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by Charles Tremblay Black culture is everywhere, on runways, in music, even in the way people speak and move online. But the people who create it, especially Black women, are rarely protected when culture is copied, mocked, or commodified. This is especially apparent in K-pop, where Black aesthetics, from language to hairstyles, are often adopted […]

Editor’s Note: This month at BYP, we will be exploring Education & Schooling, and we are interested in publishing works that address these topics. What are the implications of charter and private schools in communities of color? How do we counteract anti-Black textbooks and teachers in our children’s education? How did you heal from bullying […]

COMIC: Avoiding Accountability with culturally insensitive propaganda 101 by JeCorey Holder Children gather ’round and listen to a tale. This curvey ol’ swamp witch, ageless as the sea and just as capricious, is about to take you all the way back to the distant days of the mid-2000’s. The Hallowed Towers of Tumblr were at […]

Barely a month has passed since I wrote about appropriation and the vampiric nature of whiteness, specifically as it pertains to Black art and aesthetic. My focus was white artists and their simultaneous disavowal and infiltration of rap and hip-hop, and my purpose was to illustrate the pattern of how white society appropriates Black art […]

I haven’t trusted Billie Eilish since I became aware of her nearly a year ago. The context in which I learned about her was a valid and necessary social media post which lamented how fucked up it is that Eilish has apparently gone out of her way to dress “modestly” so as to not be […]

by Maximillian Matthews This essay contains discussions of racialized sexual violence and mentions r/pe “There is probably no greater (or more misleading) body of sexual myths in the world today than those which proliferated around the figure of the American Negro. This means that he is penalized for the guilty imagination of the white people […]

The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the Eighth Amendment’s clause which prohibits excessive financial penalties must be enforced at all levels of government to protect people from harsh government retaliation. It had previously been applied to federal crimes only.

by Ayika Tshimanga Ariana Grande recently released a music video for her song, “7 Rings”, a repetitive pop-trap&B tune with all the necessary ingredients to bring out your innermost bad bitch. The bouncy trap beat, braggadocious lyrics, and an attempt to ooze the kind of confidence radiating from pop stars like Beyoncé on “Apeshit”, or Rihanna […]

Earlier this year, conservative government watch group Judicial Watch filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Department of Justice for communication records regarding the FBI’s investigation into the Clinton Foundation’s questionable operating practices.

The Trump administration released a report early Tuesday morning entitled “The Opportunity Costs of Socialism” which attempted to establish that Socialism as a terrible idea, but makes a concession that modern Socialists “denounce state brutality and would allow individuals to privately own the means of production in many industries.” The document is confusing and ultimately […]

Harvard Law School lecturer Thomas Frampton and New Orleans civil rights attorney William Most have filled a lawsuit alleging that the Louisiana State Police circulated a fake list of Antifa names sourced from white supremacist groups. After Most filled a public records request for police emails with white supremacist code words in May, he was […]

Earlier in June 2018, the Toledo City Council was debating the use of electronic microchips to monitor pre-trial detainees. Council member Rod Ludeman justified the need for microchips arguing that ankle monitors are not enough to prevent potential crimes from happening.