Racial Justice Articles

Traveling, Street Harassment, and Actual Advice

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5 Reasons Why People of Color Cannot Appropriate White Culture in the US

6 Steps to Explaining Your Transgender Identity to Your Immigrant Family

4 Ways Being a Black Woman in a White Office Messes With Your Mind

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5 Ways Taylor Swift Exemplifies White Feminism – And Why That’s a Problem

5 Outrageous School Policies That Are Pushing Black Girls Out of Schools

Why Acknowledging That Racism Exists Isn’t the Same as Being Anti-Racist

7 Undeniable Reasons Why Claiming You’re ‘Not Political’ Makes No Sense

How Stereotypes Make Black Girls Have to Smile to Survive

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7 Uplifting Lessons from Bree Newsome, Riley Curry, and Other 2015 Black Girl Heroes

This Video Shows Why Everything You Know About Thanksgiving Is Wrong

This Stirring Testimony Shows Why We Must Abolish the Death Penalty

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Why I Will Continue to Be Offended by Jokes About Dark Skin

6 Examples of How You Can Benefit From Citizen Privilege

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Here’s How You Can Be Unintentionally Racist – And How Allies Can Recover

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4 Reasons Black People Can Feel Responsible for White Feelings (And Why We’re Not)

7 Racially Coded Phrases That Everyone Needs to Stop Saying About Black People

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A Reclamation of Our Personal Rights as Asian American Women

If Our Freedom is Criminal, We Must Change the Laws

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Don’t Erase My Race: 4 Affirmations to Remember When Reclaiming Your Multi-Racial Identity

4 Reasons Why We’ve Got to Stop Using ‘Ethnic’ to Describe People of Color

5 Things I Learned About Holding A Predominantly White And Cisgender Feminist Space

5 Ways to Rise Up Against Toxic Media Messages and Love Yourself as a Black Woman

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Redefining Strong: What Game of Thrones Can Teach Us About Being an Empowered Woman

How Your ‘Interest’ in Other Cultures Can Perpetuate Racism with Cultural Voyeurism

Having Trouble Explaining Oppression? This Comic Can Do It for You

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Not All Asian Parents Reject Queer Children – Here’s the Truth Behind the Myth

These 8 Examples Show Exactly How Everyday Racism Shows Up in the World

Here’s Your Proof That White Americans Don’t Face Systemic Racism

How to Compensate Black Women and Femmes on Social Media for Their Emotional Labor