BYP x AirGo
Airgo x BYP with Janae Bonsu
Janae Bonsu talks about learning stillness and finding peace, imagining new interventions when gender violence needs to be addressed, her cheese game, and much more.
Politics
Yup. Non-profit culture and performative activism perpetuate ableism and anti-Blackness
Ableism and anti-Blackness are situated in the double discrimination that Black disabled folks face every day.
Word
“Toxic monogamy represents itself as the most applicable, natural, sustainable and mutually beneficial romantic relationship structure when in reality, it is fairly new.”
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I became a sex and consent educator with Black youth in mind
Being a consent educator through theater has enabled me to explore what access to better sex education for Black people could potentially look like.
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How TikTok is ushering in yet another way for youths to don “Digital Blackface”
As direct and transparent minstrelsy has declined, Blackface has become more nuanced in practice, particularly in online spaces such as TikTok.
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Black non-monogamy is a pre-colonial practice
Non-monogamy, an umbrella term that refers to the practice of having multiple partners or concurrent relationships, is a Black people thing.
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Mental health treatment is a Black tradition, white people just took credit for it
White supremacy has impacted the history of mental health treatment in centering white doctors who appropriated our groundbreaking research.
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There will never be a “Sexual Revolution” under capitalism
Today’s “sexual revolution” cannot happen outside of the strict terms set by greedy capitalists sitting in the boardroom of one pharmaceutical company.
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Gameschooling is a critical tool that helps Black children learn
These homeschooling moms believe games can vastly improve and support the learning process for Black children.
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Gameschooling is a critical tool that helps Black children learn
These homeschooling moms believe games can vastly improve and support the learning process for Black children.
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Despite appropriation, vampiric whiteness will never be able to suck the blood out of Black art
Billie Eilish's comments are a reminder that cultural appropriation is about more than others stealing from us and failing to give credit where it is due.
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Calling Cards: Revolution means building towards a national movement of uncompromising politics
Revolution is a conscious mass seizing all agencies of power, service, production, and institutions of socialization.
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Steve McQueen’s ‘Western Deep’ is a counter memory for Black miners during South African Apartheid
Western Deep operates as counter memory which serves to resist the dominant narrative posed by a supremacist faction in the construction of history.
Entertainment
Reflecting on Patrick Chamoiseau’s ‘Slave Old Man’ and physical memories of the enslaved
Chamoiseau is arguing that, to know the elderly maroon as a member of physical history, we must consider his skin and why he itched.
Education
We need Restorative Justice in our schools, not more police
The school-to-prison pipeline ensures that Black children are ushered into prisons, having already experienced their campuses as one.
Videos
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According to Vox, eight players from the Ole Miss men’s basketball program knelt during the national anthem in protest of a rally on campus in support of... more
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According to the Miami Herald, a 50-year-old man from Philadelphia who lives in the Florida Keys found himself on the fast track to a deportation to Jamaica, despite... more
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According to USA Today, an independent autopsy commissioned by the Bradford family shows that Emantic Bradford Jr. was shot from behind three times by police during the... more
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Border Patrol fires tear gas, chases asylum seekers and closes the border to keep them out of the US
According to Buzzfeed News, late Sunday evening, Border Patrol agents temporarily closed the San Ysidro Port of Entry, one of the most used border crossings in the... more
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The Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (RFK) Foundation, led by Kerry Kennedy, started a month-long mission to bail out hundreds of women and juveniles at Rikers Island.... more
BYP x AirGo
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Janae Bonsu talks about learning stillness and finding peace, imagining new interventions when gender violence needs to be addressed, her cheese game, and much more.
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Black Youth Project has joined forces with AirGo for a year-long #BYPSpotlight series, featuring our favorite Black academics and activists. This month’s #BYPSpotlight... more
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Black Youth Project has joined forces with AirGo for a year-long #BYPSpotlight series, featuring our favorite Black academics and activists. First up is Barbara... more
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AirGo is back for our second episode in front of a live audience! This time, we’re excited to launch our #BYPSpotlight, a collaboration with Black Youth Project, a... more
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Black Youth Project joins forces with Chicago podcast, AIRGO, for a year-long series featuring our favorite Black academics and activists. Stay tuned for a new episode... more
Religion
Millennials aren’t skipping church, the Black Church is skipping us
In a time where Black people and youth are reclaiming their authenticity and culture, the Black church needs to immediately reform its practices.
Gender-and-sexuality
I became a sex and consent educator with Black youth in mind
Being a consent educator through theater has enabled me to explore what access to better sex education for Black people could potentially look like.
Race
How TikTok is ushering in yet another way for youths to don “Digital Blackface”
As direct and transparent minstrelsy has declined, Blackface has become more nuanced in practice, particularly in online spaces such as TikTok.
Health
Mental health treatment is a Black tradition, white people just took credit for it
White supremacy has impacted the history of mental health treatment in centering white doctors who appropriated our groundbreaking research.
