Ekemini Ekpo Revisited The Juke Box in “Sinners”

by | March 23, 2026

For Punch List, Ekemini Ekpo excavated the” juke joint’s racialized and classed backstory.” Ekpo told Study Hall, “I argued that the fictional juke joint provides a roadmap for real-life reparative action, beyond simply destroying spaces in which harm was committed.”

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