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McGraw-Hill Establishes Slavery Anti-Truths

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Art by Kris Harper History isn’t linear; it’s an idea that we learn over time, after repeated history classes. It’s something that ebbs and flows and often repeats itself, even when we don’t want it to. Teaching history is important so that societies’ or governments’ failures aren’t repeated, but if history isn’t recorded or taught […]

Interracial Dating through the Eyes of a Black Woman

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Black women are the least likely to marry outside of their race or get married at all, according to the latest census data. It follows that they are also the least likely to date outside of their race. But why is this? Aren’t we all human? I’m a black woman who has dated outside of […]

Domestic Abuse is Everyone’s Concern

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I witnessed domestic abuse as a child. Ray Rice’s physical abuse of his then fiancée, Janay Palmer Rice, hit too close to home, for myself and the thousands of others who have experienced or witnessed domestic abuse. When I was in third grade I lived in a domestic violence shelter with my mom and two […]

Nude Photo Leak is a Violation of Privacy Rights

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Each individual is complex. People go far beyond what meets the eye and yet most people judge based off simply what they see. As the technology-savvy generation, we all see pictures either of friends or complete strangers, and we judge them. We judge the outfits they wear, the people they hang out with, where they […]