She’d never been attacked for being Asian American. The pandemic changed that. Mari was at Taco Bell filling a paper cup with Baja Blast when the man started shouting, according to The Atlantic. White and 30-something, and wearing a bulky winter coat, he lumbered up to the soda fountain and confronted her. His words sounded…
Sarah Everard Murder Highlights Threats Faced by Minority Women
Recent government figures show Black Britons and people of mixed ethnicities are more likely to experience sexual assault. London, United Kingdom – The murder of Sarah Everard has placed the UK’s public institutions under intense scrutiny, raised questions as to why prosecutions against sexual abusers remain at an all-time low, and highlighted the threats faced by…
The Man Charged with the Spa Shootings was Quickly Humanized. What About the Victims?
I didn’t know how to respond. I was only slowly becoming aware of how Asian women are often viewed as stereotypes, not as individuals, especially in the United States. I didn’t know how to defend myself, or how to defend my Asian sisters from the disturbing subtext of his question. The older I got, though,…
Virtual Event: Music and Dance from “South Africa’s cultural ambassadors to the world.”
For 60 years, South Africa’s five-time GRAMMY Award winners, Ladysmith Black Mambazo has warmed the hearts of audiences worldwide with uplifting vocal harmonies, signature dance moves and charming onstage banter. It was Paul Simon’s 1987 Graceland album that introduced Ladysmith Black Mambazo to the world. The late former South African President Nelson Mandela designated the group “South Africa’s cultural…
Special Boise-Area Covid Vaccination Dates for Members of the Black/African Diaspora/Latinx/Disproportionately Affected Communities
Dr. Aesha Drozdowski, Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacist from the St. Alphonsus Medical Group, writes: I wanted to make sure everyone was aware that the allotted slots for COVID-19 Vaccinations on 3/11 and 3/13/21 at the Gordman’s location in Meridian, which will be opened to the public this evening (3/10/21). As you know, currently, these slots are being HELD…
Lawmakers Respond to Video Showing Sacramento Teacher Making Racist Slant-Eye Gestures
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A controversial video showing a North Sacramento teacher pulling her eyes back in a gesture considered offensive to Asian people is making the rounds on social media. This comes following a string of reported hate incidents against people of Asian descent, stoking fear and anxiety. “For many of us who are Asian,…
How Educators Who Consider Themselves ‘White Allies’ Can Be Dangerous When It Comes To Developing Anti-Racist Classrooms
“I am a white ally,” the 30 something-year-old white teacher declared emphatically in the diversity and inclusion professional development session. She snapped her fingers to co-sign a colleague’s comments about Black Lives Matter, changed her Facebook profile picture to commemorate Breonna Taylor, and talked at length about brown and Black lives, writes Dr. Sana Shaikh on…
Why Ahmaud Arbery’s Accused Killers Will Remain Behind Bars As They Await Trial
A Georgia judge announced that the father and son charged in the killing of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery will remain behind bars until their trial because he says they pose a “risk” if they were to be released from jail, according to reports. After a two-day hearing in November, Chatham County Judge Timothy Walmsley explained his…
Citing Racism and ‘Years of Bullying,’ Dena Simmons Resigns From Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence
Dena Simmons, a prominent researcher of social-emotional learning, resigned from Yale University’s Center for Emotional Intelligence last month due to what she calls a pattern of behavior by some colleagues that left her feeling “tokenized, undermined and bullied,” EdSurge reports. The final straw for Simmons happened in June, during an antiracism town hall sponsored by…
Rush Limbaugh’s Toxic Legacy
He repeatedly mocked the death of gay men from AIDS in the 1980s, suggested that the Clintons murdered their aide Vince Foster in the 1990s, called the NBA “the Thug Basketball Association” in 2004, and claimed that college student Sandra Fluke owed him a sex tape in return for taxpayer-subsidized birth control in 2012, according to Vox. He once…
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