Race & Ethnicity
The overwhelming joy of graduation day
WHYY celebrates Black History Month with Philly.com by publishing essays for their series
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Sheriff who met with President Trump feels he ‘respects’ law enforcement
President Donald Trump recently met with ten sheriffs from across the country to hear their public safety concerns. The first person he t
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Judge rules Philly man beaten by police was stopped illegally
A Pennsylvania state judge has ruled that police illegally stopped a 22-year-old unarmed black man in East Germantown in 2015 before a do
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7 years ago
The joy of bringing a black child into this world
WHYY celebrates Black History Month with Philly.com by publishing essays for their series
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7 years ago
You want to be an active ally? Here’s how.
Well-intentioned people have been looking for ways to help those who are feeling the weight of racism, islamophobia, misogyny, and other oppressions.
7 years ago
Joe Beam’s memory and LGBT racism
It is ironic that the 30th anniversary of “In the Life,
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7 years ago
When dog adoption is hindered by racism
Many of us who want to make a rescue animal part of the family have experienced the flip-side to the problem of abandoned pets: foster gr
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Why Philadelphia must remain a sanctuary city
The word “sanctuary” conjures images of safety, freedom, and protection. It’s something the City of Brotherly Love has
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What will Trump presidency mean for the New American Indian Movement
On April 1, 2016, the centuries-old struggle for the rights of indigenous Americans witnessed a new dawn.
On t
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For minority communities, Trump’s election reopens old wounds caused by bigotry
On a mild Tuesday night eight years and one week ago, I took a road trip from Detroit to Chicago. I was a 29-year-old graduate student
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After the election, America has political fractures to heal
I spent last week in Washington, D.C., a place that, depending on which way you swing, is either a roiling swamp of dysfunction or a glea
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Divisiveness in queer spaces undermines work of change-makers on front lines
Recently, I was honored to receive the Charlene J. Arcila Lifetime Achievement Award from GALAEI, a
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7 years ago
Charter schools build leaders the NAACP should support
I graduated from a West Philadelphia high school that’s a charter school. Now in college, I also work at a charter school that’s focu
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7 years ago
Philly celebrates Octavius Catto who was assassinated on Election Day 1871 [photos]
To mark the last day voters can register in Pennsylvania, the mayor of Philadelphia joined a discussion about a little-known civil rights activist from the 19th century.
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Don’t trick yourself into thinking Gayborhood racism is new
Watching recent protests in the Gayborhood has brought on a strong case of déjà vu for me.
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