The Stoop: Colorism / Malcom Spellman / Bay Poets: Asantewaa Boykin

Today, we hear about a disturbing social practice that is part of our history — the story of colorism in Black communities. Then, Berkeley screenwriter Malcolm Spellman talks about his series “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.” And, we hear a reading from Bay Area poet Asantewaa Boykin.

• The Stoop: Pretty for a dark-skinned girl
• How Malcolm Spellman’s writing dreams in Berkeley led him to Marvel’s ‘Falcon And The Winter Soldier’
• Bay Poets: Asantewaa Boykin