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For Black people who avoid mental health treatment for reasons other than our “culture” or fear of malpractice
*Editor’s Note: March is National Disabilities Month and our themes at Black Youth Project are Ableism & Physical and Mental Health. We are interested in publishing works that address these topics and the things surrounding them. Content Warning: rape, mental health* “… mad methodology resists rote positivism and deﬁes the cult of objectivity; it listens for […]
A brown girl who #BleedsGreen: Finding joy in the Eagles Super Bowl win
by Asia Renée I was born and raised in Philadelphia. The nation’s first capital, the cradle of liberty, and the home of the most passionate, underdog fans in the country. The same folks who threw snowballs at Santa Claus, booed Beyonce during the NBA Finals in 2001 and had a jail set up, judge and […]
Reparations will never be given — it’s time we protect the everyday people who take them
*A note from our editor Sherronda J. Brown: January is Human Trafficking Prevention Month, and our theme at Black Youth Project is Human Trafficking and Slavery. We are interested in publishing works that address these topics and the things surrounding them.* I am not the greatest at math. I scored somewhere between the 50-60th percentile […]
15-year-old girl who declined a grown man’s advances ID’d him as her shooter before her death
Toxic masculinity isn’t just a term that academics and far leftists unleash on broader populations to condemn everything and everyone for no sound reason, despite the staunch beliefs of status quo adherents. Instead, when people subscribe to toxic masculinity, and the deep-seated gendered entitlement it bakes, and add weapons to the scenario, victims can lose […]
To the women who bent my reflection: How internalized misogyny creates toxic relationships among women
by Ashley Nkadi This essay contains a brief discussion of sexual violence To the women who turned a gala honoring my work as an activist into a conversation about how “inappropriately” I was dressed, or rather, how “inappropriately” my full-length dress held my curves: You are no friend. To the women who were even quicker […]
Drake threatened to put hands on man who kept touching women at his show
Hip-hop star Drake recently threatened to get down in the Down Under when a male attendee apparently would not stop touching women during the rapper’s after party. Drake, who is traveling the world for his Boy Meets World Tour, set the record straight mid-performance in Sydney, Australia. The artist had the DJ stop the music […]
Who owns the Black experience?: Decolonizing theory & how the academy commodifies Black life
Editor’s Note: *I AIN’T THE FIRST PERSON TO EVER THINK OF THIS SHIT. To be Black is to live outside of the ways the world makes sense of itself. Outside of the gender binary, or how men and women are forced to occupy distinct roles, but Black men aren’t given the power patriarchy affords to […]
White supremacy remains global, just ask 60,000 gatherers at Polish pride event and Polish leadership who called it beautiful
Progressives like to believe white supremacy is contained, flows predictably from the usual suspects and expires when young people know better and do better. Anti-Blackness, anti-Brown sentiments, Islamophobia and xenophobia are for senile Americans who detest globalism, they believe. Maybe it’s just Trump and crew. Yet, without attacking the roots of white supremacy – how […]
Brianna Brochu, white student who “poisoned” Black roommate, arrested & suspended from Hartford University
After a month and a half of being admittedly inhospitable and criminally unsanitary, and then a two-week “investigation” into her terrorizing actions, Brianna Brochu was finally arrested and charged with two misdemeanors after “poisoning” her Black roommate. In addition, the West Hartford Police Department says it is also still pursuing charges against Brochu for felony […]
Who needs white awards for Black Excellence? No, I’m not “just happy to be nominated”
By George M Johnson Fuck the Grammys. Fuck the Oscars. Fuck the Emmys. Fuck it all. That’s all you would hear if Black folks were to say how we really feel when year after year we continue to be the best in the room only to be overshadowed by the “breakthrough performance of a lifetime” […]
To all the Black men who tell the exact same story about white women clutching their purses
Niggas be lyin. I’m not saying you’re lying when you claim to be greeted by white women clutching their purses when you walk down streets. I’m just saying that, as a filmmaker, I know what “rehearsed” looks like. I’m just saying that when thousands of people tell the exact same story to the exact same […]
Black Chicago police officers who took a knee will face reprimand
After Black activist Aleta Clark approached two Black Southside of Chicago police officers to discuss police brutality and racism, the officers did not swiftly state “Blue Lives Matter”, chastise Clark, or ask why she politicized a political issue. Instead, the officers took a photo with her. In the photo posted to her Instagram account, all […]