Tag: Oprah Winfrey

EUGENE LEE

                Eugene Lee Actor – Director – Playwright    “People don’t change until they get new information. I do think that I kind of shine a light on our darkness so that they can see. I don’t mean shining a light in a negative kind of way. I …

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Cicely Louise Tyson

  Cicely Louise Tyson  By Dale Ricardo Shields   Born: December 18, 1924  Death: January 28, 2021 Cicely Tyson was a powerhouse. “She was a talented stage, screen, and television actress who won a Tony, three Emmys, and an honorary Oscar during her remarkable seven-decade career. During a time in the film industry that often …

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The Mammy Archetype‏: A Black Maiden Syndrome

Media Depictions of the Mammy Archetype by Dale Ricardo Shields‏ The Mammy archetype is one of the most notable Black stereotypes and caricatures which exist in American culture. “In reality, the pancake mix was the creation of two White men in Missouri, and they named it after a character in a minstrel song, not an …

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VICTOR LOVE

VICTOR LOVE by Dale Ricardo Shields   YES,  I  CAN!  As I let go of what I think I should look like, sound like, I am celebrating the me that I never knew.  Victor Love was born on August 4th, 1957 in Camp LeJeune, North Carolina. Victor Love is an actor who always wanted to be the best. To …

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