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From easy round-up for genocide to "ghetto fab": a look at the history of the term 'ghetto'.

Aug 13, 2020
4 min

From easy round-up for genocide to "ghetto fab": a look at the history of the term 'ghetto'.

The word 'ghetto' is one of the most controversial words in modern day vernacular.

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"I got gypped": The most widely-used and misinformed racial slur today.

Aug 5, 2020
4 min

"I got gypped": The most widely-used and misinformed racial slur today.

"I got gypped": The most widely-used and misinformed racial slur today.

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Don't use the word 'pandemic' in reference to systemic racism and racial injustice.

Jul 29, 2020
4 min

Don't use the word 'pandemic' in reference to systemic racism and racial injustice.

I did. Here's what I learned. It's July 2020. Which means that we are in the middle of a literal pandemic: COVID-19 is at it's peak (I...

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'Manifest destiny': the inspirational mantra with a sinister history and modern-day political clout

Jul 21, 2020
4 min

'Manifest destiny': the inspirational mantra with a sinister history and modern-day political clout

If you type "how do I manifest..." into your Google search bar, your hit will come back with 138,000,000 different articles, news...

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White Affirmative Action

Jul 16, 2020
4 min

White Affirmative Action

55% of White Americans believe that they are discriminated against because of their skin color (NPR, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and...

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Fact-Check: Were Republicans the "OG's" of Anti-Slavery?

Jul 16, 2020
3 min

Fact-Check: Were Republicans the "OG's" of Anti-Slavery?

We are smack in the middle of 2020; in the midst of an intersection of a world-wide pandemic and a burgeoning social justice movement. ...

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