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
How the myth that all Black parents give kids “the talk” about police is used to silence resistance
My mother told me that I should always fight for what I believe in, whether it brings me personal harm or not.
Word
“How dare I be so shortsighted and sharp-tongued toward my today when my ancestors and ancestrally-backed blueprints were able to guard themselves against choruses of pessimism? ”
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The quiet call of ghosts: Dusting my grandmother’s photo reminds me of who I am
Ghosts were rude. Entitled to my attention with no reciprocity. Gram never visited me. Was I expecting too much just because she was once blood, now dust?
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Combating colorism: All Black children are worth defending
If we believe that all Black children deserve to be free, then we need to ensure the safety of those most impacted by this antiBlack world.
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We need to respond to PTSD with community care
Even as every person with PTSD deserves access to mental healthcare, it is community care that is a critical part of their recovery.
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The Revolution of Black Mothering: Confronting a future that doesn’t always include us
When I would ask for help, people first looked at what they thought I had in order to measure if I was worthy of the effort.
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“Laughing barrels” and the defiant spirit of Black laughter
I'm so glad and relieved to have learned of laughing barrels, and to have been reminded of the tradition of Black laughter as resistance and survival.
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‘Seeking for the Lost’ and the project of finding each other as a misplaced people
As we move further into the after years of the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade, the lineage of finding, as an action of rebellion, is unavoidable.
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‘Seeking for the Lost’ and the project of finding each other as a misplaced people
As we move further into the after years of the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade, the lineage of finding, as an action of rebellion, is unavoidable.
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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.
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Fatphobia means fat people’s bodies—and even our weight loss—are never just our own
While a newfound proximity to thinness may free you from individualized anti-fat attacks, you’re not free from fatphobia—you're only repurposed by it.
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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.
Entertainment
We need to talk about the sexual racism in HBO’s ‘Watchmen’
Episode six of HBO's Watchmen provides us with an example of sexual racism in the intimate sphere—the affair between Hooded Justice and Captain Metropolis.
Education
After graduating college, I received my best education from my uncle and his books
When I was not reading, my uncle and I would talk. He or I would mention something I was reading and then he was off and I was just hanging on. Discussions on DuBois would spiral into discussing the importance of Booker T. Washington, which would lead to Black education in general
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
Black women face greater scrutiny than white women for being polyamorous
As a Black woman who is polyamorous, I can see how the reception of this practice is a different experience for white women than it is for Black wonen.
Race
Black and in Vietnam, my hair is not a spectacle
In the quest for adopting and being reliant on the approval of whiteness and Western culture, Asians quite literally inherit anti-Blackness.
Health
We need to respond to PTSD with community care
Even as every person with PTSD deserves access to mental healthcare, it is community care that is a critical part of their recovery.
