Teen receives online backlash for dressing as rapper Kodak Black
Many are calling her bantu knots cultural appropriation.
On Oct 4, 2016 by Brianna Holt
How to avoid having a racist Halloween costume
It’s really not that hard.
On Oct 4, 2016 by Jaya Saxena
Filipino organization petitions NBC to cancel new show about a mail-order bride
Critics say ‘Mail Order Family’ makes light of human trafficking.
On Sep 30, 2016 by Jaya Saxena
Student criminally charged for wearing gorilla suit to Black Lives Matter protest
The East Tennessee State University freshman was also carrying a rope.
On Sep 29, 2016 by Jessica Machado
No, Clemson University did not ban Harambe
The university told the Daily Dot the story is ‘not accurate.’
On Sep 27, 2016 by Jaya Saxena
Black woman paints self white in video, Facebook takes it down
‘If you want to survive, I’ma keep saying it: Go white!’
On Sep 23, 2016 by Jaya Saxena
For those who think racism doesn’t exist, read this Black Lives Matter syllabus
NYU professor posts class conversations and reading lists for you to follow along.
University of Ghana wants to remove statue of Gandhi because of his racist views
‘Why should we uplift other people’s ‘heroes’ at an African university when we haven’t lifted up our own?’
On Sep 21, 2016 by Jaya Saxena
Donald Trump Jr. just compared Syrian refugees to poisonous Skittles
The meme he used to make his argument has a sordid history.
On Sep 20, 2016 by Jessica Machado
Disney pulls racist ‘brown skin’ ‘Moana’ Halloweeen costume
When will companies learn not to turn race into dress-up?
On Sep 19, 2016 by Jessica Machado
Is the phone alert for the NYC bombing suspect a gateway to racial profiling?
People are worried it’ll make others unreasonably suspicious of brown people.
On Sep 19, 2016 by Jaya Saxena
Marc Jacobs does not understand cultural appropriation
The designer is being called out for using white models wearing dreadlocks.
On Sep 16, 2016 by Jaya Saxena
Kansas State student drops N-word and poses in blackface on Snapchat
The dean of students called it ‘racially offensive.’
On Sep 15, 2016 by Lyz Lenz
Mom goes off on store clerk who made racist comment to her kids
‘If they have a moment’s trouble, this is the mama coming up in here.’
On Sep 14, 2016 by Jaya Saxena
This teen is determined to bring a hijab emoji to your phone
‘I would like to be represented and acknowledged.’
On Sep 14, 2016 by Mary Emily O’Hara
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