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Moving to South Africa meant my race was different, but not the realities of racism
By Kim M Reynolds “So, you’re coloured?” I get asked this question on fairly regular basis in Cape Town, and it’s no longer a jarring one.
A meditation on intergenerational trauma and how we raise Black children
This essay contains discussion of suicide. by Donnie Moreland On the other side of her beautiful and hardened, bulging belly, I can feel them. My baby navigating the uterus of the woman I love, curious to the pressure of my palm on the soft brown flesh between them and I. I imagine their curiosity, or […]
A Black feminist pleasure praxis acknowledges and affirms the possibility for Black women’s sexual pleasure
We must do the work to detach Black women’s sexuality from violence and we must start with our foremothers. by Haillee Mason This essay contains discussion of sexual violence. The myth of white supremacist history suggests that sexual pleasure and intimacy that enslaved Black women endured were unable to be detached from violence. While I […]
Inspired by Fox News attacks, Lebron James set to produce ‘Shut Up and Dribble’ docuseries
When Laura Ingraham, a Fox News host, vilified Lebron James and his remarks on President Donald Trump by telling him to “shut up and dribble,” she unknowingly strengthened a growing political consciousness among athletes in the age of Trump.
LeBron opens public school offering free meals, college tuition to graduates and more
According to USA Today, basketball superstar LeBron James opened up a school on Monday in Akron, Ohio. The school, called I Promise, is a product of Akron Public Schools teaming up with James’ foundation, The LeBron James Family Foundation, with assistance from JP Morgan Chase Bank and other corporate sponsors. I Promise pledges to support parents […]
Over 2,000 activists arrested nationwide as part of MLK-inspired Poor People’s Campaign’s “moral revival”
Almost 50 years after Reverend Martin Luther King’s death, his Poor People’s Campaign has been revived in a nationwide 6-week organized effort to protest racism and poverty. Over 2,000 protestors, activists, and organizers with the MLK-inspired campaign have been arrested and detained since it has launched.
Jeff Sessions says domestic violence is not grounds for asylum in the U.S.
On Monday morning, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that immigrants will not be able to seek asylum on the grounds of domestic or gang violence. The decision met fierce and quick condemnations for its insensitivity.
US “loses” 1,500 children, raising new concerns about Trump immigration policies & human trafficking
Last month during a congressional hearing, US Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families acting assistant secretary Steven Wagner told Congress that his agency was unable to account for 1,475 children who had been placed with sponsors between October and December of 2017. Though all the children unaccounted for showed up […]
Black Mamas Matter Alliance launches first national Black maternal health week
Editor’s Note: April is Black Women’s History Month. Throughout this month, Black Youth Project is celebrating Black women. This month is also National Minority Health Month, Autism Awareness Month, Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Child Abuse Prevention Month. We are interested in publishing works that address these topics and the things surrounding them. The Black Mamas […]
Black Lives Matter Cincinnati changes its name, issues scathing critique of national BLM network
While Black people often share cultural, historical and experiential linkages, we have never been a monolith. These tensions between collective identity and individual autonomy sometimes contribute to splintering among organizers who advocate Black freedom. As of Wednesday, the activist organization formerly known as Black Lives Matter Cincinnati (BLMC) announced their transition into Mass Action for Black […]
How Jay-Z & other venture capitalists are creating new problems in the name of social justice
By Alyxandra Goodwin Rapper and criminal justice reform advocate Jay-Z recently announced that he is investing in a “decarceration start-up” called Promise. The app sets up a “care plan” for individuals that would have alternatively been monitored while housed in a jail facility, instead monitoring them out in the world and providing reminders for court […]
Supreme Court will allow Flint water contamination lawsuits
There have been two class action lawsuits filed against local and state officials by residents of Flint, Michigan. Claimants say the lead contamination which has plagued the city for almost four years and counting infringe upon their civil rights. After lower courts threw the cases out, the Supreme Court left in place a ruling handed […]