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Why the Hell Did You Do That?

How exaggerating black people’s parts can lead to dehumanization

Nov 2, 2021

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Nov 2, 2021

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Dear Candace Owens: You Are Racist

Let’s break down the idea that black people can’t be racist

Apr 14, 2021

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Apr 14, 2021

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I Can Only Get to First Base With White Women

Too often white women friends cling to an image of perfection. Their racism shatters that image, and they can’t face it.

Sep 22, 2021

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Sep 22, 2021

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Can You Think of Adopted Children as “Your Own?”

Perspectives from an adoptee on “having” children

Oct 14, 2021

Two pregnant women touching their bellies, a white mother and Asian child on other side

Oct 14, 2021

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Microaggressions? I’m Done Believing In Them

Now I think they let racism and white supremacy off the hook

Jul 30, 2021

Brown man with hand to the camera

Jul 30, 2021

White Supremacy and the Tinder Swindler

The assumption that thinness, narrow features, and wealth=trustworthiness might bite you in the butt

Sep 23, 2022

Two women at the beach, one Latina the other Spanish

Sep 23, 2022

Blackhawk Pride: Racist Logos and Pride Month

Is Chicago overshadowing equality for BIPOC while upholding LGBTQ rights?

Jun 14, 2022

Jun 14, 2022

Is Splitting the Bill Part of White Culture?

Let’s look at the US’s obsession with fairness and tit-for-tat when eating out with friends and family: Is this another symptom of Call-Out…

Jun 10, 2022

Two women eating, the scales of justice

Jun 10, 2022

Does All Lives Matter Have a Liberal Counterpart?

My two cents on the We Believe signs, maybe they share the same conceptual base as All Lives Matter

May 30, 2022

We Believe sign on grass and All Live Matter sign on grass

May 30, 2022

‘The Staircase’ Shows Whiteness on Display

There are three things anyone who watches murder mysteries will know, but the fourth is that white men often get the benefit of the doubt.

May 17, 2022

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May 17, 2022

MJ Adia

MJ Adia

Black-Filipina. Lived in Peru for 5 years. LICSW, dancer, meditator. Writes about multiculturalism, cinema, race, social issues.

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