Mychal Denzel Smith
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FilmDecember 14, 2015
‘Chi-raq’ Reveals Spike Lee’s Outdated Race Politics
At its heart, Chi-raq is a critique of the hypermasculine posturing that props up so much gang violence—but it only examines what that means for men, not women.
Mychal Denzel Smith
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Racism and DiscriminationNovember 24, 2015
The Minneapolis Shootings Are the Kind of Violence Meant to Keep Black People in Their Place
Cracks in the status quo are showing, but they can’t come without backlash.
Mychal Denzel Smith
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Social JusticeOctober 29, 2015
The Movement Against Police Violence Isn’t Ignoring ‘Black-on-Black Crime’
Black Lives Matter activists are concerned about intra-racial violence. But they don’t see police and prisons as the solution.
Mychal Denzel Smith
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CongressOctober 14, 2015
The Senate’s Bipartisan Criminal Justice Reform Bill Only Tackles Half the Problem
If we don’t face the injustice of the very existence of prisons, the root causes of mass incarceration will go unaddressed.
Mychal Denzel Smith
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Race and EthnicityAugust 13, 2015
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ActivismJune 2, 2015
A Q&A With Opal Tometi, Co-Founder of #BlackLivesMatter
A conversation about building an inclusive movement, the importance of identity, and how to shift the narrative of justice away from jailing killer cops.
Mychal Denzel Smith
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ActivismApril 28, 2015
Toward a New ‘Broken Windows’ Theory
What change will a “peaceful” protest spark if a “peaceful” protest is so easy to ignore?
Mychal Denzel Smith
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ActivismApril 9, 2015
Abolish the Police. Instead, Let’s Have Full Social, Economic, and Political Equality.
When people ask me, “Who will protect us,” I want to say: Who protects you now?
Mychal Denzel Smith
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ActivismMarch 24, 2015
A Q&A With Alicia Garza, Co-Founder of #BlackLivesMatter
The force behind the burgeoning movement talks about the resurgent fight for black liberation.
Mychal Denzel Smith
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ActivismMarch 19, 2015
Where in America Are Black People Safe From Racism? Nowhere.
Starbucks’ “Race Together” campaign rings false as cases of police brutality multiply.
Mychal Denzel Smith