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Eric Deggans

(He/Him)
  • Critic at large, NPR
Virginia, Washington, D.C.
As seen in: NPR, CNN, Medium, MSN, The New York Times, Yahoo Entertainment, BBC, HuffPost, Scribd, Yahoo Canada, Code Switch and
Covers:  TV, radio, race, social equality, pop culture, media, politics, diversity/minority affairs
Knight Chair, Journalism/Media Ethics, Washington & Lee U. Critic-at-large, NPR. Author, Race-Baiter: How Media Wield Dangerous Words. Substack: Switching Codes
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Horrors And Humanity In Ava DuVernay's Gripping 'When They See Us'

Horrors And Humanity In Ava DuVernay's Gripping 'When They See Us'

This was the toughest TV show for me to watch in a long while. When They See Us is director/writer/producer A…

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Learning The Lessons Of TV Fatherhood

Learning The Lessons Of TV Fatherhood

After 20 years as a television critic - and many more as a simple viewer - a reflection on how a kid who most…

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Binge watching Netflix's House of Cards: The joys of watching TV like reading a great book

Binge watching Netflix's House of Cards: The joys of watching TV like reading a great book

I watched all 13 episodes of Netflix's new original series House of Cards within one day of the series' rele…

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The rise of the black nerd: How my people are taking over pop culture

The rise of the black nerd: How my people are taking over pop culture

My name is Eric Deggans, and I am a black nerd. We're a little different than the white guys you've seen i…

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In absence of facts, Trayvon Martin case becomes a war of images and reputations online | TV show...

In absence of facts, Trayvon Martin case becomes a war of images and reputations online | TV show...

Best TV shows, worst TV shows, media issues and debates ... it's all here at the Feed, a blog on TV, media an…

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Dark Knight movie shooting shows how quickly our pop culture celebrations can be turned against u...

Dark Knight movie shooting shows how quickly our pop culture celebrations can be turned against u...

Best TV shows, worst TV shows, media issues and debates ... it's all here at the Feed, a blog on TV, media an…

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We need to talk - Tampa Bay Times

We need to talk - Tampa Bay Times

Watching the explosion of anger, protests, allegations of racism and reverse racism, $10,000 bounties issued …

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