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Start Here Start at 1619. Move forward.

The Arc is the spine of this project: 40 essays, one chronological argument, five analytical lenses.

The 40 Arc Essays — Canon Index → Full reading order · 1619 to the present · All 40 essays live

This site should read like a structured archive, not a loose category list. The Arc is the entry point; the lenses help you move through it with intention. Empty sections stay hidden until they are live.

Thursday, June 17, 2021

Black News Channel Broadcasts Heinous Double Murder on Live Television

Warning: This story contains the graphic deaths of two professors who were ambushed by a violent gang of facts.

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Rita Moreno Backtracks on 'Dismissive' Comments About Afro-Latinx Representation Onscreen, Says She's 'Disappointed' in Herself

“See, you CAN teach this old dog new tricks,” says Rita Moreno, after becoming a trending topic throughout Wednesday for comments made during a Tuesday night appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Now she’s apparently rethinking her stance, and acknowledging that her words were “dismissive.”

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Wednesday, June 16, 2021

A North Carolina Museum Loses County Contract Over Racist-Ass Juneteenth Event

You ever see or read something so head-ass that the only thing you can say in response is “nigga?” That was me when learning that a plantation-turned-museum in North Carolina had plans to ring in Juneteenth with an event that would’ve featured a reenactment of a white slave owner being chased by Union soldiers.

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Black Female Cashier Fatally Shot in Georgia After Asking Customer to Adjust His Face Mask

On Monday, a cashier working at a Decatur, Ga., supermarket was shot dead by a customer who she had asked to wear his face mask properly while he was in the store. On Tuesday, DeKalb County police identified that cashier as 41-year-old Laquitta Willis.

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Regé-Jean Page Talks Bridgerton, Bond and His Backside With Chris Rock, John Boyega and Jonathan Majors

This is a Josh O’Connor appreciation post.

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