Posts Tagged ‘Race & Ethnicity’
Let’s Talk About “Asian Sadness”
Hearing the phrase “Asian sadness” made me feel like my depression linked to my Asian American identity isn’t just something I made up.
Read More4 Ways Being a Black Woman in a White Office Messes With Your Mind
Women and people of color already fight to get into spaces we aren’t usually welcome or seen in. We have to work twice as hard to get what we want, and harder to maintain what we get.
Read MoreHere’s How White Terrorism In America Has Grown In The Last Decade
Just this weekend, 26 people, half of whom were children, were murdered in a church mass shooting, marking this year as the deadliest year for mass shootings in modern U.S. history. The shooter, Devin Patrick Kelley, a 29-year-old white man, was dressed in all-black tactical gear and armed with a rifle when he attacked the…
Read MoreAre We Weak Or Are We Terrorists? Here’s How Muslim Women Are Caught In The Web Of Violent Stereotypes
As a Muslim woman, how could I be meek, oppressed, and weak but also the symbol of the largest threat to the Western public?
Read More8 Ways People of Color are Tokenized in Nonprofits
There’s a type of racism in the workplace many of us have personally witnessed, perpetrated or experienced: tokenism. Tokenism is, simply, covert racism.
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