WORK — Rebecca Carroll

WRITINGS

Michelle Obama’s new book is self-help — but it goes high

*The Los Angeles Times*

Going Gray Is A Revelation

The Zoe Report

Meghan Markle And All The Black Women In White Families Who Are Punished For Calling Out Racism

Romper

Book Review: ‘Family Lore’ Is a Tender Tale of Sisterhood, With a Magical Twist

*The New York Times*

Beyond Visible: Gina Prince-Bythewood on the Necessity of Black Women’s Cinema

The Criterion Collection

Opinion: As a Black woman raised by White parents, I have some advice for potential adopters

*Washington Post*

Anna Wintour Is Not the Star of André Leon Talley’s Memoir. He Is.

*The New York Times*

Gabrielle Union Is The Voice We All Need Right Now

*Women’s Health*

You Should Be Feeling
Miserable

The Atlantic

In Kamala, I Am Surprised to See Myself

*The Cut*

Colson Whitehead’s ‘The Underground Railroad’ is timely, necessary and shattering

*L A Times*

The First Choice

*Columbia Journal Review*

Phylicia Rashad On Black Motherhood & The Legacy Of 'The Cosby Show'

*Bustle*

Meaning, Without the White Gaze

*The Atlantic*

Critic's Notebook: What 'Luce' Gets Wrong About Interracial Adoption

*Hollywood Reporter*

For Ntozake Shange, Who Conjured the Rainbow

*The Nation*

Shoulder to Shoulder With Oprah's Joy and Struggle

ShondaLand

OVERLOOKED: Margaret Garner

*The New York Times*

We are bearing witness to a profound moment in black culture, Aperture shows

*Los Angeles Times*

In ‘That Kind of Mother,’ Rumaan Alam enters the thorny world of interracial adoption

*Los Angeles Times*

What I See: Gloria Steinem, Shoulder to Shoulder With Women of Color

*The New York Times*

Black Women Aren’t Here To Solve Your Racism Problem

*The Riverter*

I am Black. Rachel Dolezal is not.

Dame Magazine

Michelle Obama’s ‘Becoming’ is a clear, frank telling of her life as a black woman in America

*Los Angeles Times*

A View of Historic Harlem That’s Not on the Walking Tour

*The New York Times*

Facing my fear: hearing myself echo my birthmother's judgmental outlook

The Guardian

The 1619 Project Is The Reckoning America Needs

The Gothamist

My Experience at Charlie Rose Went Beyond Sexism

Esquire Magazine

8 Years in Obama’s America

*New York Magazine*

Q&A’S

Chelsea Clinton on talking to kids about the environment & what’s going on in the world

*Los AngEles Times*

Gabrielle Union on Trauma, Healing, and her "50/50" Partnership

The Meteor

On Loving and Loosing Your Adoptive Parents

*The Meteor*

An Interview with American’s Interviewer

The Meteor

winter-dunn-numa-perrier-and-tiffany-tenille-of-the-film-news-photo-1129507757-1556577205.jpg — Filmmaker Numa Perrier Focuses Her Fearless Lens on the Struggle to Survive in Las Vegas

Shondaland

Fresh Prince' Star and First-Time Author Karyn Parsons Is Not Here for Your Labels

Shondaland

Rebecca Carroll and Van Jones Talk Race and the Race

*New York Magazine*

Is Love Enough When It Comes to Interracial Adoption?

*Electric Literature*

Nicole Chung on the Complexities, and Joys, of Transracial Adoption

*Electric Literature*

Mira Jacob Still Believes America's Changing for the Better

Shondaland

LIVE EVENTS

In Love And Struggle

Featuring Anita Hill, Sasheer Zamata, Alicia Garza, Mumu Fresh, Aaron Philip, Mahogany L. Browne and others. Curated by Rebecca Carroll of WNYC with Director/Producer Monica L. Williams (Chief Curator and Director of Programs at 651Arts) and Creative Advisor Kamilah Forbes (Executive Producer of The Apollo and Director of HBO’s upcoming Between the World and Me).

Black Icons

Join WNYC’s Rebecca Carroll and The Greene Space for a series of insightful and intimate conversations with Black luminaries across the arts, sciences, politics and more, and find out how these notable figures are breaking the rules and changing the game.

How I Got Over

Join us for a new project reinventing language around race through a series of conversations and performances that explore, express and examine what it means when a social construct becomes the social order. We want to hear people explore racism.

Cultural Criticism in an Era of Deconstructed Whiteness

What is a writer’s responsibility to readers and to themselves as cultural critics?Rebecca Carroll, WNYC’s editor for special projects, leads a panel discussion on race and writing with cultural critics and essayists Fariha Róisín, Antwaun Sargent and E. Alex Jung.

Choosing a School When Race Matters

Nikole Hannah-Jones and Rebecca Carroll are both black women journalists and working moms with young kids in Brooklyn public schools. Come listen in on a candid conversation about integration, diversity and how the culture of our schools reflects the culture of New York City.