Chauncey K. Robinson
LATEST ARTICLES BY Chauncey K. Robinson
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Culture
‘Midnight Mass:’ Horrific tale shows complex relationship of class and religion
September 24, 2021Is Heaven appealing because our reality has been made so brutal?
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Culture
‘Y: The Last Man’ is dystopian television for a post-Trump world
September 21, 2021The real meat of the story isn’t to be found in the catastrophic event that wipes out nearly all the men on the planet, but rather in the challenges involved in rebuilding an imperfect world.
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Books
‘Fearing the Black Body’ uses history to dismantle fat phobia, health inequality
September 2, 2021Strings does a fine job of collecting all of this material for the reader to take in, but her voice gets lost in all the facts and data. At times, 'Fearing the Black Body' reads like...
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Culture
‘Reminiscence’: A forgettable film about memory and climate change
August 26, 2021Perhaps one day soon we’ll get a new major science fiction movie that tackles the very real threat of climate change and wealth distribution. Reminiscence isn’t it.
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Culture
Netflix anime ‘Yasuke’ puts spectacle over substance for the Black samurai
June 18, 2021There’s more spectacle than substance even with a quality voice cast.
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News
A step closer to justice: Three men indicted in Ahmaud Arbery murder
April 30, 2021On Feb. 23, 2020, Arbery, a 25-year-old young man, was shot and killed while jogging after being pursued by three white men in Brunswick, Ga.
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U.S.
One year later: Don’t forget about Breonna Taylor
March 17, 2021Her death sparked a movement for change. The fight goes beyond a trending hashtag, though, and speaks to the inequalities and racism that are still very much embedded in our system.
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Mundo Popular
El proyecto de ley de inmigración de Biden se muestra prometedor
March 11, 2021El proyecto de ley de inmigración de Biden tiene deficiencias, pero se muestra prometedor en varios frentes.
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