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When one endeavors to interpret and assemble the varied messages underlying the images of Black Women as portrayed in the media, particularly when balanced against a historical or cumulative perspective, one determines that the findings are at once contradictory and in agreement, defined yet malleable, insightful and ignorant, encouraging and culturally destructive. All in all,…

In the early days of Hollywood, it was a common(and dare I say, accepted) practice to portray black people, and particularly black men in an especially loathful light. For decades before, during, and after the formation of Hollywood, the fate and imagery of blacks was(and is) decided by those controlling the purse strings of production,…

The official release of the Ancients & Immortals animated trailer for Book Seven; Archangels in Exile approaches, surely and steadily, though not fast enough for those of us on the inside, with access to the production footage. But...patience is a virtue, and anticipation can be a great motivator, so with that in mind, Imajen is…

The recent social media flurry spawned by the dispute between Hollywood director/producer Lee Daniels' and Academy Award winning actress, Mo'Nique, concerning the catalyst of her being blackballed by the movers and shakers in Hollywood, inevitably stirred the all too familiar rhetoric. Black rhetoric, that is. Whether the topic is Ava Duvernay being overlooked, the lack…

Even in these fast moving days and times, of social media tweeting, video conferencing, and cloud technology, most Americans - adult and child alike - have heard of the age old causality dilemma; Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Some of the champions of the ongoing debate now incorporate science and technology in…