“Why are you so angry?” my mother asked me during her recent visit to Brooklyn. It’s the first time my mother has ever asked me that question, and I know that she is lovingly unaware of its ramifications as a nocuous cliche, despite its power as [...]
Ode to the Only Black Kid in the Class
Clint Smith2016-11-29T17:39:11-05:00You, it seems, are the manifestation of several lifetimes of toil. Brown v. Board in flesh. Most days the classroom feels like an antechamber. You are deemed expert on all things Morrison, King, Malcolm, Rosa. Hell, weren’t you sitting on that bus, too? You are [...]
How America’s Colleges Could Be Tuition Free
empathy2016-11-29T17:39:11-05:00Source: CollegeRank.net Tuition Free College When we decide to have children, we set ourselves up for a long-term financial commitment, whether we do so willingly or not. According to data released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in August 2014, in their [...]
White On Paper
John Metta2016-11-29T17:39:11-05:00In June, Rachel Dolezal, an activist and former president of the NAACP chapter in Spokane, was outed by her parents as being a white woman. She later left the organization. And just yesterday, Shaun King, an activist affiliated with the Black [...]
Race, Love, Hate, and Me: A Distinctly American Story
Shaun King2016-11-29T17:39:11-05:00Over the past 72 hours I have been attacked with lies by the conservative media, lies that have been picked up by the traditional media and spread further. I have kept silent at the advice of friends and mentors, but I will do so no longer. [...]
Marrow Weary—How Deeply Rooted Racism is in the Fight For Equal Education
Adourthus Mc Dowell2016-11-29T17:39:11-05:00A one minute review of the recent events unfolding, as it seems that’s all the time we have left. As of August 30t, 2015, I will no longer be a Local School Council Facilitator, as my medium, and long term goals conflict with this [...]
I am Darren Wilson
John C. Dorhauer2016-11-29T17:39:11-05:00I am Darren Wilson. Which is to say I am guilty in the slaying of Michael Brown. Think of me as the guy who drives the getaway car - who provides the means of escape. Or think of me as the guy who, with malice [...]
Rachel. Trayvon. Michael. Dying. Laughing. A. Fiction
Kiese Laymon2016-11-29T17:39:11-05:00“I hear what your cousin Big Mike said,” Rachel tells Trayvon, “and you know I like Big Mike, but I’m saying how come it’s so hard for black boys to love black girls then it’s so easy for y’all to lean all up on us when [...]
A Light-Skinned Latina Like Me Will Never Be Able to Live in The Land Of Whiteness
Melissa Lozada-Oliva2016-11-29T17:39:11-05:00I’ve been told that I’m the ‘good’ kind of Latino because of my skin color What exactly does being a light-skinned Latina mean for me? It means that all at once, I am just dark enough, too dark or not dark enough at all. It [...]