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  The Precedent of Black Exploitation in Derrick Bell's "Space Traders."

  Aliens visit America with an offer to solve all of America's most pressing problems in exchange for all of their Black people. Americans are exposed for how they truly and honestly see Black people, as something to be traded rather than being human beings. Even the president thinks of the election ramifications rather than the moral implications.
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  Killmonger’s Battle with Oppression in the Film "Black Panther."

  Killmonger's battle with oppression was due, in part, to the isolationist policies of his father's ancestral home of Wakanda.
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  Solving the "Race Problem" in George Schuyler's Black No More.

  In this paper, I explore the novel “Black No More” through the eyes of a character of my own creation. I imagine that we find the notes of Dr. Hertz who works with Dr. Junius Crookman in his clinic. He assists in the project of changing Black people’s skin color to white. Dr. Hertz, a Jew, sees in this process a chilling warning to all minorities and oppressed peoples.
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  Altered Narrative: Reclaiming Black History in "Lovecraft Country."

  In this paper I explored the genres of "horror noire" and afrofuturism by utilizing themes in the drama series "Lovecraft Country", and highlighted the importance of accurate representation. "Lovecraft Country" reframes the experience of Black people in the 1950's Jim Crow while including supernatural elements.
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  If You Can't Beat Them, Join Them: An Interpretation of "Black No More"

  The novel, "Black No More" examines a satirical reality in which African Americans are given the opportunity to change their skin color.
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  An AfroFuturist framing of "Bitter Root."

  The comic book "Bitter Root" uses afrofuturism and its sub-genres to frame and reimagine the events of the "Red Summer of 1919"
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  Janelle Monáe as Cindi Mayweather: The ArchAndroid

  Cindi Mayweather represents Janelle Monae's alter ego. Living in the time of 2719, Mayweather's future resembles the tragic history of our own world.
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  The Fine Line Between Greed and Self-Preservation

  Liberation and Feminism explored through the use of Caribbean Folklore
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  Afrofuturistic Predictions: Will Equality Be Achieved in One Hundred Years?

  For centuries, there has been a divide between people, created by the people. This divide has been used to classify people by the color of their skin, somehow translating into their worth as members of society. This divide is the "color line." Author W.E.B. DuBois pondered this over one hundred years ago in his afrofuturistic work, ”The Comet." Unfortunately, the problem has yet to be resolved.
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  Martin R. Delany, "Blake; or the Huts of America."

  One of the earliest works of speculative fiction in the Afrofuturist canon. Published as a weekly serial in the Anglo-African Magazine and the Weekly Anglo-African. In this antebellum narrative, Delany tells the story of Henry Blake, a free-born slave who escapes bondage. He travels around the U.S. and Cuba seeking collaborators who will join his to start a series of slave insurrections in the US and Caribbean. The story was never finished.