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I worry about how to care for my brother with autism and his mental health when my parents are gone
Editor’s Note: May is Mental Health Awareness Month and National Masturbation Month. This is also the month that we celebrate Mother’s Day. At BYP, we will be exploring these topics alongside the theme of Imagination and the Arts, and we are interested in publishing works that address these topics and the things surrounding them. by […]
Why you should watch ‘Hook Ups’, a new queer, intersectional web-series about love and dating
by Arnetta Randall I think the more identity boxes you check, the more you yearn to see people like yourself in the media. For me, its young, Black, educated, queer characters on the screen. Even though we now have television shows like Queen Sugar, Love Is, Insecure and the groundbreaking Pose, there is still a […]
We need to stop telling Black children to “sit down and shut up”
by Arnetta Randall Recently, I watched a live stream of a conversation between the Former First Lady, Michelle Obama and the First Lady of television, Shonda Rhimes. I found it simply amazing. One of the moments that resonated with me the most was when Michelle spoke about how her parents listened to her as a […]
100 Percent Of Urban Prep Seniors Are Headed To College For 7th Consecutive Year
For the past seven years, Urban Prep Charter Academy has managed to send 100% of its students to four-year colleges. Given that the school’s student body is predominately young black men on Chicago’s South Side, it’s a refreshing story that rarely gets old.
Chicago native Allison Semmes shines in role as Diana Ross
Chicago native Allison Semmes is a trained classical singer. She has a bachelor’s degree in opera from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and grew up on Motown music. It looks like her training has paid off because for the past few months, she’s been starring as Diana Ross in the national tour of “Motown […]
Black students at U of I hold ‘silent protest’
Black students on the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana’s campus are the latest group of educated African Americans to fight for equality. “Being Black at Illinois” was created in response to several racially-charged incidents on campus.
University of Illinois chancellor responds to racist social media backlash
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s chancellor has finally responded to racist criticism for her decision to hold classes during a severe weather advisory. Students took to Twitter to bash Chancellor Phyllis Wise under the hashtag #f**kPhyllis on Monday for simply being denied a snow day. Chancellor Wise’s response, appearing on Inside Higher Ed,
U of I students denied snow day, spew racist, sexist comments about chancellor via social media
For the most part, educational institutions have closed their doors due to the extremely cold weather in the midwest. Students attending The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign weren’t so lucky.
America’s Drama of the Race Game: Finding Hatred For Blacks Outside the Post-Racial Hype
It surprises me how much of the city builds a fantasy in a larger reality of racism. Outside of downtown and the “hood” there’s an intense atmosphere of hatred and disregard for people-of-color. Maybe people-of-color provokes the idealistic bubble of a city person; in places like Buffalo, New York the black person is breathing scum […]
Black Students Experience More Online Bias Than Whites
Black Students Experience More Online Bias Than Whites Jill Laster, The Chronicle, April 30, 2010 A new study has found that black students experience more online racial discrimination and generally have a more negative view of campus racial diversity than their white counterparts. Brendesha M. Tynes of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Suzanne […]