Juneteenth
Illustration by: Dom Guzman Juneteenth By: Maya Simmons As the rise in temperatures and longer, sunnier days mark the beginning of summer, they also indicate that Juneteenth is just around the corner....
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Environmental Racism
Environmental Racism By: Havillyn Felder Racism is a significant issue that has existed since the dawn of time and has planted roots in every area of our society. When most people think about ways tha...
Residential Schools
Residential Schools By: Justice Faith Residential schools refer to a system of 139+ schools operated by the Canadian government and churches to assimilate Indigenous children. From 1863-1996, over 150...
Racism in Dance
Racism in Dance By: Nia Faith My swollen feet found temporary comfort as they pressed against the cold floor. Here, in the place where I felt most safe, I learned that my race was a hindrance to my dr...
Antisemitism
Antisemitism By: Leah Brown-Schneck Antisemitism generally, is hatred and discrimination against Jewish people; but over the last 2,000 years, it has grown to be something much more complex and sinist...
Confederate Monuments
Confederate Monuments By: Nia Faith Confederate monuments memorialize Confederate soldiers and the overall history of the Confederacy through statues and street names as well as plaques and buildings....
Anti-Asian Hate Crimes
Anti-Asian Hate Crimes By: Irene Koo For many Asians and Asian Americans, COVID-19 has fuelled feelings of “otherness” and being “permanent foreigners.” Over the last year there has been a rise in xen...
Racism In The Workplace
Racism In The Workplace By: Nia Faith You’ve been working at your job for thirty years. You have trained ten different employees, all of whom have received promotions thanks to your excellent preparat...
The Racial Wealth Gap
Morumbi & Paraisópolis, by Camille Ward, 2018 https://afsee.atlanticfellows.org/blog/johnny-miller-paraisopolis-brazil-tuca-vieira This photo is meant to draw attention to the fact that the racial wea...
Black Land Sovereignty
Black Land Sovereignty By: Leah Brown-Schneck Any discussion of Black Land Sovereignty must recognize that European colonizers inflicted genocide on Indigenous peoples in North America before, during,...
The Harmful Effects of Eurocentric Education Curriculum
Eurocentric Education Curriculum By: Nia Faith The eurocentric curriculum present in many predominantly white institutions across North America harmfully neglects and misrepresents the history and cul...
Modern-day Minstrelsy: The Bolshoi Blackface Scandal
Bolshoi Blackface Scandal By @Nia A viral photo of two young dancers in full blackface has shocked the dance world and started an international conversation about diversity in dance. The two Russian b...
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