N'Delamiko BeyinThe Sunhead Project·Jan 11, 2030What A Brown Hand Says About Ethnic Representations OnlineIn his piece, “Just A Brown Hand” on Medium, Diogenes Brito talks the beautiful storm that has erupted around his choice as a designer to represent Slack’s “Add to Slack” with a brown hand. Why was the choice an important one, and why did it matter to the people of…Race10 min readRace10 min read
MediaVSReality·8 hours agoMember-onlyWhy I’m So Disappointed With The LeftMy Journey From Left-Wing To Politically Homeless — Back in the early 2010’s, as a man in his early 20’s I placed myself firmly on the political left. The internet had truly taken the world by storm, and all over Youtube truths were being spread far and wide. …Race5 min readRace5 min read
Eze Ihenetu·12 hours agoMember-onlyDonald Trump’s Shameful Treatment of Black People and Immigrants Has Engendered His Bad JujuI have spent significant portions of the Trump era being angry, spitting, stewing, hissing like a cat, and vigorously cursing the man’s name to anyone who would listen. …Race6 min readRace6 min read
Laura M. Quainoo·1 day agoMember-onlyStunning News: Biracial People Like Halle Berry Are Not Actually Black?Folks, this is why CHOSSA is so important — Apparently, Halle Berry is not Black. She is actually a biracial woman who is passing for White. At least that’s the story that set Twitter on fire over the weekend. “Halle Berry is not black she’s biracial “white passing” plus she was Hollyweirds favorite. Megan Good just talked about how…Race6 min readRace6 min read
TB Obwoge·5 hours agoMember-onlyVirginia Sheriffs suffocate Kenyan Irvo Otieno to death for over 11 minutesAt one point he was covered by 10 people all at once — Wednesday, 22 March 2023 By: TB Obwoge Irvo Otieno (pronounced EYE-voh 1st name, Oh-tea-in-oh last name) was a 28 year old Kenyan man, who was smothered to death by several police officers while in a psychiatric hospital in Virginia. …Race3 min readRace3 min read
Hassan Green·1 day agoPleased to Meet You; I’m “The Whitest, Black Person” You’ve Ever MetI am a black man. I’m African-American. My skin color is of a lighter shade, something like a color that’s slightly darker than a standard cardboard box, or paper bag. …Race14 min readRace14 min read
Dave Tieff·2 days agoMember-onlyThe “Curse” Of Being A Straight White MaleI’m a straight white male, so if that headline made you roll your eyes — particularly if you are not a straight white male — I get it. But, as a fellow writer, you have to give me some props because it piqued your interest enough to start reading. That’s…Race6 min readRace6 min read
Adrian·23 hours agoOn the airbrushing of our colonialist pastOn the airbrushing of our colonialist past In Victorian times, there was a school of revisionists who decided that the architecture of many old English churches had too much “classical” ie heathen architectural influence. This was considered somehow undesirable to a group of influential churchgoers. They set about systematically knocking…Race3 min readRace3 min read
Charles Benz·1 day agoThere is a Certain Level of Perversion….When the former Governor of Virginia was accused of Blackface back in 2019, it was found his act of theatrical idiocy from decades before had been discovered by a group of individuals from his own Alma Mater. Fellow alumni had paid to unearth his past racial iniquity. His own school…Race3 min readRace3 min read
Carrigteristic·1 day agoThe Uphill Climb to Restructure White Power to Improve Productivity, Health, and HopeListen to the discussion The roots and problems of white power Most people in Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities cannot pick themselves up from their bootstraps. They comprise 40 percent of the United States population, but a vast majority are trapped by white-created, oppressive systems. …Race6 min readRace6 min read
