Fearing a Second Blacklist?

Fearing a second blacklist? The March on Washington shows how artists, through solidarity and courageous love, helped bring the last one to an end – Jackson Advocate

By Ben Jealous JA Guest Writer Everywhere I go lately, people whisper the same question: are we sliding into another blacklist era? They point to what happened to Stephen Colbert. They point to what happened to Jimmy Kimmel. They point to other entertainers whose shows, jokes, or politics suddenly seemed to cost them work. The fear is real. The memory of Hollywood’s first blacklist – when actors, writers, and directors were cast out of their pro…

Fearing A Second Blacklist?

Everywhere I go lately, people whisper the same question: are we sliding into another blacklist era? They point to what happened to Stephen Colbert. They point to what happened to Jimmy Kimmel. They point to other entertainers whose shows, jokes, or politics suddenly seemed to cost them work. The fear is real. The memory of Hollywood’s first blacklist — when actors, writers, and directors were cast out of their professions under suspicion of dis…

Fearing a Second Blacklist?

The March on Washington shows how artists, through solidarity and courageous love, helped bring the last one to an end. By Ben Jealous —  Everywhere I go lately, people whisper... The post Fearing a Second Blacklist? is available on Institute of the Black World 21st Century.