By Melissa Guida-Richards — 2021
My parents successfully passed me off as a dark-skinned Italian for 19 years of my life.
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Close to 11% of American adults with Hispanic ancestors don’t even identify as Hispanic or Latino.
The United States is going through a national examination of conscience on the question of race, and the Latino community is no exception.
Psychologists have yet to find a way to diminish hidden prejudice, but they do have strategies for thwarting discrimination
The BIPOC Project aims to build authentic and lasting solidarity among Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC), in order to undo Native invisibility, anti-Blackness, dismantle white supremacy and advance racial justice.
I will start at the end. All lives will not (really) matter until Black lives Matter. All Lives Matter is like a giant eraser; a thing folx say to remain comfortable at best and neutral at worst while erasing the obvious (Black Lives Matter TOO).
Black women are 37 cents behind men in the pay gap—in other words, for every dollar a man makes, black women make 63 cents.
More than any athlete of his time, Ali challenged the nation’s limiting notions of black identity.
Muhammad Ali’s advocacy for racial justice began with his awareness and experience of racism and white supremacy in Louisville, Kentucky. His dedication to his boxing career was accompanied by his profound conviction that he had a greater purpose.
One month ago, the city of Ferguson, Mo., was violently shaken by the shooting death of an unarmed black man whose name is Michael Brown, Jr.
“You’re always communicating about race, whether you talk about it or not.”