
Too Black or Not Black Enough: You Can Never Win
To my black group of friends, I’m the whitest person they know, and to my white group of friends, I’m the blackest person they know.

To my black group of friends, I’m the whitest person they know, and to my white group of friends, I’m the blackest person they know.

A Wednesday night, during a dinner date with procrastination
Scrolling through YouTube aimlessly when a Buzzfeed video
in my recommended reads, “People Try

Ladies and Gentlemen! Children of all ages! Welcome to the African-American Freakshow! Where you learn my African-not-“American” name, Ogechi And you pause… then you

Over the past 8 years, I have gathered that legends don’t explain themselves.
Over the past 8 years, I have seen black pride spread

Eighth graders from Jennifer Swift’s class at The Paideia School created an interactive map based on the Civil Rights Tour they took in February. While

Four black attackers had violated a white boy and were so proud as to post a video on Facebook Live. Our insufficient response they considered

At an advance screening of “I Am Not Your Negro,” I thought deeply about the broken record of oppression that has a hold over black

“It’s a great shock to realize you’re black” in America. And me being raised in white suburbia, that line is all too true.

VOX traveled to Athena’s Warehouse at Cross Keys High School this fall to lead two workshops with their teen girls and mentors about race. After several activities and opportunities

Teens at the Latin American Association’s Latino Youth Leadership Conference spoke up about identity, leadership and community.

What will happen to me in this world?
‘Merica, a mistake in the making.
Gentrifying neighborhoods.
Planting drugs in my community.

i want a home without death without fear //
the house i live in struggles with welcoming me //
it doesn’t accept my