To make a more informed you. There will be many keywords in this story that I will try to remember to explain. The reason I write this piece is because terrorist communication can be so cryptic, that it almost needs a team to decipher the messages. Here I am including a trigger warning of transphobic slurs, violence and general hate. What/Who is the Alt Right? Alt right refers to a…
If you follow pop music and have been keeping up with the news over the past week, you’d know that former Little Mix member Jesy Nelson has made her solo debut. You may remember Little Mix from the U.K. version of The X-Factor, where Simon Cowell manufactured the group, helped them win the show and guided them during the early years of their career. Nelson left the group in 2020,…
Illustration by Destiny Franklin and Lauren Mobius.
Illustration by Lauren Mobius
“Red Chinese New Year, Shanghai” by 13Moya. Photography is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Coronavirus isn’t all that’s spreading. Racism is too.
When it comes to Black hair, why does the Black community feel the need to determine what is acceptable?
Many tend to confuse culture, race, and ethnicity due to lack of discussions as well as society using these terms interchangeably.
Stereotypes have been intertwined in the Black community for over 150 years. Although the Black community has worked hard over the years to silence racist stereotypes, we have in turn created expectations for ourselves that directly contradict them. In the past, Black people were mocked in minstrel shows in the 1800s for their features and assumed stupidity. As decades passed, it was a way for white people to characterize African…
