Jamal Michel
The (Duke) Chronicle
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Past articles by Jamal:
Hollywood should invest more in black talent
The storytellers of old always worked to reshape history as they saw fit, but if we can allow a platform for diverse groups of storytellers and creators in the 21st century, then change can follow. → Read More
We still need room to grow
Today’s conversations should turn into action, and that action must work to combat the staggering number of crimes against marginalized groups. → Read More
Travels disguised as pivots
When doing the most simplistic, most mundane, most necessary job of president suddenly makes you president, then our issues with the current administration’s powers are only now beginning. → Read More
A Blue Devil's crucible
Now that one of their roster’s most crucial performers has been sidelined, Irving must again face a challenge akin to those of his past. → Read More
A visceral exhaustion
As a high school teacher, the stress of such issues permeates my life from the linoleum laced hallways, all the way down to the desks my kids occupy several hours a day. → Read More
Black and Brown bodies: currency of the sporting world
Black and Brown athletes, it seems, are to live and breathe their profession with no regard for the outside world. Only when an athlete steps out of the realm of a football field or basketball court and speaks the language of race and politics are they stopped in their tracks and sent back to their respective spaces. → Read More
'Moonlight': a monumental narrative
Jenkins’ work provides a platform for anyone who once thought they were alone in that conversation, for anyone who felt bogged down by clouds of confusion and opposition. → Read More
How Charlottesville was another reminder
Historically disadvantaged communities are often the targets of hate speech, and the near explicit backing that nationalist groups in the country receive should not be entirely surprising. It is a pre-existing condition of our country to use our laws to justify the most or near greatest forms of invisible inequity. → Read More
Black Panther adds heaps to surging Black ‘nerdism’
“Dude,” my brother-in-law said a few years before Captain America: Civil War, “Black Panther...is finally going to be in a movie.” → Read More
Two ferries: 'The Dark Knight' and post-election America
Since Christopher Nolan’s reimagined comic book epic released on DVD in December 2008, I’ve viewed The Dark Knight a few times a month without ever second guessing its timelessness. → Read More
'Mass Effect: Andromeda': a failed social justice project?
I remember back when I played God of War II on the Playstation 2, back before I earned that coveted platinum trophy in God of War III on the Playstation 3 that revealed a teaser website for the next title. → Read More
Teachers of color and diverse identities are desperately needed
There is immense wisdom in the honesty of high school students. → Read More
Ben Carson, we want to believe
Ben Carson, we want to identify ourselves in you, not simply because you too are African-American, but because you recognize us, that we too are here. → Read More