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Morgan Jerkins

  • Contributor, Freelance
  • Faculty Lecturer, Princeton University
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New York Times bestselling author | Two-time National Magazine Award-winning journalist | Filmmaker
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It’s America’s 250th birthday. And Black Americans are sitting out the celebrations

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It’s America’s 250th birthday. And Black Americans are sitting out the celebrations

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By Morgan Jerkins
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‘We know freedom is different for us.’ Photograph: Nathan Howard/Getty Images Not soon after Donald Trump’s 2025 inauguration, there emerged a viral illustration of four Black women sitting at the top of a building while watching the world burn at a distance. They are observing with coffee cups in hand. An American flag hangs over the edge. If that exhaustion hadn’t been made clear enough, Black people, particularly across TikTok and Threads, have urged one another to “not give them a reaction”.
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In “Natchez,” Black History Is Big Business

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By Morgan Jerkins
| Yahoo Entertainment Verified
In Natchez, Black History Is Big Business Everett Toward the end of the new documentary Natchez, viewers have an extended scene with tour guide David Garner. Garner is an elderly white gay man, proud of his town. Natchez, Mississippi, is a place where the nostalgia of antebellum slavery is incorporated and romanticized into the modern tour industry. Natchez is also a blue dot in a red state.
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