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Why the Hell Did You Do That?

How exaggerating black people’s parts can lead to dehumanization

6 min readNov 2, 2021

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Dear Candace Owens: You Are Racist

Let’s break down the idea that black people can’t be racist

4 min readApr 14, 2021

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I Can Only Get to First Base With White Women

Too often white women friends cling to an image of perfection. Their racism shatters that image, and they can’t face it.

7 min readSep 22, 2021

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Can You Think of Adopted Children as “Your Own?”

Perspectives from an adoptee on “having” children

7 min readOct 14, 2021

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Microaggressions? I’m Done Believing In Them

Now I think they let racism and white supremacy off the hook

4 min readJul 30, 2021

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White Supremacy and the Tinder Swindler

The assumption that thinness, narrow features, and wealth=trustworthiness might bite you in the butt

4 min readSep 23, 2022

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Blackhawk Pride: Racist Logos and Pride Month

Is Chicago overshadowing equality for BIPOC while upholding LGBTQ rights?

3 min readJun 14, 2022

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Is Splitting the Bill Part of White Culture?

Let’s look at the US’s obsession with fairness and tit-for-tat when eating out with friends and family: Is this another symptom of Call-Out…

6 min readJun 10, 2022

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Does All Lives Matter Have a Liberal Counterpart?

My two cents on the We Believe signs, maybe they share the same conceptual base as All Lives Matter

3 min readMay 30, 2022

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‘The Staircase’ Shows Whiteness on Display

There are three things anyone who watches murder mysteries will know, but the fourth is that white men often get the benefit of the doubt.

4 min readMay 17, 2022

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MJ Adia

MJ Adia

Black-Filipina. Lived in Peru for 5 years. LICSW, dancer, meditator. Writes about multiculturalism, cinema, race, social issues.

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