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Culture Current Events Diaspora Features/Columns Race ReligionRepresentation vs. Exploitation? Halima Aden’s ‘Sports Illustrated’ Hijab And Burkini Spread Sparks Debate Around Racial Capitalism
Can the impact of representation supersede the corporatization of identity?…
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Culture Diaspora Features/Columns Interviews RaceAn Examination of Aunty: Documentarian Laylah Amatullah Barrayn on the Historical Weight of the Word
The term "aunty" as a titular framework for the collection is equal parts reverence, exploration, and reclamation of the word, drawing through-lines on how the perception of African women has…
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Originally published for VerySmartBrothas ‘ America In Black Series. I often jokingly tell people that I grew up in a household made up of three (occasionally four, depending on what…
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Culture Diaspora Entertainment Francophonie Music Race‘Hang the Whites’: Rapper’s Hate Speech Trial Exposes the Hypocrisy of Race Relations in France
If the scenes depicted in Conrad’s video were near-facsimiles of movies that have become cultural staples, why are we so comfortable celebrating and watching these same portrayals of violence against…
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Culture Diaspora Features/Columns Music RaceYesJulz Is the Latest Example of the Problem With Voluntourism
YesJulz accompanied Kanye West on his recent trip to Uganda. Their visit poses questions about international goodwill, intent, and how optics relate to actual altruism.…
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Comoros Diaspora Features/Columns Francophonie Personal EssayDreams And Duty: How Speaking Different Languages Keeps Me In Touch With My Past
I may present differently in each language, but I love as a Comorian, equally, in all of them.…
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A week after the country’s triumphant World Cup win, conversations have ignited about what it truly means to be an immigrant, African, and French.…
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Okoumou laid plain the irony of celebrating the freedoms represented on Liberty Island while immigrant families are being split up and held indefinitely in detention centers, but she also did…
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Comoros Culture Diaspora Personal Essay Race ReligionBlack Ramadan and the Importance of Finding Community in Isolation
In practicing one of my most important faith traditions here in the United States, I often feel very invisible.…