“White Women Drive Me Crazy”

“Sometimes they look through us with a hard, vacant stare after we have said something funny or clever, or when we look even better than we usually do. This look is also employed when it becomes no longer convenient or safe to be allied with us, and can be turned on very quickly…

“The Superman Crossover That Perfectly Explained White Privilege Decades Ago”

“I was in college when the Milestone line debuted, gobsmacked by the idea that there was going to be a whole universe of non-white superheroes. My excitement led me to do a project on the imprint…

“THE ABC’S OF WHITE EXCUSES FOR RACISM, ACCORDING TO TUMBLR”

“Black Tumblr came through with a golden list of the excuses white people use to justify racism and injustices, ranked from A to Z. Tumblr user fiercedeception started the string of genius with a simple question.

“A Look Inside Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Humble’: Extraordinary Blackness, Grey Poupon & Women”

“What makes “Formation” and “Humble” resonate deeply with black people is the way it juxtaposes black excellence and authenticity with black struggle and the black come up. In both…

“‘Black Panther’ raises difficult questions in museum community”

“Some of these concerns have been in the public consciousness since the 1980s, when the Greek government began campaigning forcefully — and so far unsuccessfully — for the British Museum to repatriate the Elgin Marbles…

“Chinese Tour Groups Suck: In Defense of Chinese Tour Groups”

“how should we judge those who don’t like to queue up in your country when food rationing was still a thing until 1996 in theirs?

For whom bumping into you on the street is typical behavior in their…

“Negro Hair: The Struggle Is Real”

“I have experienced a lot of breakage and damage in the past because I simply could not find the strength to tackle my hair. It takes more than two hours to shampoo, condition, detangle, blow dry, and trim it. It is a physical, mental, and emotional labor to do this…

“IN DEFENSE OF WHITE SAVIORS”

“I tried to establish a comfortable routine, but I soon learned that the West is rife with hidden danger. I witnessed random acts of violence, mass incarcerations of people of color, homicides documented almost every day on the 5 o’clock news, trickling into the hashtags on…

“Hello. I am a person. What are YOU?”

“Through high school, as a straight Black guy, I had no sense of myself as someone girls might be attracted to. I didn’t think I was unattractive, exactly. More that I didn’t see myself registering romantically with the girls and young women around me. It wasn’t…

“HOW MONEY & THE WHITE GAZE MAKE YOU FORGET YOUR BLACKNESS, AND HOW TO RESIST.”

“As beings that crave social connection, we are all greatly influenced by the mindsets of the people in our immediate surroundings. A pacifist quickly becomes violent beyond reason when placed…