Radical Gentry: Activism and Displacement
I’m Black. I’m queer. I’m from a wealthy family. I’m formally educated. I did not grow up in the city in which I currently live. I work for a nonprofit […]
Category Archives: Ethnic Studies
An Open Letter from a Black Man to His White Family in a Moment of Violence
To the white people I share home with, I’ve gotten degrees. I’ve been published. I’ve spoken at academic gatherings. I’ve taught classes and workshops. I’ve built up a resume. I’ve […]
Guest Post–The Real Barriers to Care: What We Truly Need to Combat HIV
Cassie Warren is a health educator, activist and youth worker dedicated to radical access to affirming health services, especially for trans and queer young people. She works at the Broadway Youth Center […]
Who Represents Us?: On Pop Culture and Social Justice
One of my least favorite situations to find myself in is at a party, a bar, or a club, cornered into a conversation about a pop song, a music video, […]
#BlackOutPride Action Disrupts Chicago Pride Parade
Happening Now: Members of the Black queer community of Chicago are disrupting the Chicago Pride Parade. Here is their public statement: On this day in 1969, Sylvia Rivera, a Boricua […]
Vogue Is Not For You: Deciding Whom We Give Our Art To
I began voguing as a sixteen year old high school student. Still struggling with what it meant to be gay and Black, learning of the ballroom scene both relieved me […]
Feeling Is Not Weakness: Sadness, Mourning and Movement
Many of the movements now happening on a global scale—but particularly the ones here in the US—represent political shifts I’ve been hoping for for as long as I can remember. Given […]
On Going Viral: What the Movement Still Teaches, What the Movement Still Needs
Last week an article on my blog addressing militancy and the uprisings in Baltimore was shared more times in 24 hours than most things on my blog have been shared […]
In Support of Baltimore: Or; Smashing Police Cars Is Logical Political Strategy
As a nation, we fail to comprehend Black political strategy in much the same way we fail to recognize the value of Black life. We see ghettos and crime and […]
Just Practice – Workshop Series 2015
Just Practice, a training series started last year by Shira Hassan, will be resuming next month. The series focuses on strengthening activists’, youth workers’ and community members’ harm reduction and transformative justice […]
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