Racial Justice Articles

11 Examples of Light Skin Privilege in Latinx Communities

Here’s What’s Really Happening When White Saviors Try to ‘Save’ Muslim Women

7 Sex Myths I Had to Unlearn When I Realized I Was Asexual

Men, Wake Up: 3 Types of Toxic Masculinity to Leave Behind in 2017

Why It’s Racist When White People Dismiss People of Color’s Lived Reality

19 Ways US Imperialism Has Caused Latinx Immigration to the States to Increase

On Ending White Supremacy

10 Things Teachers Need to Avoid When Teaching Native Students

4 Thoughts for Your Yoga Teacher Who Thinks Appropriation Is Fun

4 Misleading Assumptions Keeping Black Girls From Getting Mental Health Care

5 Reasons Why ‘Bad Asians’ Rock and ‘Positive’ Racial Stereotypes Need to Go

Memo to White Women: Don’t Be George Zimmerman

If Native Americans Said the Stuff White People Say

3 Ways Language Oppression Harms Us (And How We Can Heal)

What I Told My White Friend When He Asked For My Black Opinion On White Privilege

Hey, ‘Identity Politics’ Critics: Women and People of Color Need Economic Justice, Too

White People: This Is How To Check Your Privilege When Asking People of Color For Their Labor

Respectability Politics Won’t Get Us Half as Far

10 Affirmations to Help Undocumented Immigrants Turn Panic into Resistance

Just Stop Talking About Race

5 Mainstream Environmentalist Messages Hurting the Fight Against Climate Change

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

On Being Non-White, But Passing Terribly Well

4 Hints Your Approaches to Empowering Black Communities Are Actually Harmful

How Emma Stone’s Role As an ‘Asian’ Character Reveals a Huge Hollywood Problem

9 Renters Rights Your Landlord Doesn’t Want You To Know

Second- and Third-Generation Latinas and the Difficulty to ‘Fit In’

The Top 10 Lies Keeping Us from Eradicating Racism

The Real Reasons People Blame Victims for Police Brutality

I Hate Cultural Appropriation – But Have I Appropriated African Cultures as a Black American?