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White liberals stay predicting dystopias caused by whiteness—without doing anything about it
Editor’s Note: This piece is excerpted from a talk I did for Cal State LA’s Black Future Series in February. Though I love poetry, I usually avoid readings when there aren’t many artists of color on the bill. But recently I went to just that type of event in support of a friend who was […]
Bioethics prof Deleso Alford explains why MLK calling healthcare inequity the most ‘inhumane’ injustice matters today
Healthcare equity is indivisible from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy. In fact, in a phone interview on the 50th anniversary of Dr. King’s assassination, critical race theorist Deleso Alford pointed to his quote, “Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in healthcare is the most shocking and inhumane.” In addition to being a time to […]
Black dreams and storytelling have long been a part of the push towards Black liberation
by Jamila Mitchell The emancipation of freed slaves and subsequent constitutional amendments of the 20th century meant that white people could no longer marginalize Black folks through the physical bondage of chattel slavery. Faced with new restrictions, they quickly resigned to maintaining their rule through a new age of psychological warfare on the formerly enslaved, […]
The stories of our struggles are not for white people to consume in an effort to ‘do better’
By Arielle Iniko Newton Last weekend, my six roommates and I were interviewing potential roommates to fill an unoccupied room in the social justice-oriented home we share. One of the prospects was a white, cisgender, heterosexual man. Upon interviewing him we quickly learned that he did not possess a commitment to dismantling whiteness that we […]
We need to prioritize Black girls in the conversation about police in schools
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. This essay contains brief descriptions […]
March For Our Lives and the gun control debate are leaving Black children behind
by Jamila Mitchell If Black voices in a “movement” are auxiliary to everything, then it is not a “movement” that intends to end anti-Blackness, and is certainly not meant for Black people. Politics in America have proven that issues which affect predominantly Black people are not a priority, even in liberal social movements like March […]
Boy in viral protest photo and two other children missing after SUV crash in California
Devonte Hart, the 15-year-old whose photo went viral during the 2014 protests of the shooting of Michael Brown by Ferguson PD officer Darren Wilson, is missing after his family’s SUV careened off of a cliff. On Monday, Hart and his family left their home in Washington State and traveled to California, when the accident occurred […]
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 […]
Killer Mike defends gun rights in interview with NRA, apologizes after backlash
Run the Jewels rapper and social activist Killer Mike recently appeared on an episode of the NRA’s broadcasting network, NRATV, to promote his views on Black gun ownership and the Second Amendment. Host Colion Noir and the NRA quickly proceeded to spin Killer Mike’s appearance into an anti-protest stance, with Noir segueing into the interview […]
11-year-old Naomi Wadler reminds America that movements for our lives must include Black girls and women
“I am here to say ‘never again’ for those girls, too!” 11-year-old Naomi Wadler said at the March for Our Lives rally in D.C. Saturday, spotlighting America’s need for a longer collective memory when victims are Black women and girls. Wadler’s speech earned the breakout success designation among nationwide marches and speeches for gun reform. “I represent […]
“The Shape of Water” and the problem with “privilege”: Escaping oppression at the expense of destroying it
*Editor’s Note: This post contains spoilers of The Shape of Water. 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.* I don’t even recall who said it last. Perhaps it […]
Sacramento police shoot Stephon Clark 20 times in his own backyard, falsely claim he had a crowbar in his hand
Sacramento police shot 22 year old Stephon Clark 20 times as he stood in his own backyard and they later claimed he had a crowbar in his hand. Sgt. Vance Chandler told the media that “twenty rounds were fired” and that “each officer fired ten rounds.” Neither officer knew precisely how many of those rounds […]