Social Justice

Examining the Plight of a Stateless Community and the Pursuit of Accountability for the Myanmar’s The Myanmar Rohingya Genocide The Myanmar Rohingya genocide refers to the systematic persecution and violence targeted against the Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar (formerly Burma). The Rohingya are an ethnic group predominantly residing in the Rakhine State of Myanmar. The genocide, which took place from around 2017, involved mass killings, widespread rape, arson, and…

How to acknowledge the agenda your writing has and make it work for you and the good of the world — All art has an agenda. “All art has an agenda.” Some people say that like it’s a bad thing, but I’m here to tell you that it’s a feature, not a bug. Every piece of writing tells you something about the perspective or worldview of the author. Even the absence of “an agenda” is an…

I attended the National Conference on the Black Cooperative Agenda (organized by the Network for Developing Conscious Communities) last weekend and came away with many thoughts and ideas. …

They are shameless. — It happened last week, and I’m still in shock. As I dropped a small white Billy bookcase (dimensions - 31 1/2x11x41 3/4) in the garbage in front of my building, I saw a weird-looking, dubious type of guy coming my way. Usually, I wouldn’t pay attention, but — call it…

The absurd attack against being “woke” — In this article, I demonstrate how the attack against “woke ideology” is all the evidence needed to demonstrate the importance and necessity of being woke. In an attempt to push back against social justice progress, the term “woke” has been weaponized by political conservatives. Florida governor and Republican presidential nominee…

We face harassment and violence both as women and as trans people – but is carceral justice the solution? — This week a young man, 19 years old, was convicted of brutally assaulting a transgender woman. The case is just one of many where the perpetrator was given a more lenient sentence — in this case, avoiding jail time — due to their use of the ‘trans panic’ defence. It’s…

Do Black Men and Women Possess the Same Energy, Bravery, and Ingenuity Today? — I would like to meet a few good men and women who have the strength, courage, and intellect to do what Robert Smalls did at the age of 23. Robert did what most slaves wanted to do, but few had his internal fortitude to consider, attempt, and succeed. …

As a non-woke trans person, I have only one wish regarding trans issues — As a non-woke trans person, I have only one wish regarding trans issues: that trans people are able to integrate into mainstream society in a normal way. That we can just live normally. And unfortunately, I think we are getting further and further away from that goal. Let’s face…

Jewish prayer books should be destroyed, and rabbis forbidden to preach. — By Warren Blumenfeld Somehow we weathered and witnessed a nation that isn’t broken, but simply unfinished. We, the successors of a country and a time where a skinny Black girl descended from slaves and raised by a single mother can dream of becoming president, only to find herself reciting for…