Vanity Fair
THE OSCARS’ NEW INCLUSION STANDARDS DON’T GO FAR ENOUGH. On September 9, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences released a new set of standards that, as of 2024, films must […]
Minneapolis Star-Tribune
PROTESTERS CONFRONT FORMER MINNEAPOLIS OFFICERS WITH SHOUTS OF ‘MURDERER.’ When three former Minneapolis Police officers emerged from hearing in a downtown courthouse Friday afternoon, hundreds of protesters, who minutes earlier […]
Esquire
THE SPORTS HERO WAS REDEFINED ON MAY 25, 2020. (T)he day Derek Chauvin neck-kneeled to death George Floyd on camera. Not only did Floyd’s death catalyze the Black Lives Matter […]
Washingtonian
WHY ORGANIZERS THINK ITS OKAY TO HOST YOGA CLASS AT BLACK LIVES MATTER PLAZA. Occupy DC, A group of activists that formed to keep racial-justice issues front and center in the […]
Insider
PEOPLE OF COLOR EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CULTURAL APPROPRIATION AND APPRECIATION. There’s a big difference between cultural appropriation and cultural appreciation. If you show love and appreciation for parts of a […]
In These Times
YOUR WHITE NEIGHBOR’S ‘”BLACK LIVES MATTERS” YARD SIGN IS NOT ENOUGH. While I was living in Portland, Oregon, I was asked to teach To Kill a Mockingbird to a group of middle schoolers during a Black History […]
Los Angeles Times
WHITE PEOPLE HAVE GENTRIFIED BLACK LIVES MATTER. IT’S A PROBLEM. Black Lives Matter was once shunned by the white establishment. But now, it’s chic. And that’s a problem. BLM banners […]
Detroit Free-Press
U-M DEARBORN CATCHES HEAT AFTER PLANNING RACE-BASED DISCUSSION SESSIONS. The University of Michigan-Dearborn came under fire on social media Tuesday after posting a promotion for two “cafes,” one for students […]
ESPN
NAOMI OSAKA MOVED BY MESSAGES FROM FAMILIES OF AHMAUD ARBERY, TRAYVON MARTIN. A postmatch interview with Naomi Osaka on Tuesday featured video messages from the parents of Ahmaud Arbery and Trayvon Martin, […]
NPR
WORKPLACE DIVERSITY GOES FAR PAST HIRING. HOW LEADERS CAN SUPPORT EMPLOYEES OF COLOR. We’re in the middle of a nationwide reckoning over race. One thing that’s come up a lot […]
ELLE
CARDI B AND CONSERVATIVE PUNDIT CANDACE OWENS GOT INTO A TWITTER FEUD ABOUT JOE BIDEN. In other news we didn’t see coming in 2020, Cardi B and conservative pundit Candace […]
Al-Monitor
EGYPTIAN WOMEN EMBRACE NATURAL HAIR IN IDENTITY REVOLUTION. Salons and kitchens are hotspots of a change that is sweeping Egypt as women reject European beauty standards and celebrate their hair […]
Paper
THE WHITNEY MUSEUM ACCUSED OF EXPLOITING BLACK ARTISTS. After announcing that it’d re-open to the public on September 3rd with a limited capacity and updated social distancing policies, the Whitney Museum revealed […]
Smithsonian Magazine
BORN ENSLAVED, PATRICK FRANCIS HEALY ‘PASSED’ HIS WAY TO LEAD GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY. (A)t Georgetown University, students, faculty, alumni, and administration have been re-appraising the school’s racist past for years. In […]
W Magazine
CASSANDRA PRESS REDEFINES THE WAY BLACK CRITICAL THEORY IS TAUGHT. In 2016, the artist Kandis Williams founded Cassandra Press, named in homage to the Trojan princess, with two other co-founders. […]
GQ
THE PHRASE “PEOPLE OF COLOR” NEEDS TO DIE. My hate for the nebulous, jittery, and useless term “people of color” can at least partially be blamed on celery sticks, cherry tomatoes, […]
Brother With Attitude 