Books I Wrote the Accent: A Black Writer Considers “Urban Romance”
"I want to create thoughtful work about being Black, as I experience it. I specifically want to do this for the girls like me."
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Race From America, With Love: Dating as a New Immigrant
"As an Asian woman, I find that I am often asked to second-guess myself; to forgive and understand others before I am allowed to defend myself."
History Learning from History: Catharsis and Asian American Identity in Allegiance
Elyse Martin on Asian American identity and the lessons of the new musical 'Allegiance.'
Family “Please correct”: Editing My Mother’s English
Jasmine Riad on the task of correcting her mother's English and the challenge of finding the right words when dealing with ignorance.
Politics A Bollywood Madonna Covers Album and the Sound of Our Reparations
"The West has a storied history of taking from India": Rohin Guha on the legacy of occupation, the co-opting of culture, and Alisha Chinai's 'Madonna.'
Race A Thousand Stakes: Photojournalism and Exploitation
"I have always struggled with the fear that when I raise my camera to eye level, I am exploiting my subjects."
Animals Leash Reiki For Dummies: Dispatches From A Dog Training Dharma Bum
Kelly Mays McDonald on her time learning from a "Dog Buddhist" who doesn't recognize that asking your black auditor to pretend to be a dog is bad.
News “Finally, I said to him, ‘Yeah, I live here’”: Online Racial Profiling In Oakland
Oh man, this is well worth reading in its entirety. This is just incredibly solid, well-reported local journalism. Sam Levin covers online racial profiling in Oakland.
Politics Why Black Women And Men Critique Each Other
"We cannot envelope ourselves within the black male body all in the name of collectivism."
Music Race, Immigration, and Hamilton: The Relevance of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s New Musical
Kendra James on the lessons and modern resonance of Lin-Manuel Miranda's HAMILTON on Broadway.
Books To Save the Children of Korea: On the History of International Adoption
Nicole Chung talks with historian Arissa Oh about Korean adoption past and present, and what adoption can teach us about race, immigration, and more.
Beauty Anatomy of a Black Actress: Viola Davis
Fanta Sylla on the vital importance of Viola Davis' Blackness.
Books Why We Need to Build More Diverse Worlds in Fiction
Bernard Hayman on the necessity of diverse worldbuilding in fiction.
Family What’s Missing from the Conversation On Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Colleen Hele, Naomi Sayers, and Jessica Wood on the numerous crimes and acts of violence committed against Indigenous women and girls in Canada.
Books An Interview with Celeste Ng, Author of Everything I Never Told You
Nicole Chung talks with Celeste Ng about her novel, writing, addressing issues of race and culture, Asian Americans in the media, her next book, and more.
