Okayplayer

The Need For Black Sign Language Interpreters In Hip-Hop

This article has been handpicked from the Okayplayer editorial archives and included in our Hip Hop 50 collection as a noteworthy inclusion to the genre's rich and diverse narrative. The article has ...
Black Enterprise

‘Sinners’ Debuts As First Film To Stream With Black American Sign Language

Sinners has finally made its streaming debut for everyone at home to watch Ryan Coogler’s highly acclaimed film. The movie continues to make history with its July 4 release on Max, becoming the first ...
Afro

When the hands do the preaching: Black ASL in church

When Justina Taylor Miles broke the internet signing Rihanna’s 2023 Super Bowl performance, she wasn’t just interpreting — she was continuing a tradition of Black American Sign Language. On Sunday ...
The Root

‘Sinners’ Releases in Black American Sign Language. Here’s What That Means

The deaf community was plagued by racial segregation, so Black Americans decided to create their own rendition of the language to serve their communities. “Sinners” premiered on MAX on July 4 in its ...
The New York Times

How Sign Language Evolves as Our World Does

Ubiquitous video technology and social media have given deaf people a new way to communicate. They’re using it to transform American Sign Language. Scroll This is how a deaf person in America would ...