Citi Bike Karen and the Danger of White Women’s Tears
The recent “Citi Bike Karen” incident has reignited conversations on how white women have weaponized their emotions and status against communities of color.
read moreThe recent “Citi Bike Karen” incident has reignited conversations on how white women have weaponized their emotions and status against communities of color.
read moreThough Irish people suffered from colonization, the “Irish were slaves first” story is used to attack the struggle for racial justice.
read moreWhite women’s inaction throughout history has brought us to this point, one where we are standing on the precipice of full-blown fascism.
read moreThe “Dilbert” comic has been removed from newspapers after its creator advised white people to stay away from Black people, whom he characterized as a “hate group.”
read moreThe U.S. legal system played a vital role in constructing the country’s understanding of race and whiteness, as was the case of Bhagat Singh Thind.
read moreWhoopi Goldberg’s Holocaust comments on The View inaccurately claimed that the genocide of millions of Jews was not about race. During the Holocaust, Jewish people were labeled as an “inferior race” by the Nazis, echoing similar eugenicist beliefs held in the U.S. during that time.
read moreTwo trending videos on TikTok reignite conversations about the horrors inflicted due to white women’s tears.
read moreBut race is a social construct, and social constructs have social histories. Our modern understanding of race was created at a specific historical juncture in colonial Virginia. Prior to that, it did not exist.
read moreHistorically, interpretations of classical art are based on preconceived notions of anti-blackness when whiteness is seen as the standard.
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