New Year, Same World
On the last day of 2016, it was almost 6 in the evening in New York City, 3 pm in Los Angeles, and 11 pm in London. Helsinki and Cape Town had just finished ringing in the [...]
Racism
The Trump Folk Community
I like to read on the toilet. It’s a pretty common trait, I know, but it facilitates a time of introspection when the mind is completely unoccupied except for a biological [...]
Don’t Make Mulan White, Make Mulan Right
After thousands of worried fans signed petitions and took to Twitter with the hashtag #MakeMulanRight to protest Disney’s whitewashing of Mulan’s live-action remake, the [...]
The Refugee Scapegoat
When things start going awry in a country, it becomes all too easy to blame vulnerable populations, and it helps when these populations are shrouded in mystery (read: [...]
The Burkini Ban
Critics of Islam have long touted Western values in the face of feminine oppression and outright misogyny. Of course, many of these criticisms are hypocritical at best, [...]
Enough is Enough
It has been nearly two years since Ferguson, often remembered as the turning point of the Black Lives Matter movement, but things haven’t improved since then. In fact, [...]
Police: It’s Not Us, It’s You
This week’s murder of two black men by law enforcement officers continues to fuel the outrage felt by many Americans. Philando Castile and Alton Sterling were fatally shot [...]
Every Word Spoken- A Look into Racism in Films Through Roles
It’s a pretty well known fact that Hollywood doesn’t care for people of color, even though they won’t admit it. Whether it’s Oscar snubs, rewriting roles for white [...]
#TakeItDown
A week ago, a white supremacist walked into a South Carolina church and murdered nine black churchgoers. In the wake of this hate-crime, there has been a lot of strong [...]
When Your Breath Doesn’t Count
Less than two weeks ago Oklahoma police caught Eric Harris illegally selling guns. As Harris attempted to flee the scene, 73-year-old Reserve Deputy Robert Bates yelled out [...]
