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Print Never Left: Black Writers on Archiving and Self-Published Print Media
by Dr. Ravynn K. Stringfield Social media is currently flooded with messages from people encouraging others online to “get into print media” or “go analog,” while simultaneously bemoaning the loss of politically aware print media that centered marginalized voices—RIP Bitch Media—and a dearth of media that represent our experiences. However, for Black artists, writers and […]
Black queer people were never #allJussieSmollett
I want to start this off with a reminder that the police are never to be trusted—particularly when it comes to their version of a situation where harm has befallen a Black queer person (because of their explicit history of contributing to that harm, and of trying to cover it up). I want to start […]
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 […]
Black women have been organizing against R. Kelly since long before his #MeToo reckoning
by Josie Pickens This essay contains discussion of sexual abuse against Black girls and women. To watch what has been a decades-long movement by Black women to boycott and end the career of singer, songwriter, and serial sexual predator R. Kelly finally gain national attention, significant momentum, and media coverage is surreal, to say the […]
An evening with Angela Davis inspired me to advocate for prison abolition for Black girls
by Stephanie Younger About a year ago, I had the amazing and unforgettable opportunity to meet legendary activist and prison abolitionist Dr. Angela Y. Davis. We met at the Afrikana Independent Film Festival where I was volunteering at as a youth ambassador. This Black film festival prides itself on celebrating cinematic arts through a “global […]
Racism is killing Black babies and their mothers, says NPR study
A joint effort from NPR and ProPublica attempts to make clear the distinctive impact that racism is having on Black women and their progeny. The NPR article “How Racism May Cause Black Mothers To Suffer The Death Of Their Infants” tells the story of Shalon Irving, a 36 year old single Black mother who died […]
‘Tell Them We Are Rising’ documentary centering nation’s HBCUs to air in February 2018
Freedom work involving Black people in America, particularly when married to education as a liberation tool, necessitates studying historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). With this understanding, filmmaker Stanley Nelson created a first-of-its-kind documentary, Tell Them We Are Rising. The documentary is touted on the official website as an exploration of “the pivotal role” historically […]
How two young Black Chicago women are using art and activism to change narratives about Black communities
“Fighting the system is a very big burden to take on” – Martinez Sutton, “Another Life” The future of Chicago often seems uncertain as two factions within the city battle for power. The current mayor, Rahm Emanuel, and his supporters are continuing to push a narrative which supports the divestment from Black and Brown Chicagoans […]
Rachel Dolezal, Farcical Blackness and ‘Eating the Other’
By: Imani J. Jackson One day I was minding my business, as an actual Black woman, when the Internet alerted me of a narrative that captivated America. Rachel Dolezal was a disgraced NAACP president whose whistleblower parents alerted the public of their daughter’s lived lie. Dolezal had deputized herself as a Black sister, taught Africana […]
STUDY: Young People Disagree Politically Along Racial Lines
A new study proves just how misguided it is to view young people as a monolith. GenForward is a survey of the Black Youth Project at the University of Chicago with the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The first of its kind monthly poll asked 1,965 young adults age 18-30 about topics including the […]
Meet the Academics Behind Black Lives Matter
From the #ByeAnita actions in Chicago to the Fund Black Futures campaign, 2016 has already yielded significant gains for young Black organizers across the country. But the launch of Black Scholars for Black Lives (BS4BL), a collective made up of over 200 scholars and academics who have taken a pledge to use their platforms to […]
We Should Be Happy Antonin Scalia Died
Everyone always says: “Just be patient. Once all the old racist, misogynist white men die, everything will be fine.” If that’s true, then perhaps, this week’s news about Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s unexpected death should be considered a collective step closer to the goal of dismantling systemic racism. To be honest, Scalia was trash. It’s been a […]