As a young child, I only enjoyed watching television shows with characters that weren’t human – Yo Gabba Gabba, SpongeBob, etc. I was never able to really watch shows with humans, as I could never relate to the characters. It was always a mainly white cast with one or two stereotypical black characters: either a black female of a lighter skin tone, or a black … Continue reading The Impact of Black Representation in Cartoons
Education is essential to ensure that a child has a successful future. But, how can you expect black students to excel if they don’t feel as though school is a safe environment for them? First off, it’s not the black community’s responsibility to explain why the n-word should not be used by non-black individuals. By now, most of us should know the harmful history behind … Continue reading (Obviously) Teachers Should Not Use Racial Slurs
Early this March, Dr. Seuss Enterprises decided it would stop publishing six of the author’s books due to “hurtful and wrong” depictions of people of color in the illustrations. The decision was met with both praise and condemnation, bringing the long-simmering debate about cancel culture to the surface once again. It seems Dr. Seuss’s estate decided to stop publishing these books out of fear of … Continue reading Why Progressives Should Reject Cancel Culture
On Wednesday, January 6, 2021, as Congress performed the perfunctory procedure of certifying the electoral college votes that would confirm Joseph Biden as President-elect, an armed mob of thousands of Trump supporters who believed the President’s false claims that he won an election he decisively lost invaded the Capitol building. They were state legislators, veterans, conspiracy theorists, and members of dangerous, far-right organizations such as … Continue reading Why Did This Happen?: The Psychology of the Capitol Riot
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