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Moving to South Africa meant my race was different, but not the realities of racism

Colleges sanitizing remnants of white supremacy on their campuses isn’t progress

What Future’s fear of admitting his sobriety says about our unhealthy expectation for Black pain

Turning the fight to save the environment into a fight for racial justice

In defense of The Gay Agenda: Reimagining life without cis-heteros

Black excellence?: How a school abused Black students & got fame for sending them to Ivy Leagues

Exposing children to examples of protest plants the seeds for them to fight for justice

Reconciling ‘glorious healing’ & the ‘loving refusal’ of intracommunal violence in an era of disposability

Why do so many others want to claim Blackness if it means oppression?

Anti-Black bullying in schools devastates children. We need to invest in their healing

How liberal discourse that distances migrants from “criminals” obscures the crimes of this anti-Black state

Your perfect work record won’t protect you if you’re Black and don’t stay in your place

The Christianity I was taught didn’t align with my values. ‘The Color Purple’ helped me reimagine religion

What Black Brits want African Americans to know about race and racism in the U.K.

The challenges of raising a Black & Native child when they’re seen as mutually exclusive stereotypes

Liberals use “unity” to systematically silence women of color. It’s time to be divisive

White feminist Paganism and the colonization of Heaven and Earth

How anti-Blackness fuels my eating disorder

Voting isn’t just “harm reduction” for marginalized people who have to face the consequences

Being a Black teacher is not enough for Black children

The story of Black queer women imprisoned for defending themselves to reminds us this criminal system cannot save us

To deal with intergenerational Black trauma, we must care for our elders

Conviction of Brazilian political prisoner echoes injustice in the U.S.

Social media breaks aren’t self-care for Black people who feel isolated offline

More role models for Black boys in school won’t fix anything if we continue to overlook Black girls

On embodying darkness

I’m a diva because I know the value of my labor

10 body affirmations for Black girls when the world tells us we’re too much

It’s not just We Got Y’all: When non-profits frame Black youth as deprived & in need of saviors

Ro Élori Cutno’s “Wife School” has always failed Black Women by peddling misogynoir to teach submission

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