White people “tapping” into the Black culture and reinterpreting it to suit their narratives has to stop. I’ve helped connect and market Hollywood to Black audiences for over 20 years. I’m also an avid movie-goer and television watcher, and I’ve been known to buy tickets to a movie that I have no interest in seeing to show my support for Black entertainment content. I’m not alone. Group ticket sales to African American schools, salons, and churches often increase the box-offi

We must always wear a mask in public that can only be removed at home, in church or in segregated spaces such as salons and barbershops. Salons and barbershops provide a safe space for combing through the tangled emotions of being black in America. George Floyd’s recent murder has brought much-needed attention to what it’s like navigating systematic racism in America. We witnessed a veneer of complacency erupt into violence in the streets of our nation as centuries of racial