Chauncey K. Robinson
LATEST ARTICLES BY Chauncey K. Robinson
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Culture
‘The Twilight Zone’: ‘The Blue Scorpion’ touches on gun control and obsession
May 30, 2019Magical Cuban gun puts the spotlight on America's gun obsession - and regulation - in the latest episode.
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U.S.
Framed by police for murder: The case of Masonique Saunders
May 23, 2019A young Black woman is charged for the death of her boyfriend, although it's a known fact he was killed by police.
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Culture
‘The Twilight Zone’: “Point of Origin” tackles immigration and privilege
May 20, 2019Even in the fantasy world of The Twilight Zone prejudice, discrimination, and misled righteousness are as deadly and detrimental as ever.
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Culture
‘The Twilight Zone’: “Not All Men” and the horrors of toxic masculinity
May 14, 2019A review and analysis of Jordan Peele’s “The Twilight Zone” episode seven. Spoilers ahead.
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Politics
Stories untold: Sandra Bland, Black women, and police brutality
May 14, 2019You can't understand how the criminal justice system abuses people of color without appreciating the criminalization that Black women experience in particular.
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Culture
‘The Twilight Zone’: ‘Six Degrees of Freedom’ and human salvation
May 7, 2019The episode does well in hiding the inevitable twist that is to be expected in Twilight Zone stories.
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U.S.
Unsealed report reveals Oscar Grant’s murder by BART police was no accident
May 6, 2019Over a decade after his death, the details of Oscar Grant's murder by police are finally becoming public - thanks to a new transparency law in California.
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Culture
Centering Black life: Groundbreaking filmmaker John Singleton dies at age 51
April 30, 2019Singleton’s films centering the Black experience will live on, inspiring future Black storytellers and showing that these stories can be told, despite the odds.
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