Posts Tagged ‘Race & Ethnicity’
How Stereotypes Make Black Girls Have to Smile to Survive
Have you ever smiled when you wanted to scream? This poet may not look like the false “angry Black woman” stereotype, but she’s not smiling because she’s happy. Find out why in this gorgeous spoken word piece, as Sabine Quetant shares the truth about the burden of facing the world’s misconceptions about her from the time she was a child. Check it out here.
Read MoreBeing Seen as a Hairy Brown Girl – There Was Nothing Wrong with Me Then and There Is Nothing Wrong with Me Now
As a hairy South Asian girl, this author was ridiculed and was made to remove his facial and body hair from a young age. And even after he came out as a trans man and was using he/him pronouns, it took him two years to let his facial hair grow. Why? Find out with this compelling story of overcoming the Western beauty and gender standards that impact us all.
Read MoreHere’s What’s Really Happening When White Saviors Try to ‘Save’ Muslim Women
Can you identify Imperial Feminism? It’s the kind of “feminism” that centers the narratives of white saviors and strips away agency of Muslim women and women of color in general. Framing non-Western nations as savage and misogynistic and white Western people as heroes ignores the truth of misogyny. Read on to see it for what it really is – gendered racism.
Read MoreAn Open Letter to the White Fathers of Black Daughters
In this beautifully written piece, a young biracial woman sets out to write a letter to her father – a white father to a black daughter. And her heartfelt words are what every white parent of children of color should hear: that race matters, that accountability matters, and that it’s up to you to make sure that you are a part of your child’s understanding of race.
Read MoreThe Top 10 Lies Keeping Us from Eradicating Racism
“I can’t be racist!” The people who say this often have good intentions – and a huge misunderstanding about how racism works. One of the biggest threats to our social justice work is the way oppression goes unnoticed in our day-to-day lives. So here’s a comic that names ten of the top lies about racism for what they really are, so we can finally move past them.
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