Drag is a critical form of self-expression. Drag is joy, grief, playfulness, curiosity, laughter, adventure, experimentation, pride, exuberance. Drag has saved lives. Drag is hurting no one; those who do not wish to be involved in it are free to devote their time to anything else.
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The rejection of this curriculum is squarely situated in the territory of “political agenda” — one that values the experiences and history of white people above others: white supremacy. Black history is not a political agenda. It is a truth, a lived experience, a celebration. It offers vital context for understanding dynamics that continue to play out today, at all levels of systems.
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Only time will tell if the members welcome new genres like Afrobeats into the awards, and more broadly, award Black artists and creators the recognition they deserve and have been denied in other award categories.
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Our team recently discussed rhetoric that is “provocative for the sake of being provocative.” I recalled an article I was assigned as an undergraduate: Hanna Rosin’s “The End of Men.” I might have laughed if I weren’t so anxious about people’s rights being stripped away.
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Numbers can tell us a lot, but certainly not everything. Our next feature series, Storytelling Beyond the Numbers, will invite writers to reflect on questions like: What truths do your lived experiences affirm that may not be captured by numbers or narratives cited by others? What statistics have you seen or heard cited to tell a story that deserves more nuance or unpacking? What does power have to do with the stories we commonly see or hear, and those we do not?
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