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In Living Color: Audio Description Looks Past People of Color

an illustration of a man and a woman sitting beside each other on a purple couch looking at a TV with three people of various shades on the screen
by Thomas Reid
November 1, 2021 at 10:51am
The exclusion of racial identification from AD continues to limit accessibility for blind people.
an illustration of a dark-skinned Black girl with an afro in a wheelchair holding up a purple star

Let Freedom Reign: A Roundtable About Disabled Black Girl Magic

by Vilissa Thompson
November 1, 2021 at 10:48am
Disabled Black girlhood is sacred. Read more »
Anthony Ramos plays Usnavi, a light-skinned Latinx man, dancing with Melissa Barrera as Vanessa, a light-skinned Latinx woman in In the Heights

Color Struck: Hollywood Can’t Scrub Its Colorism Problem

by Lorraine Avila
August 9, 2021 at 5:44pm
In the Heights is anxiously concerned about the white gaze. Read more »
Sha’Carri Richardson, a dark-skinned Black woman with long, orange hair, runs at top speed as she points toward the audience

Human First: Black Women Athletes Aren’t Your Performance Mules

by Njera Perkins
July 27, 2021 at 11:42am
Discrediting Black women athletes is par for the course in sports. Read more »
Zakiya Dalila Harris, a dark-skinned Black woman with a black afro, crosses her arms that are covered in a pink and teal patterned blazer

Sunken Place: “The Other Black Girl” Magnifies the Everyday Horrors of Racism

by Vanessa Willoughby
June 1, 2021 at 11:17am
What’s scarier than a villain who pretends to think like you and looks like you? Read more »
Zakiya Dalila Harris, a dark-skinned Black woman with a black afro, crosses her arms that are covered in a pink and teal patterned blazer

“The Other Black Girl” Verbalizes the Horror of Workplace Racism

by Evette Dionne
May 28, 2021 at 11:58am
Zakiya Dalila Harris puts a contemporary social lens on the horror her book details. Read more »
cropping of a black and white portrait sketch of a Black woman with short hair, her features are more detailed in the center of her face, while the top of her hair, chin, and neck are lightly outlined

Let Us Live: What Does Loving Black Women Really Look Like?

by Tatyana Fazlalizadeh
April 21, 2021 at 11:33am
What would it be like to celebrate Black women, not just as a performance or a trend? Without using them as a mascot for a movement. Without relying on them to save this country. Read more »
TikTok star Addison Rae, who is tan and white with brown hair, bites her fingernail and grimaces at the camera.

Viral Vultures: The Plight of Black TikTok Creatives

by Gloria Oladipo
April 2, 2021 at 9:06am
It’s not just about Addison Rae. Read more »
Kaitlyn Greenidge, a dark-skinned Black woman with long black locs, stands outside and smiles slightly

“Libertie” Questions the Nature of Freedom Itself

by Jordan Taliha McDonald
March 23, 2021 at 9:44am
What does it mean to be free? Read more »
A red, glowing lantern in Thailand.

12 AAPI Organizations to Support Amid Increasing Anti-Asian Violence

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
March 17, 2021 at 2:29pm
Listen, donate, and take action. Read more »
Rebecca Carroll, a light-skinned woman with a big, curly afro smiles brightly

How Do Transracial Adoptees Survive the White Gaze? Just Ask Rebecca Carroll.

by Andrea Ruggirello
March 16, 2021 at 10:00am
Your story is bigger than your adoption. Read more »

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by Erica Cardwell
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by Zetta Elliott
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Will Filming the Police Keep Us Safe?

by Victoria Law
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Target Market: Black Women with Guns: Frontier Feminists or Insurrectionists?

Pam Grier plays Coffy, a Black woman with an afro who's sitting on the floor and pointing a gun at an intruder, in the movie Coffy
by Joshunda Sanders
Spring 2012 • Frontier
The guns Black women carry are symbols of their abilities to be both frontierwomen and nurturing warrior mothers birthing a new generation of revolutionaries. Read more »