VOX ATL sat down with The Txlips to discuss issues black women face in the music industry, utilizing music as a platform for social justice and change, and the radical nature of unapologetic blackness. Read on
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In this episode of the VOXCast, Mack Walker sits down with with fellow Atlanta teens Karis, JT and Mohamed from Youth United to talk about the work they do in the community, ideas for the next Georgia governor and how discrimination and segregation are still present in Atlanta-area high schools in 2018. Read on
In a society in which blackness is criminalized and defined by stereotypes, Afropunk reminds the world that black people are more than FOX News headlines and mugshots, and black culture is as beautiful as it is nuanced. Read on
"It is crazy that we need a movie that depicts what happens out here in the real world for it to get peoples' attention. Police brutality is very much a real thing, so why do we need a fictional representation of it for people to sit up and realize?" Read on
For me, “The Hate U Give” taught an important lesson: that it is okay to be an angry black girl. Because, collectively within the black community, we have every right to be. Read on
VOX ATL reporter Emma MacDonald attends immigration-themed art show and was lucky enough for many of the teens and professional artists present to be able to share their personal stories with her. Read on
