12 - BLK

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It is STILL Black History Month so I felt it was only right to talk about Black cartoon characters or the lack thereof. 

_THINGS MENTIONED_

• Is it more racist to make a Black character Black because you can or make them Black because it is a story point?
• There are more Black make character than Black female characters
• Cree Summer basically voicing all of the Black female characters
• The Boondocks as a “love letter” to Black culture
• Hair Love
• Matthew Cherry
• Everett Downing
• Book of Mojo
• Karen Rupert Toliver
• Dreaming big

_ANIMATION NEWS_

• Hair Love winning the oscar for best animated short
• Klaus winning BAFTA for best animated feature film (BAFTA is The British Academy of Film and Television Arts or BAFTA Film Awards essentially the british oscars)
• Sonic The Hedgehog surprised us all - 'Sonic the Hedgehog' has the biggest opening weekend ever for a video game movie with $57 million.
• "Recess" voice actor and former child actor Jason Davis has died at 35  - he was the voice of Mikey

_ RESOURCES_

How To BLACK: An Analysis of Black Cartoon Characters (feat. ReviewYaLife) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOwhBkoNK0g - 

ToonrificTariq - social media

https://twitter.com/tsh678

https://www.instagram.com/t00ns.reek/

 Is Cartoon Network's Craig of the Creek PANDERING? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWVfw-0qv6c 

Kevin Williams - social media

https://twitter.com/AwestruckVox

https://www.instagram.com/awestruckvox

[AUDIO CLIP] SDCC Exclusive: Tyler, the Creator + The Jellies! | The Jellies | Adult Swim - 2017 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFkhzMkrmQE -

[AUDIO CLIP ]   Great Big Story Yotuube - She Voiced Characters on Rugrats, Tiny Toons, Atlantis and More -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQRFPDcGXmg

Sony Pictures Animation Names Karen Toliver EVP Creative - https://www.awn.com/news/sony-pictures-animation-names-karen-toliver-evp-creative

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