Mostly white hobbies like birding and knitting have experienced a reckoning after discussions on racism shed light on racial gatekeeping.
Due to ableist and racist standards, the mere existence of Black disabled people increases their incidence of violent treatment and death.
Black History Month is more than reading about the Black achievements, stories, people, and movements that shaped the U.S. It's essential to take these readings and teachings and put them into action.
In America, Muslims are often seen as a monolith. As a whole, we have experienced discrimination and persecution from non-Muslims. What people may not know is that Islam actually consists of many sects, including Sunnism, Shi’ism, Ismailism, and Ahmadiyya, much like how Christianity includes Protestantism and Catholicism. The minority sects, specifically Shi’ism, are currently being persecuted in multiple Muslim-majority countries (Human Rights Watch), including the genocide of Shias in Pakistan (Al Jazeera).
May Day, also known as International Workers' Day, acts as a reminder of the strifes made by workers who challenged the exploitative labor practices of businesses.
Civil Rghts champion Archbishop Tutu's support for truth and reconciliation initiatives helped the people of South Africa begin healing from apartheid.
AAPI hate crimes have disproportionately been against women who already experience a specific type of racialized, sexualized, and gendered violence.
Criminalizing abortion already affects marginalized people who are being persecuted for trying to have autonomy over their bodies.
Thousands of migrants have disappeared due to cruel U.S. immigration policies, causing their relatives to search for answers and their remains.
The memeification of Breonna Taylor aims to keep Taylor's name in the media but is often perpetuating the same systems that harm Black women.
