept. 7, 2019
Walter Mosley Left
Star Trek: Discovery
Writers’ Room Following N-Word Complaint
In a New York
Times
essay, the author says HR informed him that his use of the N-word in an anecdote had made a co-worker uncomfortable.
By
Halle Kiefer
old town road
Apr. 16, 2019
When Genre Becomes a Prison
The story of “Old Town Road” is the story of nearly every black artist’s attempt at a country hit.
By
Craig Jenkins
first person
Feb. 15, 2019
On
PEN15
, Everyone Is (Refreshingly) a Bully
The excellent mid-season episode, “Posh,” plays like a fable about race in American middle schools.
By
Mallika Rao
roundtables
Oct. 4, 2018
How Do We Talk About Race and Pop Culture Without Going Insane?
A panel of critics discuss Wesley Morris’s New York
Times
essay and some of the biggest anxieties plaguing criticism today.
By
Angelica Jade Bastién,
E. Alex Jung,
and
Miriam Bale
Dec. 27, 2017
Chance the Rapper Wants to Talk About Race and Netflix’s
Bright
“I always feel a lil cheated when I see allegorical racism in movies.”
By
Halle Kiefer
Nov. 1, 2017
New Study Finds That Only 4.8% of TV Writers Are Black
A new study by a UCLA professor has resulted in some stunning proof that television still has a long, long way to go when it comes to diverse […]
By
Megh Wright
Sept. 8, 2017
Priyanka Chopra Lost a Movie Role for Being ‘Too Ethnic’
“It’s been extremely hard to have had a career where everyone knows me and I look like everybody else and then come into a country and not have that.”
By
Jada Yuan
June 14, 2017
In Its First Season,
The Handmaid’s Tale
Greatest Failing Is How It Handles Race
The show’s feminist aims are undone by its refusal to be honest about race.
By
Angelica Jade Bastién
books
May 30, 2017
A White Radio Host Asked Author Paul Beatty If He Had to Learn to ‘Become Black’
On National Sorry Day, no less.
By
Jordan Crucchiola
May 29, 2017
Bachelorette Rachel Lindsay: Race Wasn’t a Factor in Choosing Men
“In my final decision, I just went with my heart and the person I found my forever with.”
By
Trupti Rami
race in america
Apr. 19, 2017
Jay Z’s Six-Part Docuseries
Race
Heads to National Geographic Channel
Race
joins Jay Z’s other documentary projects
Time: The Kalief Browder Story
and
Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story.
By
Halle Kiefer
grammys 2017
Feb. 14, 2017
Recording Academy President Says Grammys ‘Don’t Have a Race Problem’
He also claims Kanye didn’t perform because of “medical concerns.”
By
Tolly Wright
girls
Jan. 11, 2017
Lena Dunham Discusses the Whiteness of
Girls
“When I wrote the pilot I was 23. Each character was an extension of me. I thought I was doing the right thing.”
By
Jackson McHenry
mulan
Oct. 10, 2016
Disney Promises Live-Action
Mulan
Will Cast an Asian Love Interest
Rumors had swirled that the studio was considering a white male love interest.
By
Jackson McHenry
race
Oct. 3, 2016
Luke Cage
’s Take on Anti-Black Police Violence Is a Little Confusing
It’s admirable, if contradictory.
By
Abraham Riesman
let’s talk about race
May 26, 2016
How
Mindy
Brilliantly Responded to Criticism
Internet commentary is a new iteration of audience engagement with a show, and it presents a new challenge for showrunners.
By
E. Alex Jung
hamilton
Mar. 30, 2016
Hamilton
Producer Responds to Casting ‘Outrage’
Calm yoself.
By
Dee Lockett
empire
Mar. 30, 2016
You Will
Never
Guess Why No One’s Watching
Empire
Overseas
“Having a diverse cast creates another hurdle for U.S. series trying to break through.”
By
Dee Lockett
Feb. 24, 2016
Remembering ‘Amos and Andrew,’ the Forgotten Racially Charged Comedy That […]
Olive Films has carved out an odd niche for itself releasing special-features-free DVDs and Blu-Rays of movies that seem mildly interesting […]
By
Nathan Rabin
movie reviews
Feb. 21, 2016
Race
Works Best When It Focuses on Jesse Owens
There’s a lot of tempering going on here.
By
Bilge Ebiri
whitewashing
Feb. 19, 2016
Joseph Fiennes Says Playing Michael Jackson Won’t ‘Promote Stereotyping’
“I went with the mind that this was a positive, lighthearted comedy.”
By
Dee Lockett
vulture lists
Jan. 8, 2016
The 10 Most Embarrassing
X-Files
Episodes
To truly respect
The X-Files
, it seems only fair to remember — and then, hopefully, promptly forget — the bumps it faced on the way to greatness.
By
Devon Maloney
harry potter
Dec. 21, 2015
How J.K. Rowling Accidentally Made Room For a Black Hermione
The author has encouraged diverse readings of her books, even though there’s little of it in the text.
By
Ira Madison III
harry potter and the cursed child
Dec. 21, 2015
J.K. Rowling Quickly Shuts Down Haters of a Black Hermione
Kissing emoji included.
By
Dee Lockett
race in hollywood
Nov. 18, 2015
In HBO’s New Doc, the American Dream Is Latino
On the occasion of
The Latin Explosion
, HBO’s latest documentary, let’s look back at
la lucha
.
By
Matthew Ismael Ruiz
hot topics
Nov. 12, 2015
Jeezy on Obama’s Shortcomings, His New Album, and Black Lives Matter
“He has a little over a year left to turn up.”
By
Dee Lockett
the vulture tv podcast
Nov. 10, 2015
Master of None
and How We Talk About Race on TV
“When Asians get to be regular and mediocre and, you know, not the top student, that’s when we’re finally getting into equality territory.”
By
Gazelle Emami,
Matt Zoller Seitz,
and
E. Alex Jung
race
Sept. 18, 2015
Julian Casablancas and Dev Hynes Talk Race
Casablancas to Hynes: “”I apologize on behalf of white people, we’re the worst.”
By
Dee Lockett
race
Sept. 16, 2015
Matt Damon Apologizes for Diversity Comments
“I believe deeply that there need to be more diverse filmmakers making movies.”
By
Dee Lockett
race
Aug. 27, 2015
Miley Cyrus on Nicki Minaj’s VMAs Tweets: ‘You Made It About You’
“What I read sounded very Nicki Minaj, which, if you know Nicki Minaj is not too kind. It’s not very polite.”
By
Dee Lockett
race
Aug. 6, 2015
Bythewood Calls Out Netflix for Stereotyping
“What algorithm do they use? The same that is used by studios.”
By
Dee Lockett
comedy
July 19, 2015
Dave Chappelle: ‘The Biggest Enemy of an Artist Is Apathy’
The comedian received an award at the RUSH Philanthropic Arts Foundation’s Art for Life benefit.
By
Greg Cwik
race
June 19, 2015
Whoopi Wants to Be in a Wes Anderson Movie
“I noticed there’s not a lot of folks of color, and I’d like to give you my résumé.”
By
Dee Lockett
art
May 7, 2015
5 Provocative 1930s Anti-Lynching Prints
“The terror in the man’s eyes conveys the persistent fears of black Americans in the South during the 1930s.”
By
Kyle Chayka
Apr. 22, 2015
Chris Rock on HBO’s ‘Real Sports’: ‘Baseball Is Dying. Literally.’
Here’s a new clip from HBO’s Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel featuring comedian and longtime baseball fan Chris Rock, who takes on baseball’s […]
By
Megh Wright
Mar. 10, 2015
What’s Up With the Native American Subplot on
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
?
Is there any other race Krakowski could have played without raising a substantial uproar?
By
Libby Hill
Jan. 15, 2015
The Problem with Poehler and Fey’s Golden Globes Cosby Joke
In what is perhaps the most French thing to ever happen, a handsome, stubble-faced marcher wearing a manscarf at the Charlie Hebdo rally was […]
By
Carvell Wallace
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