Stereotyping and Racism

This Teen’s Classmates Threw Things in Her Natural Hair and Nobody Did Anything to Stop It

October 27, 2017 // 0 Comments

Don’t touch my hair When it’s the feelings I wear -Solange For three days during the week of September 17, 14-year-old Genesee Taylor, then a freshman at [...]

Black Girls and Immigration in the Age of 45

September 6, 2017 // 0 Comments

In the era of this new administration, policies affecting immigration are at an all-time high. A country that used to be an open door to many is now shutting down [...]

Protesters Get in Formation to Topple Confederate Statue

August 15, 2017 // 1 Comment

In response to the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia this past weekend, a diverse group of anti-racist protesters went full-on Bree Newsome and took it upon themselves to [...]

The Department of Justice Plans to Come for Affirmative Action

August 2, 2017 // 0 Comments

Yesterday (August 1), The New York Times broke news that the Department of Justice was planning to launch an attack against affirmative action by suing colleges and [...]

Tinashe Missteps on Colorism Comment

June 13, 2017 // 0 Comments

This isn’t the first time Tinashe has spoken out about the music industry and its lack of Black female artists. Back in 2015, she chopped it up with xoNECOLE about the [...]

Is “Liberty and Justice for All” Only an Illusion?

May 18, 2017 // 0 Comments

By Ayanna Thompson Last night (May 17, 2017), Betty Shelby — the Tulsa, Oklahoma policewoman who killed unarmed Terrence Crutcher last year — was found not [...]

A Massachusetts High School is Punishing Black Girls for Wearing Braids

May 13, 2017 // 2 Comments

Having your hair examined while on public display. Being detained just for the way you look. Experiencing separation from others because you refuse to deny your culture. This [...]

Dear Racists: Stop Trying to Make “Race War” Happen.

January 6, 2017 // 0 Comments

(It’s not going to happen.) When we first noticed #BLMKidnapping was trending on Twitter a couple days ago, we legit thought we were about to read that a Black [...]

Feeling Hopeless? Here’s What You Can Do.

July 7, 2016 // 0 Comments

It’s hard not to feel hopeless when you’re constantly seeing murders of people who look like you unfolding in front of your eyes on social media and on TV. Sure, [...]

Promposal to Black Girl Uses Fried Chicken References and We. Can’t. Even.

April 3, 2016 // 0 Comments

We’re all about the whole promposal thing (and if you haven’t seen our fave from last year, go watch it now — it. is. life.), but we had to do a double-take [...]

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