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Samuel James

Accidental experiment: Getting the “white” treatment from police as a Black man

May 7, 2020March 13, 2018 by Samuel James

Whenever I see a police officer I get a feeling of dread. It’s happened to me as far back as I can remember. Most of my white friends are completely unfamiliar with this feeling. Some of them even feel safe around police. I never understood that, until last week. But now I get it. Let …

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The reality of Blackness in the fiction of Black Panther

June 23, 2018February 20, 2018 by Samuel James

The release of Marvel’s Black Panther really spoke to the Black writers here at Black Girl in Maine Media, and this week, we are offering our reflections on the film. Today Samuel James shares his thoughts.  This is not a review of Black Panther. It started off that way, but then I kept hearing white …

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Racism roadmap, or Let’s talk about it

May 7, 2020February 3, 2018 by Samuel James

I’ve been online a lot recently. Too much, really. I’m not gonna lie, this means I’ve been losing my temper a lot. We got a racist governor up here in Maine, we got the “president” and his whole klan. Oh, and until recently we had a Nazi as the town manager of Jackman, Maine. He …

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