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Race & Ethnicity
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A Lesson on Diversity & Inclusion from the Savage X Fenty Show
Read more: A Lesson on Diversity & Inclusion from the Savage X Fenty ShowYesterday, I procrastinated my way to watching the Savage X Fenty Show, and I was left in complete awe of Rihanna. She truly is a powerhouse, but on top of that, all her brands; Fenty Beauty, Savage X Fenty and…
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BLM Mural in SLC
Read more: BLM Mural in SLCMural artists add color and flavor on 800 South in the Granary District of downtown Salt Lake City. There’s an old-fashioned bar on the side of a locally-owned brewery, and a Southern Utah landscape on another building. Down the street,…
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Celebrating the history of black creativity
Read more: Celebrating the history of black creativity“A Tanzanian-born, Preston-based artist, curator and cultural activist, Lubaina Himid aims to ‘fill in the gaps of history’, giving representation to marginalised histories and to what was previously invisible or silenced. Significantly, Himid’s art reinserts black narratives into the forefront…
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Tyre Nichols Murder Draws Social Justice Activists to Irvington Rally
Read more: Tyre Nichols Murder Draws Social Justice Activists to Irvington RallySome 70 or 80 local activists, politicians and other concerned citizens gathered outside Irvington Village Hall Sunday evening, two days after the release of gut-wrenching video of the murder of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols at the hands of policemen in Memphis.…
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“Don’t Call Me Chief”: Native Artists Protest Racist NFL Mascots
Read more: “Don’t Call Me Chief”: Native Artists Protest Racist NFL MascotsPHOENIX — As Super Bowl LVII was getting underway in Glendale, Arizona, on February 12, artist and Apache Skateboards founder Douglas Miles (San Carlos Apache, Akimel O’odham) was protesting racist mascots in the NFL by painting a mural-style portrait of…
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Nikkolas Smith: Art Can Help Show That Black Lives Matter. It Can Also Lead to Activism
Read more: Nikkolas Smith: Art Can Help Show That Black Lives Matter. It Can Also Lead to ActivismWhen I watched them kill Elijah McClain, I couldn’t make any art for days. It had been week after week after week of gut-wrenching stories of Black lives taken from this earth too early. I wasn’t sure if I could…
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NFL-Indigenous activists to protest Kansas City Chiefs name, ‘tomahawk chop’
Read more: NFL-Indigenous activists to protest Kansas City Chiefs name, ‘tomahawk chop’Native American groups are expected to protest the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday, calling for the AFC champions to drop their name and logo as they take on the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl 57. The Chiefs wear the arrowhead…
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The History of Kendrick Lamar’s “Alright” as a Protest Song
Read more: The History of Kendrick Lamar’s “Alright” as a Protest SongYou could hear their chants from the White House. On June 6, hundreds of activists and protesters gathered on Black Lives Matter Plaza, a two-block section on 16th Street in Washington D.C. that was renamed amid BLM protests. The large…
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“I Still Believe in Our City” Asian Americans Standing Out for Themselves
Read more: “I Still Believe in Our City” Asian Americans Standing Out for ThemselvesAsian Americans standing up for themselves, the Black Lives Matter movement, and their home: New York City In 2020, as COVID-19 flared through New York City and NYC hospitals saw a spike of nearly 200,000 patients, Asian and Pacific Islanders…
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Trayvon Martin’s Flight Suit Will Be Displayed At This New Smithsonian Exhibit
Read more: Trayvon Martin’s Flight Suit Will Be Displayed At This New Smithsonian ExhibitA new exhibition titled “Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures” will debut at the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) to examine Afrofuturist expression and culture as it relates to music, activism, art, and more. “From the…