“We can be everything you’ve seen on the screen, true, but we are far more expansive. Blackness in Hollywood isn’t even a solar system, while we are galaxies. That must be why, when a Black punk character shows up, we celebrate them like a long-lost cousin who finally made it to the cookout. Thus, on this Juneteenth week, we’re rocking with the fictional Black and Afro-Punk characters who reach out and grab us from inside our screens.”
Except from: Feeling Scene: The Magnetism of Black Punks on Screen
Sherin’s latest pop-culture excavation is up on RogerEbert.com. It’s all about our love for Black/Afro-punks! Who’s on your Top 3?
SOUNDTRACK: The Skins – “Pump Up the Speed”
