Slate Race and Identity

Aisha Harris and Slate’s chief political correspondent Jamelle Bouie have a spoiler-filled discussion of Get Out, the directorial debut of Jordan Peele. And Valerie Woodward Srinivasan, Panoply Software Engineer shares her “Pre-Woke Watching” story.

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Aisha Harris and producer Veralyn Williams recap everything that went down at the Oscars last night.

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Aisha Harris is joined by comedians and writers W. Kamau Bell and Kevin Avery, hosts of the Denzel Washington is the Greatest Actor of All Time Period podcast, to look back on the historic Oscars night when Halle Berry, Denzel Washington, and Sidney Poitier all won.

Check out:

-Reports of Russell Crowe after his 2002 Bafta speech was cut short

-Comedian W. Kamau Bell reflecting on the 2002 Oscars in the midst of #OscarsSoWhite

-Sidney Poitier receiving his Honorary Award from the Academy

-Halle Berry accepting her Oscar for Best Actress

-Denzel Washington Oscars acceptance speech in 1990 for Supporting Actor and 2002 for Best Actor

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Aisha Harris talks to Moonlight co-editor Joi McMillon about her path to becoming the first black woman to be nominated for an Oscar in her field—and only the second black person ever nominated in the Best Film Editing category. But first, on this week’s segment of “Guess Who’s Coming to Oscar,” we talk West Side Story with Turner Classic Movies host Tiffany Vazquez.

Check out:

-Turner Classic Movies’ 31 Days Of Oscar 2017

-West Side Story as Cinema: The Making and Impact of an American Masterpiece by Ernesto R. Acevedo-Muñoz

-Rita Moreno winning Best Supporting Actress in 1962

-Variety’s look at minority workers and the fight against below-the-line bias

-Moonlight director Barry Jenkins on a previous episode of Represent

-The cast and director of Lemon discuss the film with the Hollywood Reporter

-“Moonlight Has One of the Best Food Scenes of the Year” in Bon Appétit

-The Cosby Show spinoffA Different World

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Slate culture writer Aisha Harris talks to filmmaker, educator, and former Black Panther Jamal Joseph about his new film, Chapter and Verse. And this week in, Guess Who’s Coming to Oscar, we talk the 1957 Oscar-winning film Sayonara with Phil Yu of the Angry Asian Man blog, and Yoko Kawaguchi, author of Butterfly's Sisters: The Geisha in Western Culture.

Check out:

-Truman Capote New Yorker profile of Brando while he made Sayonara

-The Japan Times remembering Miyoshi Umeki

-Jamal Joseph’s TEDx Talk: Panther Baby -- a revolution of knowledge and equality

-Tupac Shakur's 'One Nation': Associates Share Story Behind Late Rapper's Unreleased Album

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Slate culture writer Aisha Harris talks to filmmaker and activist Raoul Peck about his Oscar-nominated James Baldwin documentary I Am Not Your Negro. We also kick off our monthlong series, Guess Who’s Coming to Oscar, and revisit Dances With Wolves with writer/professor Adrienne Keene.

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Check out:

-Adrienne’s post: “I’m a true Indian now: I finally saw Dances with Wolves”

-Reel Injun, a documentary on the history of Native Americans in Hollywood films

-The 1995 New York Times piece “To Some Sioux, Costner Now Dances With Devil”

-Russell Means interview with Dan Skye of High Times

-Smoke Signals

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Slate culture writer, Aisha Harris talks to April Reign about how she inadvertently started the #OscarsSoWhite movement and what work still needs to be done. Also, Slate Double X writer, Christina Cauterucci comes on to chat about Hidden Figures and the Women's March.

Check out:

-Slate: Hidden Figures Is a Powerful Statement Against Bathroom Discrimination

-Represent producer Veralyn Williams discussing Hidden Figures on the Culture Gabfest

-April’s Ebony OpEd: Here’s Why Lee Daniels Is Wrong About #OscarsSoWhite

-Slate: Finally, the Academy Acknowledges Black Stories Don’t All Have to Be About Oppression or Slavery

-Some of the Best Memes of Melania Trump and Michelle Obama’s Awkward Exchange

-Jezebel: I Want to Trust the Women's Marchers

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Slate culture writer, Aisha Harris talks to David Jay and Angela Tucker, the star and director, respectively, of the 2011 documentary (A)sexual; as well as three members of the Asexual community.

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-Slate: Asexuality and Intersex Conditions Are Television’s New Frontier

-USA’s Sirens: Brian and Voodoo on S2:E1

-Netflix’s BoJack Horseman: Todd Chavez comes out as asexual on S3:E12

-Fox’s House: House “successfully disproves” asexuality on S8:E9

-Resources from The Asexual Visibility and Education Network

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Slate culture writer, Aisha Harris talks to Rita Moreno about her new Netflix show, One Day at a Time, overcoming depression, and being a Latina woman in Hollywood.

Check out:

-Rita Moreno performances schedule: A series of lectures and cabaret

-Popular Rita Moreno & The Electric Company videos

-Slate’s Norman Lear Sitcoms All in the Family, The Jeffersons, and More May Be Due for a Reboot

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Aisha Harris talks to Ruth E. Carter about  designing costumes for Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing, Joss Whedon’s Serenity, and more. And A.C. Valdez, Panoply Senior Producer shares his “Pre-Woke Watching” story.

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