One of the byproducts of the discrimination of the trans population is that it makes them more vulnerable to arrest, them webmagazine reports. Trans women are more likely than the general population to be unemployed and live in poverty, both risk factors for engaging in illegal activity. Finding traditional employment can be challenging. As a result,…
What Makes Humor Racist?
It’s slightly ironic that Gillis considers himself a risk-taking boundary-pusher when the comedy in these podcast episodes was, among other things, unoriginal. He employed shopworn tropes, racist and homophobic language, age-old myths about Chinese food, and ignorant attitudes about Chinatown and Asian Americans. Most Asian or Asian American people — likely including Gillis’s future co-worker…
Fox News Does Awkward About-Face on Kanye West After Antisemitic Rant
On Fox News, where “White Lives Matter” seems to be worth celebrating, threatening “death con 3” on all Jewish people is a bridge too far. The network spent a good part of last week hyping up Kanye West’s for sporting a “White Lives Matter” shirt at Paris Fashion Week, complete with a two-night sit-down interview on Tucker Carlson Tonight. But in…
After Matt Rhule’s firing, Steve Wilks steps into unwinnable spot too many Black coaches have found themselves
It’s a depressingly familiar situation: A white coach steers his team straight into the iceberg, and a Black coach is tasked with trying to keep it afloat for the remainder of a season, no matter how much water it has taken on. In that way, however, NFL teams are simply continuing the American tradition of…
Powerful Voices Back Push For Educator Diversity
Manny Cruz, Latinos For Education advocacy director for Massachusetts, said one of the organization’s major goals is to get more educators of color and bilingual teachers into classrooms. Read more about education diversity HERE.
Young People’s Pavilion: Engaging Story Offers Empowerment and Acceptance of Learning Differences
“Exploring the topic of learning disabilities can be challenging, especially the social-emotional fallout for children who are struggling, but Thompkins-Bigelow accomplishes the task. Rose’s lively and colorful illustrations are eye-pleasing and showcase diversity. This is an engaging story that not only offers empowerment but also models understanding and acceptance of learning differences.” —The Horn Book Magazine…
A Glimpse of a Future Without White People | from WIRED
Whiteness is a seduction. Whiteness is also an illusion. These are the twin motifs on which Pakistani writer Mohsin Hamid props up The Last White Man, his new novel about race metamorphosis and human morality. Read the full story.
Online School Bullying: Moving Toward Solutions
I still remember my tears from high school. Sometimes, even though it is decades later, they still come out on my pillow. I cringe as I think about the pain so many young people are experiencing today, often with many fewer safe-places and outlets to mitigate the abuse. “As the social life of young people has moved…
A hard, insightful look at systemic racism in faculty hiring
“This important book addresses one of the most critical issues in faculty hiring at colleges and universities: systemic racism. (You can purchase it here, from Princeton University Press:https://bit.ly/3uBiZpF)Even while institutions increasingly talk about diversity, equity, and inclusion, they often overlook the processes where implicit and overt bias, marginalizing practices, and outdated understandings of academic work…
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