Racial Justice Articles

5 Things You Don’t Realize When You Defend Cultural Appropriation

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6 Common Phrases That Are Fueling Xenophobia Every Day

Here’s Why Refusing to ‘See Color’ Doesn’t Actually Mean You’re Not Racist

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People of Color Can’t Cure Your Racism, But Here Are 5 Things You Can Do Instead

Here Are 5 Palestinian Wonder Women You Need To Know About

Diary of a Polyamorous Black Girl – How I Learned That Polyamory Is a Privilege

Black Girls Are Tired of These Phrases – And Here’s Amandla Stenberg’s Perfect Summary of Why

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What White Parents Should Know About Adopting Black Children

Does Racial Bias Affect Your Dating Life?

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

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This Latina Wants You to Stop Denying Her Her Blackness – Because Race Is Complicated

7 Amazing Environmental Justice Orgs We NEED to Support in 2018

Sh*t People Say to Native People

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

What You’re Really Doing By Dismissing US Feminism for ‘Real’ Issues

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I’m a Muslim Woman of Color – And Here’s Why I Don’t Date White Men

8 Ways People of Color are Tokenized in Nonprofits

No, Affirmative Action Isn’t Racist Against White People – And Here’s Why

Growing Up Dark-Skinned in a Color-Conscious India

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My Blackness Is Not the Problem, America’s Rampant White Supremacy Is

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

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Here Are 4 Ways to Navigate Whiteness and Feminism – Without Being a White Feminist (TM)

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What I Learned About Bias From 4 Years Working at McDonald’s

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I Lost My Job After Sandra Bland’s Death And I Refuse to Be Silenced in the Name of ‘Diversity’

The Media Portrays Black People As Criminals Because It Upholds White Supremacy – Here’s How

This Ad for a Phone That Cops Would Hate is the Realest Commercial Yet

Watch This ‘Hunger Games’ Star School Us All On Why Cornrows on White People Is Cultural Appropriation

The Awful Origins of the Fetishized ‘Submissive Asian Woman’ Stereotype

What Philando Castile’s Death Can Teach Us About Solidarity Across Cultures

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4 Ways Humanitarian Work Abroad Reinforces the Oppression It Should Be Fighting