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protests
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How to Be Anti-Racist When Everyone Is White
I’ll never forget how it felt leaving my predominantly Black school in Kenya for an overwhelmingly white one overseas. During my first few weeks, I’d furrow my brows in every…
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It’s Time to Cancel Cancel Culture
My mother often tells me about the woman who lived above her childhood apartment: She was the wife of a school principal during the Cultural Revolution in China. Once, while…
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When Riots Become Therapy
Blackness manifests in innumerable ways—we are hopeful and moved and enraged. We grow up, albeit faster than most. Still, less universal realities underpin our complexity. Following the murders of George…
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Protest Photography, Trauma Porn, and the Surveillance State
In America, the fact that we live in a surveillance state has literally become meme-able material: yes, FBI man that lurks on my computer as I type this, I’m talking…
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Why People Say ACAB
The acronym ACAB is something you might have seen this past week, whether in Instagram comments, graffiti, or protest signs. It stands for “all cops are bastards,” or, perhaps the…
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America Has Been Burning for Decades
As soon as my dad and I arrived at the Atlanta Black Lives Matter protest, a car exploded ten feet away. A half hour before, we’d watched protesters stand off…
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Black People Are Tired and Angry. You Should Be Too.
I spent my freshman year at Texas Christian University. It was a year filled with quiet struggle, feeling hyper-aware of my ethnicity as I walked through a sea of naturally…
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Reposting Does Not Replace the Need for Reparations
The rise of social media has reshaped the landscape of activism, creating a forum with the power to spread information about injustices and mobilize people worldwide to fight against them.…
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How to Treat Life-Threatening Bleeding During a Protest
DISCLAIMER: I am by no means an expert on bleeding control techniques, but I do have previous training, and have used these skills during an unexpected emergency. For more information…
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