Want To Have Better Conversations About Racism With Your Parents? Here's How : Life Kit

subscribe to Life Kit podcast subscribe to Life Kit podcast As people across the nation continue to call for justice for George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade and countless others killed by the police, there has also been an urgent call for Americans to not just talk about racism, but to speak out against it.

How to Talk to Your Latinx Parents About Black Lives Matter

For many Latinxs, identity is a complicated thing. Latin America is made up of numerous different countries across two continents, each one with its own unique histories, traumas, cultures, and, of course, populations. Our differences can make these "tough conversations" about race challenging to navigate-as does language, the unfortunate prevalence of misogyny, and our countries' histories of colonialism, Black erasure, and violence.

How to Talk to Asian Parents About Racism

My friend said that I should write an article about how to talk to Asian parents about racism. Across the country, my friends have been talking about heated and very confrontational dinner conversations with parents about racism - in particular my friends of Asian descent.

'The Very Real Racism' Within the Black Community

I read an UTNE Reader article this morning, penned by a young man named Kevin Powell, where he states that "black women are incapable of not supporting black men" as the rationale for why the mostly black, female jury could not convict O.J. Simpson for killing his wife and Ron Goldman.

'Model Minority' Myth Again Used As A Racial Wedge Between Asians And Blacks

subscribe to Code Switch podcast subscribe to Code Switch podcast A piece from New York Magazine's Andrew Sullivan over the weekend ended with an old, well-worn trope: Asian-Americans, with their "solid two-parent family structures," are a shining example of how to overcome discrimination.