As educators, we are being way too gracious in describing nonprofit organizations as lacking diversity or by referring to universities as predominantly white institutions (PWIs). Terms like these miss the intentionality of such spaces to maintain racially homogeneity.
By Arielle Iniko Newton I’m banned from Facebook again. This time for thirty days. Apparently, “Straights are weird. Goodnight.” is hate speech. The algorithms of a global capitalist enterprise that allegedly shares data with law enforcement, determined that my rhetoric…
By Arielle Iniko Newton Like everyone on my timeline, I watched the video of Keaton Jones crying on camera after having been bullied in school. But unlike everyone on my timeline, I was immediately suspicious, not empathetic. That’s because in…
By Arielle Iniko Newton Last week, the New York Times published Richard Fausset’s “A Voice of Hate in America’s Heartland” to claims that it was an amateurish puff piece that sought to humanize that which is inhuman. Amidst immediate backlash,…
By Arielle Iniko Newton Editor’s Note: If you not Black, this conversation ain’t for you. The Movement for Black Lives is an extension of the prolonged fight for Black Liberation which began in the bellies of slave ships when captured…
By Arielle Iniko Newton Editor’s Note: This piece is specifically about interracial relationships and marriages between Black people and white partners for reasons that are the author’s own. When I was younger, I was determined to marry a white man…
By Arielle Iniko Newton On Friday, when pictures and video of tiki torch-wielding white supremacists appeared on social media, a cadre of Black people immediately called on white allies to put their bodies on the line to stand against explicit…
By Arielle Iniko Newton Editor’s Note: To support the two Muslim teenage girls who are victims/survivors in Portland, please give to their YouCaring page. In America, only white men are heroes. In America, a nation defined by its white supremacist…
By Arielle Iniko Newton Editor’s Note: If you’re not Black, this conversation ain’t for you. Luvvie Ajayi is a popular online commentator who fucked up badly this week after she demonized poor Black activists who demand compensation for our labor…
By Arielle Iniko Newton I wasn’t the cool kid. I was bullied during my adolescent years for reasons that seem mundane and trivial in my adult life. My lack of social acumen paired with my sexual proclivities meant that I…
