With a simple gesture, Sacheen Littlefeather lit a fuse that would impact the rest of her life.
Despite an undeniable record, she was still subjected to transparent provocation.
We had the chance to chat with Cole over email about The Truth About White Lies, the recent push to bar books about racism in schools, and her advice for teen readers who are still learning to speak out.
Los Angeles reported the most hate crimes of any U.S. city this century, followed by New York City.
We had the chance to chat with Yee over email about Maizy’s story, Chinese American history, and why we all need stories about hope and resilience.
Zendaya’s treatment in Dune exemplifies aspects of colorist privilege and gendered racism.
Jewell Parker Rhodes never learned about the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre in school. It wasn’t until she was an adult that she read about the white-led mob violence that left hundreds dead and the historic Greenwood district in Tulsa destroyed.
Inequality is especially worth thinking about in the summer, since it’s exacerbated in many ways during this season.
14-year-old Zaila Avant-garde became the first Black American to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee in the competition’s 96-year history.
All of these cases elicit a similar feeling of Black women being treated cruelly and unfairly based on arbitrary rules.
President Joe Biden signed into law yesterday a bill that made Juneteenth — the anniversary of the day the last enslaved Americans learned of their freedom — a federal holiday.
The existence of racial disparities in health care treatment has been widely recognized for decades. The COVID-19 pandemic, however, has reinforced how deadly this unequal medical treatment can be.
'The Underground Railroad' meticulously displays one of history’s most shameful and violent eras without lingering in sadism.
We have entered into an arena where now more than ever before, our viewership is our currency and we must continue to shape the content that in turn shapes us.
Since The Bachelor and The Bachelorette started in 2002 and 2003 respectively, only three leads have not been white.
The Women’s March had its first historic rally in January 2017, and organized its most recent march on October 17.
I was so excited we finally made our trip happen, I didn’t think to prepare myself for how we’d be perceived in Indonesia as two Black girls from Africa.
The America of our history books is rose-colored, simple, and false.
This Book Is Anti-Racist also aims to empower young people to disrupt and uproot racial systems that have been in place for several years.
White people need to think more critically about the ways in which they have benefited from the same institutions they claim to protest online.
Of the many astonishing developments to come from COVID-19, the angry assemblies of Americans in many states requesting that the government reopen the country rank high.
Young black children can perceive ourselves as unworthy, awful, and ugly. We see the racism in the world that sends these messages, and internalize it.
Johnson not only calculated the trajectory for America’s first space trip with astronaut Alan Shepard and the calculations for the first moon landing in 1969 but also overcame racism and sexism throughout her career.
The report discovered that scripted crime television shows, which millions of viewers tune into on a regular basis, depict a false narrative about the unchecked heroism of law enforcement.
Actress Jo Martin will be the first black Doctor, and the second woman, in the series’ history.