Mixed-ish puts forth a very narrow, self-centered, and unimaginative interpretation of what it means to be multicultural or multi-racial. By Nylah Burton Set in the 1980s, ABC’s mixed-ish, the newest black-ish spin-off, tells the story of Dr. Rainbow “Bow” Johnson’s (Arica Himmel) experience growing up biracial. The Johnson family — white father Paul (Mark-Paul Gosselaar),...
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If Cancel Culture Was Real, We Would Have Canceled Bill Maher By Now
Cancel culture is a myth and it’s only a matter of time until I’m forced to listen to another one of Maher’s offensive and terrible bits. CW: Mentions of racism, sexual assault, fatphobia, and Islamophobia I am relieved that I live in a world where powerful people face consequences commensurate with the harm they cause,...
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David Koch Is Dead And It Is Perfectly Moral to Celebrate His Death
White people, as they exploit and uplift mechanisms of racism and white supremacy, have posited themselves as arbiters of morality. Last week, the explosive 2010 Jane Mayer investigative report on the covert operations of Charles and David Koch trended on The New Yorker. As an unfortunate yet learned reflex, derived from years of associating the...
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Dear Non-Black Asian-Americans: We Need to Stop Appropriating AAVE
Dear non-Black Asian-Americans (and other non-Black folks), we have a real issue with appropriating AAVE, and it needs to stop. AAVE stands for African American Vernacular English, and it refers to a distinct language—consisting of words, phrases, intonations, gestures, but also, in the present internet age, gifs, memes, and other images—that has its origins in...
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Reframing White Supremacist Patriarchy as Non-Violent is Violence
White supremacist patriarchy is deceptive and manipulative, not only making things disappear but making other things appear in its place. White supremacy is a fatally insidious system. And when it intersects with the devastation of other systems of oppression, like cisheteropatriarchy, the results are catastrophic. This manifests clearly in privileging of white people over Black,...
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Dear Allies: The Oppressed Have Every Right To Be Angry & Defiant
Allies shouldn’t need a reason to be allies; they should be cognizant of the injustices rampant in the world and want to change the world for the better. By Sarah Khan Recently, Canadian politician Jagmeet Singh was heckled by a white woman while he was conducting a meet-and-greet in Brampton, Ontario. Singh, who is Sikh,...
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White Supremacists, White Nationalists, and Neo-Nazis 101
To educate yourself about the contemporary iterations of white supremacist groups in the United States, below is a cheat sheet of some basics about the terms “white supremacy,” “white nationalism,” and “neo-nazism.” White supremacy is the belief that (Christian) people descended from Europe are inherently superior to the rest of the world’s people and are thus...
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Saying “I’m Not Into Black Girls” Isn’t a Preference. It’s Racist.
Under white supremacy, black women can be lots of things — but they aren’t seen as dateable. Guess what? White people who believe this are racist. One of the timeless — but no less relevant and humanistic — cliches we issue to ourselves and others about dating and intimate companionship is that a person’s character, not their...
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It’s Racist to Assume the Asian Mom in That Viral Video is the Nanny
In 2017, some white people still assume that the only kind of relationship that can occur between whites and people of color is one of employer to employee. That’s racist. Aside from the adorbs reaction of most viewers, the viral video of Robin E. Kelly — a professor of political science at South Korea’s Pusan...
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How to Be Less of a Jerk 101: Admitting Racism
by Kristance Harlow [Content Warning: Racism] Just because someone doesn’t want to be racist doesn’t mean they aren’t. Contributing to white supremacy is racism. Supporting racists is racism. Excusing racism is racism. Not holding racists accountable is racism. Racism is a system of oppression that permeates all levels of society and shows itself in invisible...