Patrice Peck
MSNBC Columnist
Patrice Peck is an MSNBC columnist; a journalist covering the intersection of race, identity and popular culture; and the creator of the Coronavirus News for Black Folks newsletter. Her bylines have appeared in The New York Times, BuzzFeed, Ebony and other publications. She holds a degree in Black studies from Amherst College and a master’s in journalism from New York University.
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In “Cobra,” her first single since the man who shot her was sentenced to prison, the Houston rapper acknowledges being depressed, drinking too much and considering self-harm.
The show’s refusal to explore colorism and misogynoir of the time seems like a major misstep.
That one of Breonna Taylor’s shooters gets to stay a police officer is a second chance few Black women are ever provided.
“Black and Missing” reminds Black viewers that we’re all we got, but we’re pretty damn powerful by our damn selves.
I wanted “Candyman” to deliver, but it wasn’t giving what the trailer promised — a smart, introspective follow-up to the cult classic.
How do we protest anti-Black discrimination and biases in spaces and institutions that nonetheless provide financial and social capital to Black individuals?
Black digital creatives’ humor can’t be as revolutionary when Hollywood gets involved.
The first Black hairstylists are up for an Oscar. For the first time ever. In 2021.
It’s been a hard year. This letter is for the gaslit Black girls who need to read it.
A white woman’s racism? The forgivable acts of a ‘girl.’ Black girls don’t get that leeway.
