Posts Tagged ‘Race & Ethnicity’
Here Are 5 Palestinian Wonder Women You Need To Know About
Co-written note from the editor and author: Since there has been a large number of Jewish folk who feel that this article is anti-Semitic, we wanted to clarify our position and intention. This article is critical of Zionism and the Israeli apartheid occupation of Palestine. We distinguish this from anti-Semitism and also believe that our…
Read MoreThis Is How To Talk to Your Latinx Family About Sexual Violence
If you grew up Latinx in the United States, you might have spent your most formative years going to church with your abuelita — not talking openly about sex or relationships with your parents. I was raised in a very Catholic, Mexican-American family. My Catholic school education included lectures by religion teachers about the dangers…
Read MoreWhen The Institution Strikes Back: How Student Activists Can Survive Administration Retaliation
For me, one of the scariest parts of student organizing was realizing the school or institution I had put trust into was actually working against me. The first time I realized my beloved institution, Spelman College, was simply a cog in the system was after my participation in a sexual violence protest after the “Raped…
Read MoreThe Misadventures of Light-Skinned Lexi: A Story About Colorist Microaggressions
Too often in communities of color, instead of creating solidarity, our differences serve to further divide us and sustain colorism, or the idea and practice that gives lighter-skinned people more privilege and fairer treatment. Because whiteness is placed on a pedestal across communities and cultures, it should come as no surprise that those who can…
Read More10 Heart-Wrenching Rent Crowdfunding Campaigns Brought To You By Gentrification
The word “gentrification” was coined by British sociologist Ruth Glass in 1964. In her book London: Aspects of Change, Glass described the upheaval of certain neighborhoods in London by the middle-class “gentry” from the countryside: One by one, many of the working class quarters have been invaded by the middle class upper and lower. Once…
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