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More role models for Black boys in school won’t fix anything if we continue to overlook Black girls
By Brittani McNeill It is common knowledge that Black children are on the low end of an ever widening racial achievement gap in this country. It’s even becoming more widely acknowledged that systemic problems and institutional neglect, as opposed to simply personal or even parental shortcomings, lead to this problem. An examination of this achievement […]
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 […]
It’s not just We Got Y’all: When non-profits frame Black youth as deprived & in need of saviors
By Bianca Baldridge HBO’s Insecure is one of the best series on television. Through both humor and drama, the show tackles the love and relationships of Black women, while also commenting on gentrification, cultural appropriation, white liberal racism, and education, among other things. As a former youth worker in afterschool community-based programs and a sociologist […]
Black educators and administrators, let’s remember to center and uplift Black children as they return to school
by Maximillian Matthews After arriving on the campus of Elon University in the fall of 2005, I instantly sought out the Black community in an effort to not feel isolated and misunderstood. I knew I would need Black folks in order to thrive at predominantly white institution. My need for kinship led me to Alpha […]
American history classes are actually worsening kids’ understanding of America
In the year 1995, University of Vermont sociologist and historian James W. Loewen published a book titled Lies My Teacher Told Me which was designed to both criticize the history classes in America and serve as a history text itself. A result of Loewen’s critical analysis of a dozen history textbooks, the book found that […]
A course is being taught at a New York college on the crisis of white masculinity and it’s about time
According to Campus Reform, The New School’s Eugene Lang College of liberal arts, which is based in New York City, will be offering a class titled “Male Melancholia: Crisis Masculinity”, which will focus on post World War II masculinity and how it has been depicted both in news and pop culture media. According to the […]
Black youth need more than public health strategies that read sexuality as diseased and immoral
By Jallicia Jolly In the aftermath of National HIV Testing Week in the US, it is crucial that we talk openly and honestly about what it means to live, love, and sex while being Black and young. As an HIV tester and counselor, I am well aware of the conversations about “safe sex” that populate […]
New study shows childhood trauma’s wide intergenerational impact
Researchers at the University of California have just published a study in Pediatrics which found that the effects of childhood trauma have mental health implications for generations.
Yes, I can still be unapologetically queer while in the closet
by Indigo One of my personal attributes I am most proud of is my identity as a queer and non-binary afro-boricua. Whether I am in a classroom on my college campus or a house party on a Friday night, I allow my fullest and most authentic self to occupy the space I am in. Among […]
SCOTUS reverses lower courts decisions, sides with Trump’s Muslim travel ban in 5-4 vote
As reported by the Huffington Post’s Willa Frej, the U.S. Supreme Court voted along party lines to back a Trump administration travel ban aimed at closing windows for immigration from predominantly Muslim countries. Announced in September, this particular version of the ban is the result of two different repackagings of its contents, which was initially […]
Black boy gone: Why this former minister left the church behind
By Verdell Wright I used to be a minister. I preached the goodness of God every day. But after deep reflection and honesty, I decided this Black boy had to go. I had to leave the Christian faith, as well as any belief in the supernatural, behind. I was headed toward this point for a […]
UT Austin ‘Restrictive Masculinity’ program under pressure by administration after right-wing criticism
The University of Texas at Austin is attempting to address the limiting nature of the societal construct of masculinity. The University of Texas’ Counseling and Mental Health Center is collaborating with the Voices Against Violence initiative to create campus-wide dialogue about how to create a more healthy version of masculinity. According to their website, “MasculinUT […]