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For Black American Womxn, There Are No Safe Spaces, Only Empty Ones

Two years ago on my birthday, Rodrigo Duterte, president of the Philippines, signed the Safe Spaces Act, a framework for penalizing sexual harassment. The Technical Drafting Committee and the Philippine Commission on Women were charged with transforming that loose framework into a specific legislative code. Five days ago, that code…

Black Women

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For Black American Womxn, There Are No Safe Spaces, Only Empty Ones
For Black American Womxn, There Are No Safe Spaces, Only Empty Ones
Black Women

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ZORA

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5 Phrases Your Black Friend Wishes You’d Stop Saying

If you start practicing now, you can probably eliminate these words from your vocabulary by Black History Month — Statistically speaking, about 75% of White people don’t even have a Black friend, but on the off chance that you are one of the White people who do, I have a message for you from your (one) Black friend: Do better. In her New York Times bestselling book White Fragility…

Racism

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5 Phrases Your Black Friend Wishes You Would Stop Using
5 Phrases Your Black Friend Wishes You Would Stop Using
Racism

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AfroSapiophile

·Sep 8

The Mysterious Case of Charles H. Mahoney

The delegate from the D — On August 7, 1954, Charles H. Mahoney made history. Mahoney was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to serve as a United Nations delegate — making him the first Black American to serve in this capacity. I planned on doing a standard biopic article on Mahoney’s life and legacy, but…

History

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The Mysterious Case of Charles H. Mahoney
The Mysterious Case of Charles H. Mahoney
History

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Sep 7

No Struggle, No Progress: the Frederick Douglass Speech We All Need to Memorize

Because sometimes violence is the answer When it comes to Black historic figures, their entire catalog of work is usually reduced to their greatest hits (*coughs in I have a dream*), and Frederick Douglass is no exception. I grew up hearing the famous quote “power concedes nothing without a demand…

History

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No Struggle, No Progress: the Frederick Douglass Speech We All Need to Memorize
No Struggle, No Progress: the Frederick Douglass Speech We All Need to Memorize
History

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ZORA

·Aug 23

Silence Is For Fools: How Hazel Johnson Became America’s First Black Womxn General

Serving Alabama Docks Energy for over 30 Years In a previous article on Naomi Sims, I talked about how in 1948, activist and union organizer A. Phillip Randolph told President Harry Truman that Black Americans would not continue to serve in a segregated U.S. Army. Staring down the barrel, Truman…

Medicine

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Silence Is For Fools: How Hazel Johnson Became America’s First Black Womxn General
Silence Is For Fools: How Hazel Johnson Became America’s First Black Womxn General
Medicine

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AfroSapiophile

·Aug 12

Without Naomi Sims, There Would Be No Naomi Campbell

Or America’s Next Top Model (ANTM) — On March 30, 1948, A. Phillip Randolph went to D.C. to meet with President Harry S. Truman on behalf of the Committee Against Jim Crow in Military Service and Training African Americans. Randolph told the President that Black Americans would not continue to serve in a segregated U.S. …

Fashion

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Without Naomi Sims, There Would Be No Naomi Campbell
Without Naomi Sims, There Would Be No Naomi Campbell
Fashion

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Cultured

·Aug 9

Bigger Than Her Body: How Henrietta Lacks Changed the Course of History

She literally gave us life — “We use those cells everyday, and I’ve never heard of her until right now.” a biomedical engineering student told me at a cocktail party. Slender, short, with thick black hair and bookish good looks, his countenance shifted before my eyes. The easy confidence that comes from being both the youngest…

Medicine

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Bigger Than Her Body: How Henrietta Lacks Changed the Course of History
Bigger Than Her Body: How Henrietta Lacks Changed the Course of History
Medicine

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ZORA

·Aug 7

What is Black August?

Decolonizing Black resistance In 1926, Carter G. Woodson designated the second week of February as Negro History Week. Fifty years later, America finally took the hint and upgraded Negro History Week to Black History Month. Yes, it’s the shortest month of the year, and yes, the basis for its existence…

Black History 365

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What is Black August?
What is Black August?
Black History 365

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AfroSapiophile

·Aug 1

Welcome to Blackity Black Black Black August

Cuz I’m Black yall — August is National Black Business Month. It also happens to be an awareness month for bullying, immunizations, road victims, world cancer support and many other worthy and oft overlooked issues and causes. I’m not here to talk about any of those. I’m here to talk about Black August. Until yesterday…

Black History 365

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Welcome to Blackity Black Black Black August
Welcome to Blackity Black Black Black August
Black History 365

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Dec 6, 2022

For the People who Almost Didn’t Make it Through the Pandemic

Life is worth living. They won’t be better off without you You didn’t let them down And if you did, it can be healed Restor(i)ed Resolved. Yes, the hole is deep, But there are stairs. Yes, your feet are bleeding, But there are chairs. Someone cares Someone cares Someone always cares. Something is…

Mental Health

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For the People who Almost Didn’t Make it Through the Pandemic
For the People who Almost Didn’t Make it Through the Pandemic
Mental Health

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