By Andréa Butler Yesterday (August 1, 2017), The New York Times broke news that the Department of Justice was planning to launch an attack against affirmative action by suing colleges and universities the DOJ feels are taking part in “intentional race-based discrimination.” Seeing as how the very meaning of “affirmative action” is to defy racism […]
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Racially motivated murders of Black people is a legacy that’s been passed down for decades in this country. And while there were no hashtags for Jesse Washington (a 17-year-old Black farmhand lynched by a mob of 10,000 white people in Texas in 1916), Anthony Crawford (a Black landowner lynched the same year in South Carolina), […]
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Graduation season is in full effect and everywhere you look, there’s an amazing Black girl sprinkling her magic all up in the place. Come through with a gift from this list to show love for ya’ girl — the wokest sister you know. By Ayanna Thompson 1. Black Women at Work Mug, $19, lookhuman.com 2. We […]
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Oh, Becky. (Oops, Betsy.) The Bethune-Cookman class of 2017 did not come to play with you. They did not come to the Ocean Center Daytona Beach to listen to empty platitudes from someone so clueless about their heritage, HBCUs, and education in general. They came to honor the culmination of their hard work, their families’ […]
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During Hitler’s reign, Jews, homosexuals, Black people, gypsies, and other “undesirables” were named “enemies of the state.” In 21st-century America, Trump recently gave the same label to the media. As part of one of his egomaniacal, unhinged Twitter rants, #45 came for the press — again — calling out specific outlets, but this time he […]
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Senator Elizabeth Warren may have been silenced from reading Coretta Scott King’s 31-year-old letter opposing Jeff Sessions, the current nominee for Attorney General, but as for the rest of us? Nah, fam. Read Coretta’s letter in its entirety below, and then, check out your Resistance Task of the Day (RTOTD): Mr. Chairman and Members of […]
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(And Snapped and ‘grammed and tweeted…) And it’s more important than ever that you get involved. The first 100 days of the Trump presidency have begun and to describe it as unsettling only begins to scratch the surface. Not even a full 72 hours in, and Trump has already signed an executive order to kick […]
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Let’s keep things all the way 100. What went down on the hill today (Jan. 5) was a straight up attack on women’s health and reproductive rights. House Speaker Paul Ryan stated that Republicans will completely defund Planned Parenthood as a part of their plans to repeal the Affordable Care Act (AKA “Obamacare”), leaving a […]
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Every Movement needs a soundtrack. As you do what you can to resist the normalization and corruption of a Trump “presidency” and all that comes with it, let these #FreedomSongs from across the decades inspire you, motivate you, and urge you to get involved and make a change. Compiled by Princess Gabbara and Andréa Butler […]
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From jump, Black-ish has been #woke — always bringing it when it comes to tackling the issues we face on the daily. From what it’s like to be the only Black person in the room to the different ways the effects of slavery are still felt today to how it feels when your Blackness is […]
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