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About Panama Jackson

Panama Jackson is a columnist at theGrio and host of the award-winning podcast, "Dear Culture" on theGrio Black Podcast Network. He writes very Black things, drinks very brown liquors, and is pretty fly for a light guy. His biggest accomplishment to date coincides with his Blackest accomplishment to date in that he received a phone call from Oprah Winfrey after she read one of his pieces (biggest) but he didn't answer the phone because the caller ID said "Unknown" (Blackest).

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June 9, 2022
When Kendrick Lamar, aka Oklama, announced via social media that he had a new album dropping in May, well, the…
Actors Nia Long and Larenz Tate in "Love Jones"
June 6, 2022
It’s June in Black America, which means that it’s also Black Music Month, aka African-American Music Appreciation Month.
June 2, 2022
If I can just be honest here for a second, I don’t ever actually think that any of my “takes”…
June 1, 2022
I can’t quite call "Gully" a good movie. In fact, I’m not entirely sure that I can even tell you…
A person tying their shoes
May 29, 2022
I recently wrote about Disney’s foray into sneaker culture with its latest live-action musical, "Sneakerella."
Actors Lexi Underwood and Chosen Jacobs in "Sneakerella"
May 27, 2022
When the pandemic started, retail therapy kicked in for many people, and a lot of it moved in the direction…
May 26, 2022
I’m taking over the hosting duties for "Dear Culture," one of theGrio’s legacy podcasts, with a new vim and vigor—and…
May 22, 2022
The Momference is a multiday conference for mothers of color (largely millennials), created and curated by District Motherhued.
May 18, 2022
The first thing that drew me into watching Her Only Choice was the number of people of note starring in…
May 17, 2022
I haven’t been looking for a mentor lately, but if I ever want to reach my potential as a hater,…
May 11, 2022
OPINION: The 2017 film starring Azealia Banks had a scene that made me hide my head under my pillow—it is…
May 9, 2022
It’s the time when an artist who arts harder than others drops some new work that will be dissected, disputed,…
May 8, 2022
My kids have iPads, and obviously, we monitor the things they watch and the games they play.
May 4, 2022
I love the movie "Belly." So much of it is bad that it actually ends up being amazing and entirely…
Chris Tucker, Vivica A. Fox, April Ryan, Geraldine Moriba and Byron Allen theGrio.com
May 2, 2022
Politicians, celebs, friends, family and staff of theGrio made our inaugural Correspondents' Dinner after-event a night to remember.
May 1, 2022
Like, it’s both my fault and not my fault. My kids have built up a bit of a resume when…
Waldo, Family Matters, 90s black tv shows, thegrio
April 29, 2022
Back in the day, when I was young (I’m not a kid anymore), I used to live for the ABC…
April 26, 2022
I used to joke that "Brown Sugar" should have been titled "Love & Basketball 2: When They Put Down Basketballs…
Netflix Ultimatum
April 24, 2022
The premise, of course, is that one person in the relationship has given a “marry me or I’m leaving” ultimatum;…