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Analysis
‘Such a Fun Age’ satirizes white woke culture. It may be fiction, but Kiley Reid is aiming for truth.
The plot revolves around a black babysitter wrongfully accused of kidnapping a white child
Ashley Stoney
Jan. 22, 2020
Jan. 22, 2020
The ‘secret’ the first female director of ‘Star Wars’ didn’t want fans to know before opening night
Victoria Mahoney, a woman of color, on the film that meant ‘everything,’ Ava DuVernay and more
Lena Felton
Dec. 20, 2019
Dec. 20, 2019
Perspective
We should celebrate the Knot and Pinterest’s decision to stop promoting plantation weddings. But that doesn’t let couples off the hook.
The companies are moving a critical dialogue into the mainstream. Now it’s up to consumers to act.
Elizabeth Kiefer
Dec. 5, 2019
Dec. 5, 2019
Syracuse University has seen 11 hate crimes in two weeks. Women of color have felt hate on campus for years.
Syracuse was her ‘dream school.’ Now this freshman feels ‘a lot of anger, a lot of confusion.’
Lena Felton
Nov. 20, 2019
Nov. 20, 2019
Perspective
I’m an award-winning Latina author. At a fancy literary gala, I was mistaken for a waiter.
‘Excuse me, where are the restrooms?’
Reyna Grande
Oct. 28, 2019
Oct. 28, 2019
What the victims of the country’s most prolific serial killer had in common
This week, the FBI announced that Samuel Little confessed to 93 murders spanning 35 years
Lena Felton
Oct. 9, 2019
Oct. 9, 2019
Perspective
We’re Asian American and go to Harvard. Here’s how our relationship to race changed after coming to campus.
Four Harvard students write about affinity groups, K-pop and an ‘Asian awakening’
Kaylee Kim,
Nina Pasquini,
Elyse Pham and
Caroline Tsai
Oct. 4, 2019
Oct. 4, 2019
Amber Guyger, off-duty police officer who killed an unarmed black man, found guilty of murder
The shooting touched off days of protests in Dallas and demands for police reform
The Lily News
Oct. 1, 2019
Oct. 1, 2019
Perspective
Activist Suzan Shown Harjo has spent decades fighting against Native American mascots. She is still winning.
From California to Maine, Indian nicknames and mascots have started disappearing
Kevin B. Blackistone
Sep. 24, 2019
Sep. 24, 2019
More states are trying to protect black employees who want to wear their natural hair in the workplace
New Jersey, Tennessee, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois and other states have proposed legislation to explicitly ban race-based hair discrimination. California and New York were the first to sign legislation into law in July.
The Lily News
Sep. 23, 2019
Sep. 23, 2019
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