Some people assume that racism happens primarily on an individual level, and only people enact racism. They see racism as the use of racist epithets. Racism can be said insidious as nearly everything being experienced is influenced by skin color. Thus lower housing equity contributes to less overall wealth for Black and people from other …
While we have terms for people who have experienced any trauma, it is a grave fact that over 400 years of racism, we do not have a term yet for people of color who experience racial terrorism. This is a devastating and telling omission in our lexicon because it conveys how a white-dominant society in …
Racism is multi-dimensional and is seen across various domains that mainly include education, employment, healthcare, residence, and in fact in law and justice. On top of that, it can be manifested at levels of social and institutional spaces like governance, policy implementation, service delivery, employment, recruitment, and reporting. It all ended up in the form …
This year, history has once again been made by declaring Juneteenth as a federal holiday by the approval of Congress and President Joe Biden. 2020, though being a year full of devastation due to the Coronavirus global pandemic, still caused a spike in the Black Lives Matter movement. Originally Black Lives Matter was a hashtag …
The holiday observance on June 19th commemorates the abolishment of slavery of the African Americans. It is celebrated to the emancipation of about four million slaves. However, many were not aware of this freedom for a certain period. It was made official when Union General Gordon Granger issued an order to free them; thus, there …
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It is a timely need to combat racism, racial discrimination, and xenophobia. It is high time to take stock of the situation facing individuals of African American descent in the United States. It is crucial to discuss preventive measures and the implications of racism. It has been known that the legacy of colonialism, the slave …
