White child, are you afraid of me? With skin black and teeth gleaming/I pray that you outgrow your fear of the dark/It is best for us both Read on
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When I learned that I would be attending a college where 75.9 percent of the student body is composed of white people, I immediately found myself anxious about whether my blackness would be accepted. I shaved off my hair, telling people “I just want a new start.” But I really did it because I did not want to face the awkward looks in the dorm’s bathroom. Read on
Racism is complicated. This poem is dedicated to those convoluted, often invisible social constructs that hinder black liberation. Read on
Week two was video editing week for teens of VOX Media Cafe. In groups, they shot b-roll and learned to edit multimedia packages for publication. Read on
The town hall meeting about race and police-community relations raised more questions for me than it answered. It says something that no one trusted residents to ask questions. Read on
The teens of VOX Media Cafe hit the streets of Atlanta to find out how Atlantans feel about the top news stories this week: police, the Black Lives Matter movement and the upcoming presidential election. Listen to their radio report here: [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/273975274″ params=”auto_play=true&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /] Police This week five police officers killed in Dallas were… Read on