In America, Black women rarely hold positions of power, and when they do, they face the scrutiny that is wholly incompatible with their White, male counterparts. Recently, CNN dropped an exposé full of rumors and allegations about what goes on with Kamala Harris and her staff behind closed doors.
Nearly 1,000 White college students gathered to party in Columbus, Ohio. They came to celebrate the “Chitt Fest,” a series of spring block parties. But this year, their brand of fun included damaging property and flipping seven cars. When the police responded, the revelers seem unfazed and unbothered. …
A couple of months ago, I read a story about blackface. Initially, I felt relieved that someone was bringing attention to this issue.
Then, sentence after sentence, I realized my initial assumptions, based on the title, fell short. To my surprise, this article supported blackface. As a Black writer, I…
White folks are used to seeing themselves on TV. Let's face it. Back in 1988, when the original Wonder Years series aired, mainstream American television focused on telling the same coming-of-age story. Boy meets girl — scratch that — White boy meets girl was the premise of dozens of series…
When it comes to pursuing racial equality in America, White men are a big part of the problem. The modern concept of race ties directly back to their historical efforts to amass power. Keep in mind that whiteness is “an innovation that is only several hundred years old, dating back…
Writers and Editors of Color has become more than an organization or publication; it’s like a family of people who care about one another. We support one another's dreams and discuss the adversity we face along the way. I feel really proud of all the gains we’ve made together in…
When Joe Biden transferred power to Vice President Kamala Harris as he underwent “a routine medical procedure,” she became the first woman to ever hold “presidential powers.” Let’s take a moment to consider that in 244 years, no woman has reached this height. …
All abolitionists were not created equally as the stories of Abraham Lincoln, and Sarah Hale demonstrate. Their idea of Black liberation involved Black people "going back where they came from," an idea most Black Americans vigorously rejected. "Hale mobilized White racial fears in the antebellum era through the language of…
