An Unflinching Look at George Floyd’s City; COVID Hits the Big Easy; Uncrowning Ivanka

Plus: Billie Holiday's Ballad Against Racism View in your browser | Update your preferences A SPECIAL EDITION OF COCKTAIL HOUR June 11, 2020 THE BIG READ There Went the Neighborhood By Safy-Hallan Farah Like every part of America, the community where George Floyd was killed has always struggled with racism. Growing up there, the author learned that early on. Read More If someone forwarded you this email, sign up for "Cocktail Hour" here. CORONAVIRUS Hard Times in the Big Easy By Jed Horne Fifteen years ago, Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. Now a second storm—COVID-19—has swept in. Its death toll could be worse. Read More The Q(uarantine) & A Damian Lillard on Hoops, Hip-Hop, and Upheaval By Lisa Robinson Vanity Fair:  Do you feel the current protests in response to George Floyd's killing have exposed systemic racism in a new way? DAMIAN LILLARD, Portland Trail Blazers All-Star and rapper: I don't think systemic racism was exposed more this time than in recent years. I just think we as Black people have had enough of the bullshit. Read More FIRST PERSON "STEP UP, BLACK HOLLYWOOD" Black artists have never had the luxury of creating entertainment for entertainment's sake. Instead they must insist upon rattling America—before we all sleepwalk off a cliff. By Gerard Bush Read More AS SEEN ON TV Hollywood's "Copaganda" Reckoning S.W.A.T. cocreator Aaron Rahsaan Thomas is a Hollywood rarity—a Black man who writes for cop shows. Now the writer is reflecting on the idea of the "hero cop" and how the industry can course-correct. By Aaron Rahsaan Thomas Read More FIRST DAUGHTER America's Dissociated Princess By Emily Jane Fox Ivanka Trump is telling students how important it is to listen to her. But here on planet Earth, she's the one who should be doing the listening. Read More Plus: Scoop! Sean Hannity and Ainsley Earhardt Are the New First Couple of Fox News What to Watch Stream These Nonfiction Films About Black Defiance Now By K. Austin Collins Amazing Grace Experience the iconic Aretha Franklin performance, filmed over two days in a Los Angeles church, that led to a best-selling album of the same name. 4 Little Girls Director Spike Lee's documentary tells the story of the 1963 Alabama church bombing that killed four young Black girls. Whose Streets? This portrait of the Ferguson uprising in the wake of Michael Brown's shooting is an on-the-ground account of a movement. Read More FATHER'S DAY Gifts Inspired by Movie Dads By Miles Pope Surprise yours with a gift inspired by the silver screen legends who helped define the word "dad." Read More From the Archive Billie Holiday's Ballad Against Racism By David Margolick Revisit this 1998 investigation into the origins of Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit"—and the way it changed the life of the woman who dared sing it. Read More This e-mail was sent to you byVANITY FAIR. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address,vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View ourPrivacy PolicyUnsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2020.One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.