Why Minority Victims of Sex Abuse Don’t Report Nashara Turrentine As a black woman, I grew up in a household that values and cherishes family and holds the family name to a high standard. Things that bring the family shame were never to be discussed with the public or with friends, and anything that … Read more
This article is about how prosecutors are recommending 8 years of probation for Jamarcus Glover, the ex-boyfriend of Breonna Taylor, upon him pleading guilty. Also, Glover’s items that were confiscated by police must remain in police care and he can move out of state as covered in the plea deal. Glover and his partner, Adrian … Read more
This is me, brown eyes, light skin and curly hair. To those I call my people, I look like them and to those who don’t know me, I look ambiguous. I’ve been working as a waitress for quite some time now and I meet lots of people throughout my week. Since my first week, I’ve … Read more
We all know about what happened to Bill Cosby, but another actor by the name “Morgan Freeman,” was just accused for sexual harassment. The women accusing Freeman said that she was on the set of a movie Freeman was doing in 2015 called “Going in Style.” She said that Freeman would rub her back, and … Read more
Immediately after I read the headline I bursted out into laughter. I couldn’t help but imagining myself entering this party similar to how Sam from Dear White People entered the blackface party at her school. Receiving an invitation to an event like this is almost like a spat to the face, like, are you serious? The … Read more
In 2013 it was reported that Israel’s African female refugee population was given no option but to take the depo shot as a form of birth control. The idea was to forcibly keep the population in control. The article in from 2018 brings up the murmurings that from the U.S. recent involvement with Israel the … Read more
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This is a powerful story of how the experience of being undocumented can affect one’s mental health. So many discussions about the Florida shooting are about mental health as a causal factor. But what about mental health as the result of unjust social policies, over-policing, and broken laws? “What Happened to Norma’s Brain?” https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/undocumented-immigrants-ptsd_us_5a74e117e4b06ee97af29715
This new memorial will open in Montgomery Alabama this year, and it has some unusual aspects to it: https://eji.org/national-lynching-memorial We have studied Ida B. Wells Barnett’s campaign to end lynching and the stark descriptions of those cases. I wonder how she would respond. And in case you didn’t know, in 2005, the U.S. Congress did … Read more
The topic centered around equal pay has been a long lasting debate. It is no secret that women get paid less than men. This same logic applies in the land of the rich and famous, Hollywood. If you are a women of color, you earn even less than white women. Many actresses have been vocal … Read more