people of color

I would like to offer the mantra that I use to reveal my ghastly wounds to my non-POC friends to conceal their white savior complex. Show, don’t tell.

We have seen that the injustice system has been particularly brutal since COVID-19, and I internalized what I was seeing in one threatening message: This is not for you.

Even for an institution as terminally sanitized as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the group’s newly announced changes to its telecast read as its deepest kowtow yet.

It is time that we stop and think about our neighboring families and residents. As Berkeley students and residents of the Bay Area, we have a voice to support these residents and families.

This evolutionary narrative and its claim to legitimacy is, again, the heart of the matter. And Trump is using the enormous prestige and symbolic credibility of his office to embolden those who subscribe to this narrative. What a step backward for this nation.

For the second year in a row, this SOMArts exhibit showcases artwork from more than 60 Black women in a traditionally male-dominated arena.

Anytime you use the N-word as a non-Black person or are complicit in a fellow non-Black peer’s use of the word, you are perpetuating anti-black violence.