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Black men – we need to take the racist online harassment of Black women more seriously
by Donnie Moreland “I get harassment as a woman and I get the extra harassment because of race and being a black woman. They will call white women a ‘c*nt’ and they’ll call me a ‘n*gger c*nt’.” – Imani Gandy, Rewire.News “You’re a fucking fat ass nigger. Hang yourself bitch.” – Anonymous
How heterosexual Black men project the psycho-sexual traumas of the plantation onto our queer brethren
This essay contains discussions of racialized sexual violence and mentions r/pe by Donnie Moreland There is this thing with us, as Black men. This war. Well, less war and more an inter-communal pogrom, wherein any Black man who shows no desire to lay with women exclusively is designated a cancer, subject to extermination. The prevention […]
The God Shop, Part 1
By Donnie Moreland It was no later than 6:23 am, on September 19th, when Officer Jacob Dochavney discovered the two bodies in the Tacoma River. He waited to call it in. He was three days from his two week vacation he’d been hollering about since February. He was supposed to be going to Las Vegas […]
Black people self harm, too
With so few studies exploring self injury and race, I imagine there is actually a dearth of information on the subject and that Black people under report.
Comic: Sex Education utterly failed you and that’s not our fault
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 childrens’ education? How did you heal from bullying […]
House passes resolution to withdraw U.S. troops from Yemen along with questionable amendments
On Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives issued a resolution that would remove U.S. troops on the ground in Yemen (although the president has indicated he would veto the measure if it makes it across his desk).
Mother of MAGA hat wearing teen who terrorized Indigenous man blames “Black Muslims”
According to Newsweek, the mother of one of the teens from Covington Catholic High School in Kentucky wrote an angry e-mail to Heavy in response to their coverage of her son and his friends’ racist treatment of an Omaha Nation elder, Nathan Phillips that was caught on viral video at a protest. The mother blamed […]
It’s past time for Black men to become traitors to the male privilege that protects us
by Donnie Moreland This essay contains descriptions of sexual violence, including r/pe When I looked at her, I felt nauseous. Here she was, a college friend of mine, recounting a time when she had asked a group of Black male acquaintances the question, “How many of you have ever fucked a girl while she was […]
Queer sex freed me from the shame and discomfort of compulsory heteronormative sex
by Haillee Mason I wish I could say that I’ve always known that I deserved good sex. Or that I arrived into my twenties seeking out my own pleasure. But Black queer women like me are never taught that they deserve anything—not an orgasm, not empathy, or even apologies. I had arrived in my adolescence, […]
How schools shame poor students
by Roni Dean-Burren It’s the most wonderful time of the year! It’s back to school season and I’m ecstatic. My friends and family are posting photos of their kids in their full backpacks with new shoes and grinning faces as they head back to 187 days of learning bliss. In the midst of all this […]
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 […]
As a Black woman, I won’t say #Metoo in Rose McGowan’s* movement
by Tynesha McCullers A few weeks back, TIME Magazine recognized the #SilenceBreakers as the 2017 “[People] of the Year.” While I am thankful that this honor was not given to the person who is currently in charge of our country, or given to other political leaders or affluent white men, I am more than a […]