BYP x AirGo
Airgo x BYP with Jawanza Malone
Black Youth Project has joined forces with AirGo for a year-long #BYPSpotlight series, featuring our... more
Politics
Van Jones, language and the psuedo memory of national identity
A national cultural identity that is married to a language of national moral pageantry will always be in conflict with liberation.
Word
“Yes, a lot of progressive-minded people are brave enough to be outspoken. Many of us do what we do with finesse. But darling I will find my OWN battles, thank you very much.”
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Comic: Stop tagging your activist friends under bigoted posts on social media
Clever and cutting as we may be, activists and outspoken "woke" folks are not doing this for your entertainment. This isn't always "fun" for us.
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Between Black artists and Black love
Black artists working in the subject of Black folks tirelessly chip away at the residue of grief to ask a question pertinent to liberation: “What can be?”
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Black Joy is movement work
Black joy is a central component in movement work. Whether it's dancing, laughter, or song, it is community building.
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My grandmother shows me what’s possible as a survivor of sexual violence
I struggle to believe that it is possible for me, a survivor of sexual violence, to live a long, fulfilled life and pass away in my sleep.
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When Black women make mistakes, we deserve compassion, not public ridicule
The truth is that the pressure this world places on Black women is unsustainable. We are quite literally unable to meet its demands.
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Comic: Tired of hearing about slavery? There is plenty more to discuss.
White people do know that slavery isn't all we have on them, right? There's plenty we can talk about, baby. The history is right there.
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Comic: Tired of hearing about slavery? There is plenty more to discuss.
White people do know that slavery isn't all we have on them, right? There's plenty we can talk about, baby. The history is right there.
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Christian complacency has no place in Black liberation
No longer can Christian leaders remain complacent while their congregants battle through racial fatigue and targeted trauma.
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The price of radical concession
When we look closer, Kaepernick's kneel is a symbol of concession. The phrase "defund the police" has a similar atmosphere of concession around it.
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The God Shop, Part 3
“Pastor, I’ll kill you where you stand."
Entertainment
Inland, a short story
He closed his eyes, took a deep breath of ecstasy, and then at once, with her blood in his mouth, began to remember that he lived inland.
Education
Virtual affinity groups are supporting Black students during a pandemic
Though I have yet to step foot on campus, witnessing the advocacy and support affinity groups offer students solidifies my confidence in feeling prepared.
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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Black Youth Project has joined forces with AirGo for a year-long #BYPSpotlight series, featuring our favorite Black academics and activists. Jawanza is the Executive... more
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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
Religion
Christian complacency has no place in Black liberation
No longer can Christian leaders remain complacent while their congregants battle through racial fatigue and targeted trauma.
Gender-and-sexuality
Queer desirability politics and its implications on consent
Desirability politics, at its core, is a politic that revolves around patriarchy and idealized masculinity that’s informed by colonial thought and object.
Race
Black dissociation is a requirement of capitalism
The dissociation required for me to see myself as separate from my body, and to see my body as antagonistic of my identity, is a requirement of capitalism.
Health
Trauma doesn’t turn you into a bad person
I don’t know if I’m always strong, but I know that every time I have survived trauma it was because I took the power to heal.
