blogs
NANCY LEE GRAHN'S TWEETS AND THE INEVITABLE BROUHAHA THAT CAME WITH THEMIn September of 2015, Viola Davis made history when she became the first black woman ever to win an Emmy for outstanding lead actress in a Drama Series at the 67th Emmy Awards. Although many saw this as a celebratory moment, actress Nancy Lee Grahn did not. In this post I explain how and why Nancy's tweets were offensive and what we can take from her mistake.
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MY TOP 3 FAVE MICROAGGRESSIONS AND HOW I RESPOND TO THEMAs a straight black christian female, it is indisputable that I experience racial and religious microaggressions on a daily basis. This post consists of 3 of my favourite microaggressions and how I respond to them.
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WHAT DO SANTA, HIS ELVES AND REVERSE RACISM HAVE IN COMMON?reverse racism is described as the act of racism against a majority or a dominant race, typically used in context of white people. Obviously the entire concept of reverse racism is completely flawed, but not everyone understands that. In this blog I list 3 reasons how and why reverse racism is a myth.
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Essays
DARK SKINNED, LIGHT SKINNEDAN ESSAY ON THE DESTRUCTIVE IMPACT COLORISM HAS ON WOMEN IN THE AFRICAN DIASPORIC COMMUNITYDue to the historical past of the black community, colorism is quite prevalent within it. Colorisms destructive nature has affected black people, particularly black women, for centuries. This essay explores and analyzes the destructive impact that colorism had and has continued to have on women within the African diaspora.
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