Blackness

Why I Shifted from Saying “White Passing”
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Why I Shifted from Saying “White Passing”
Nia Norris
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Historically, the term “white passing” was used to disenfranchise Black Americans with white ancestry.

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Identity Media & Culture Race & Ethnicity
2400 1590 Nia Norris
How the World Fails Black Girls
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How the World Fails Black Girls
TK Saccoh
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Anti-colorism advocate TK Saccoh investigates the intersecting oppressions that contribute to the erasure of Black girls.

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Identity Media & Culture Race & Ethnicity Youth Issues
2400 1600 TK Saccoh
The NAACP Image Awards, Awkwafina, and Giving Space to Whiteness
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The NAACP Image Awards, Awkwafina, and Giving Space to Whiteness
Dominique Stewart
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Most Black institutions, including the NAACP Image Awards, were created because Black people were openly and systematically excluded. In recent years, the desire to make Blackness palatable to white markets and audiences has meant the erasure of Black people from the same spaces created for them.

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Media & Culture
2400 1600 Dominique Stewart
6 Actionable Ways to Celebrate Black History Month
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, August 28, 1963. The purpose of the march was to advocate for African Americans' civil and economic rights.

6 Actionable Ways to Celebrate Black History Month
Nicole Cardoza
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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.

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History Social Justice
2400 1888 Nicole Cardoza
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