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Mychal Denzel Smith

Mychal Denzel Smith is the author of Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching: A Young Black Man’s Education and Stakes Is High: Life After the American Dream.
  • <i>Strike</i> (2018) by Hank Willis Thomas. Courtesy of …

    Incremental Change Is a Moral Failure

    Mere reform won’t fix policing.

    • Mychal Denzel Smith
    • September 2020 Issue
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    Is King All That We Are Allowed to Become?

    Americans both black and white often use the civil-rights leader’s memory more to chide black youth than to inspire them.

    • Mychal Denzel Smith
    • April 2, 2018
  • Rap's Long History of 'Conscious' Condescension to Women

    Lupe Fiasco's "Bad Bitch" is only the latest example of a male hip-hop star trying to empower women but actually demeaning them.

    • Mychal Denzel Smith
    • August 28, 2012
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