“I’ve never met a real Indian.” “You probably want something spicy?” Just some of the things that white people say which Lily Singh finds hilarious. Watch till the end because she twists things up halfway through the video. Sourced from Youtube. Continue reading
School is back in session, and it’s time to learn about the School-To-Prison Pipeline, a system that funnels black and brown kids into our criminal justice system. Source The Root Facebook Continue reading
We love this super informative geography class by Lilly Singh. Watch it here: Sourced from YouTube. Continue reading
Panashe Chigumadzi makes the case that stereotypes can be frustratingly hard to shake off, sometimes even for the very people they victimize. Africans especially, suffer from a 300 year old negative colonial narrative that has shaped not only how the world sees them, but in many ways also how they see themselves. In the hands … Continue reading
Seodi White is a social development lawyer, socio-legal researcher and writer on women’s human rights. As an African feminist and Director of Women and the Law in Southern Africa Research and Education Trust (WLSA Malawi), she has been influential in achieving ground-breaking law reform to protect women’s rights, and in promoting women’s access to justice … Continue reading
An accomplished computer science student and entrepreneur, Aashna struggled to balance her achievements with an identity she kept secret. Her quest for a single piece of a paper and a license to live will inspire and challenge you. Aashna Shah is a senior Macaulay Honors College student at City College. She is pursuing her B.S. … Continue reading
To celebrate New York Fashion Week, Dulce Sloan broke down the problematic trend of designers appropriating African-American culture to sell clothes. Watch the video here: Sourced from Youtube. Continue reading
Nomzamo Winifred Zanyiwe Madikizela was born, the fifth of nine children, in the village of Mbongweni, Bizana, in the Transkei on 26 September 1936. During her infant years her father, Columbus, was a local history teacher. In later years he was the minister of the Transkei Governments’ Forestry and Agriculture Department during Kaizer Matanzima’s rule. Her mother, Nomathamsanqa Mzaidume … Continue reading
Last week, South African musician Toya Delazy announced that she would be the voice behind a new Powerpuff Girl! If you don’t already know The Powerpuff Girls is a cartoon series that follows the lives of three superhero girls and has been a favourite of many since 1996. According to MTV, the fourth member of the team will … Continue reading
Six black women currently hold the title of police chief in North Carolina, marking the first time this has happened in state history! In an interview with some of them they recounted how from the first day of police academy they quickly got a reality check that they would have to work twice as hard to … Continue reading
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