Racial Justice Articles

Your Fat Stigma Is Racist – Here Are 6 Ways to Shift That

6 Important Reasons Food Is a Political Issue

If You ‘Don’t See Race,’ You’re Not Paying Attention

Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is: 5 Amazing Muslim Women-Owned Businesses

How White Americans Lose When They Don’t Stand Up for Racial Justice (and 4 Ways They Can Counter Racism Instead)

4 Reasons We Need More Girls of Color in Young Adult Media

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My Generation Hates Cultural Appropriation – But My Indian Parents Love It

Here’s Why We Don’t Need a ‘White History Month’

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These 4 Phenomenal Native Women Will Totally Make You Re-examine Your Relationship to Feminism

Growing Up Brown: Desexualized and Hyper-sexualized

Fear of the Free Black Child – Alternatives to Fear-Based Parenting Amid Police Violence

6 Reasons I Want My White Child to Take Ethnic Studies

Free the Fringe: 6 Ways to De-Stereotype Native American Heritage Month

5 Reasons Why Urban Youth Don’t Have Access to STEM (And How You Can Change That)

Moving from Shame to Self-Love As a Filipina Immigrant

Why Rejection of Natural Hair Shouldn’t Be a Family Tradition

Being Seen as a Hairy Brown Girl – There Was Nothing Wrong with Me Then and There Is Nothing Wrong with Me Now

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5 Reasons We Need Black-Only Spaces (And No, Reverse Racism Isn’t One of Them)

5 Ways the Word ‘Strong’ is Used Against Black Women

A 5-Step Guide for Macklemore and White Allies Afraid of Doing Anti-Racism ‘Wrong’

10 Examples of Media Misrepresentation – And the Real Life Consequences

The Awkward Struggles of Being Latina and Meeting New People

Lessons from Boston: Racism’s Blindness to Violence and Peace as a Form of Privilege

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How the ‘Taking the Country Back’ Frenzy Incites White Violence and Terror

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Still Think White Privilege Isn’t Real? These 6 Lessons Will Erase All Doubt

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The Feminist Guide to Non-Racist Flirting With Women of Color

The White Feminism of the Women’s March Is Still on My Mind

‘I Didn’t Know That Was Racist’ – Are You Using ‘White Ignorance’ to Dodge Responsibility?

If Our Freedom is Criminal, We Must Change the Laws

Black Lives Matter: 25+ Resources for Your Conversations on Police Violence