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Anti-Blackness serves again?: Serena Williams is drug-tested more than any other top US tennis player
Serena Williams is distinguished as one of the best athletes to ever live. She has broken multiple tennis records that for many has enshrined her as the GOAT. However, Williams is also distinguished by being the most frequently drug tested top tennis player.
16 Black actresses protest anti-Blackness in the industry at Cannes Film Festival
On May 16, 2018, 16 Black French actresses and performers staged a red carpet protest to challenge anti-Black racism in the French film industry during the 71st annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals.
3 tips for dealing with mental health issues exacerbated by anti-Blackness on college campuses
By Gloria Oladipo All college students have experience being tired and stressed due to the variety of issues at schools. However, for Black students, feelings of weariness and mental exhaustion are exacerbated when anti-Black events occur on campus. Since enrolling at Cornell University last August, the following “racial incidents” have occurred: “Build a Wall” was […]
Anti-Blackness in preschool classrooms: Combatting conditioning early to save our kids
By Salaam Green “Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.” – James Baldwin, Author American axiom would posit that if a 3-year-old becomes highly interested in another 3-year-old on the playground, chances are high that they will rush over and begin to play […]
China’s controversial hip-hop ban elicits charges of anti-Blackness
Did the Chinese government issue a crotchety “get-off-my-lawn” to hip-hop appreciators and contributors to hip-hop culture in the Asian country? Is it saying, “to hell with you Millennials making us look bad all over the world” or preserving the innocence of Chinese youth whose consumption of adult material could shape problematic perspectives? It depends on […]
Passing a clean Dream Act would combat global anti-Blackness
by Biola Jeje Growing up in Brooklyn as a child of Nigerian immigrants, I can remember being in church and listening to other Nigerian immigrants deliver testimonies about which son, aunt, cousin, or sister had won the visa lottery and would finally be able to come join them in the United States. Collective sighs of […]
Heinous anti-blackness: Dozens of African girls found dead in Mediterranean Sea
Global personhood politics, which include white supremacy, gender-based violence and economic oppression of African-descended people, inflict grievous harm. Another painful reminder of this trifecta came via a New York Times column by Tariro Mzezewa, about nearly 40 African girls whose bodies were found in the Mediterranean Sea. Details about the girls are scant. They were […]
I live in a sanctuary city, and it’s a safe haven for white liberal anti-Blackness
by Christina Bolden The term “sanctuary city” came to be during the 1980s protests against federal policies that denied asylum to refugees from El Salvador and Guatemala. In light of Donald Trump’s federal policies, which will deny immigrants refuge and the ability to live here safely, sanctuary cities are once again at the forefront of the […]
The anti-Blackness of believing there’s no support for queerness in the hood
By Benji Hart The block on Chicago’s far north side where I stay is majority Black, poor and working class. It’s also gay as hell. The matriarch of the street is a Black cis queer woman in her 50s named Ce. She lives with her wife, a Black woman in her 30s, her daughter from […]
When white people enter a space, anti-Blackness always does too
On October 29th 2012, Glenda Moore’s two sons were killed during Hurricane Sandy, the youngest casualties during the storm. I say during rather than of the storm because the death of Moore’s children–Connor, 4 and Brendan, 2–was caused by another type of tempest, one that has gone on far, far longer and is far more […]
University of Ghana To Remove Gandhi Statue Because Of His Anti-Blackness
Some people know that Mahatma Gandhi didn’t like black people but many others don’t due to his legacy as a pillar of civil rights. There’s evidence of his racial issues since he called Africans ‘kaffirs,” a derogatory term for black people, in a speech given back in 1896. In response to these types of statements, the University of Ghana recently announced that they’ll be […]
Lupita Nyong’o Interview Shines Light on Anti-Blackness in Latin@ Communities
Recently, Univision host of the “Al Punto” show, Jorge Ramos, sat down to interview Star Wars: The Force Awakens actors Oscar Isaac and Lupita Nyong’o about their roles in the hit movie. Both actors identify as Latin but feedback on the interview suggested that anti-blackness in the Latin@ communities is still alive and well and aimed specifically at […]