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Prince Shakur

Columbus, New York, United States
As seen in: Medium, The Daily Dot, Teen Vogue, The Cut, Dazed Magazine, Electric Literature, Rewire.News, The Appeal, Coda Story, LEVEL
Covers:  Film, Social Justice, Climate Justice, Police and Prison Systems
🇺🇸 🇯🇲 🏳️‍🌈 Activist/Author of WHEN THEY TELL YOU TO BE GOOD @tin_house + forthcoming novel | Host of THE DUGOUT | find me on Youtube
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Young people across the US aren't voting - why?

Young people across the US aren't voting - why?

Dazed Magazine — The November 3 US presidential election approaches against the backdrop of a year that has upended many of our illusions of safety. The COVID-19 pandemic has left millions of Americans jobless, stricken with the virus, and struggling to share resources the government is failing to provide. Over 220,000 people are dead.
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Masculinity in Jamaican Cinema Needs a Rewrite

Masculinity in Jamaican Cinema Needs a Rewrite

Medium — Jamaican films often portray men caught between vengeance and enlightenment - yet they overlook the violence against women and homophobia that plague the country T he 2018 film Yardie, directed by Idris Elba and based on Victor Headley's novel of the same title, starts with the...
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7 breakthroughs in Black media in 2019

7 breakthroughs in Black media in 2019

The Daily Dot — Say what you want about 2019-it was a breakthrough year in media for Black artists, musicians, and activists. This year brought Jordan Peele's Us and saw the filmmaker named the host of a Twilight Zone revamp.
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Amber Guyger's guilty verdict isn't enough

Amber Guyger's guilty verdict isn't enough

The Daily Dot — Some may hail Guyger's guilty verdict as a sign of justice. But research shows the outcome for Guyger is an exception, not the rule.
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A Trans Woman Died in ICE Custody. An Autopsy Revealed She May Have Been Abused

A Trans Woman Died in ICE Custody. An Autopsy Revealed She May Have Been Abused

Teen Vogue — This past spring, 33-year-old Roxsana Hernández joined the Central American caravan that is attempting to cross the United States-Mexico border to seek asylum in the U.S. By the end of May, she reportedly died after being physically abused while in the care of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to the Transgender Law Center.
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What Filipino Cops Taught Me About Racism

What Filipino Cops Taught Me About Racism

maskmagazine.com — It was in a village where I felt it most of all. Dark children huddled around me, pushing and pressing against each other. A million tiny fingers pointed and mouths opened in laughter. "Negrito! Negrito," they chanted, and already I could feel myself leaving my body, floating away.
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Who Loved Gay Black Boys Before Moonlight? - Electric Literature

Who Loved Gay Black Boys Before Moonlight? - Electric Literature

Electric Literature — The meaning of a film that depicts sensitive gay black men, and the long history of misrepresentation it remedies T he 2016 film, Moonlight, is about Chiron - a black boy gradually becoming a man in America's ghettos - coming to terms with his sexuality in three chapters.
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The Deadly Side of Activism

The Deadly Side of Activism

Medium — On February 8, 2016, MarShawn McCarrel texted his mother, "Hey Mom. I love you." Later that day, he took his own life on the steps of the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus. He was 23 years old. McCarrel was a well-known artist and activist in the capital city and beyond.
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Gunshot detection technology raises concerns of bias and inaccuracy - Coda Story

Gunshot detection technology raises concerns of bias and inaccuracy - Coda Story

Coda Story — On the afternoon of June 7th last summer, officers from the Columbus Division of Police arrived at Heyl Avenue on the Ohio capitol's east side after being alerted to gunfire. After hearing what he also thought were gunshots, Jonathan Robinson, a 25-year-old black man who lived in the neighborhood with his wife and two young children, decided to retreat to his home.
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How Niggerati Manor and Black Queer Artistry Live On Today

How Niggerati Manor and Black Queer Artistry Live On Today

Wear Your Voice — By Prince Shakur During the Harlem Renaissance, Zora Neale Hurston would be known to walk into a room, throw her arms out, and proclaim herself "Queen of Niggerati". Much like the queer, Black writers of today, Hurston lived, laughed, created, and fought with her writer counterparts-many of whom were queer.
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