First Slice 5-19-16: Amanda Davis faces stigma of alcoholism with acceptance

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As the High Museum’s Basquiat: The Unknown Notebooks exhibition draws to a close, Atlanta-based artist and scholar Fahamu Pecou urges us to reconsider the lazy infantilization of Basquiat by critics and fans of the so-called Radiant Child. “When we reduce the complexity, thoughtfulness and brilliance of Basquiat to notions of childlike musing or primitive utterances, I think we miss invaluable opportunities to engage with his work in all of its fullness – including the very difficult and aggressive politics that play out both on, beneath and beyond the surface of his work,” he writes.

Even if you hate vapid pop culture, it’s hard not to love how Blac Chyna is beating the Kardashians at their own game. Buzzfeed breaks down her come-up in a think piece that explores the class and race divide that distinguishes her entry into the family business.

Yesterday’s hashtag #AtlantaTaughtMe had the city trending nationwide with nearly 30K tweets as residents and non-residents alike waxed sophomoric about all things ATL. News anchor Jovita Moore even got in on the convo: embed-1
After two years of initial hype and eventual controversy, ESPN’s new site The Undefeated debuted this week. The site, which looks at sports, culture, and race kicked off with a long-form story on one of the most infamous lynchings in history, a short essay challenging the journalistic tradition of cleaning up quotes to fit standardized English, and a profile about the “puzzling plummet” of one-time standout quarterback RGIII.