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Today, April 4, is the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. Media outlets and publications everywhere are honoring the day with remembrances and articles about King’s legacy. Most are, of course, about MLK’s leadership in the Civil Rights Movement and how he helped lead the movement for greater racial equality. But I’ve been thinking a lot about the work Ki...

These young people speaking today at #Marchforourlives are both breaking my heart and giving me great hope. The power and truth of their words, the devastating trauma and loss they have suffered and their choice to be active and demand a better life for themselves moves me to tears. The fact that these advocates come from so many backgrounds and circumstances encourages me because these ...

Last week I had the amazing experience of speaking on a panel at South by Southwest (SXSW) with National Geographic on imagery in the media, and how if we don’t approach it with a level of consciousness, visuals can reinforce old stereotypes about groups of people, absent them from certain narratives, and make fair and accurate storytelling impossible. Much of my work deals with inclu...

There were too many wonderful highlights from Oscar’s 90th and most diverse Academy Awards show this past Sunday to go into all of them here. But two things things in particular made us diversity and inclusion strategists jump for joy. One was Jordan Peele’s win for best original screenplay—which you know we were rooting for because it was a genius way to talk about racism through a horr...

First things first: Spoiler Alert! If you haven’t seen Jordan Peele’s Get Out yet, stop reading after number one below. Then go straight to your TV or computer and start streaming, because you have to see this film. And see it before the Oscars on Sunday night if you can, because it’s up for Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Director and Best Actor (Daniel Kaluuya)—a quadruple...

Last year, my son Tres, who lives in Brooklyn and is a social activist and musician decided that we absolutely needed to find out where we were from. For Christmas, he gave our family the gift of ancestry DNA testing. When the results came in a few weeks ago, he wanted to make an announcement to the whole family at once. Since it’s not easy getting all of us together in one place, we ...