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
Big Pharma and the prison industry are colluding to overmedicate incarcerated populations
The majority of early testing of psychiatric medications in the 1930s and 1940s were done on incarcerated populations.
Word
“Permission, touch, death between both and what becomes of Black cis-het masculinities—our hands—when absorbing permission is an act of killing. ”
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Reimaging consent, for Black cis-het men, in a world where touch can kill
When touch can kill, we learn much from who chooses to ignore the quelling of the fingers, to touch others without permission.
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My refusal to grant white people space is petty and satisfying
It's both comforting and freeing to see Black folks practice refusal of white invasiveness in similar ways, and that there is intent behind such a refusal.
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Police-Free schools are necessary, as is abolishing the white supremacist state they are rooted in
Police-free schools isn't separate from eradicating the system that brought legitimacy to having a police presence on campus in the first place.
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Comic: The cishet obsession with children’s genitals is really weird, and transphobic
Cishet people refuse to unpack their weird obsession with children’s genitals but say kids are "too young” to explore their queer identities.
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It took a global pandemic, but the original spirit of Pride is finally being honored
The corporatization of Pride (also known as Pink Capitalism) has long been an issue that led to my disillusionment with most Pride events years ago.
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Direct giving is our legacy. Ignoring that legacy is anti-Black
I come from folks who believe in direct giving and show it. Folks who give hugs and offer handshakes in order to exchange money discreetly.
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Direct giving is our legacy. Ignoring that legacy is anti-Black
I come from folks who believe in direct giving and show it. Folks who give hugs and offer handshakes in order to exchange money discreetly.
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“Allyship fatigue” is an insult to Black folks who never get to rest
"Allyship fatigue" really feels like an unnecessary term to coin and utilize, especially right now. It seems like yet another way of coddling white people.
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Our calls to action against anti-Black state violence cannot be ableist
We must center the most marginalized amongst us. Our movement will not succeed if we are ableist. Black Disabled Lives Matter.
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Police brutality does not end because of a pandemic, it is made worse by it
As global protests emerge to defund police, those most impacted by these conditions are being blamed for protesting their existence in the first place.
Entertainment
Talking to Black youth about the complexities of sexual racism after Wilder v Fury
There should be concern for Black male youth’s embodiment of their sexual selves, needs and how they understand the world around them.
Education
The siblings of disabled youth are committed to building more accessible worlds
These are skills that can be and must be learned to help all of us grow and to build a more accessible world.
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
How I use ancestor veneration to navigate my Mother’s Death
I offer this ritual as an invitation and witnessing to all who are grieving their mothers, dead and alive.
Gender-and-sexuality
For gay men in Nigeria, Grindr’s screenshot deactivation is double-edged
Grindr's screenshot deactivation means that its users will be unable to document the profiles of harmful predators who hunt gay men on the app.
Race
Talking to Black youth about the complexities of sexual racism after Wilder v Fury
There should be concern for Black male youth’s embodiment of their sexual selves, needs and how they understand the world around them.
Health
“Allyship fatigue” is an insult to Black folks who never get to rest
"Allyship fatigue" really feels like an unnecessary term to coin and utilize, especially right now. It seems like yet another way of coddling white people.
