Racial Media Violence is Stressful This month Black America awoke to news of two troubling killings of Black males by-way of police encounters. For most people of color, it becomes increasingly impossible to escape the barrage of news coverage broadcasting
Taqwa (Virtue) through Anti-Bias Education
My first taste of racism occurred in kindergarten, where my classmates barred me from drinking out of the water fountains. When I was in fourth grade, a sixth grader in the neighborhood took her rage out on me, called me
Teaching Young Children about Race
Adults sometimes ask: Aren’t prejudice, discrimination, and anti-bias adult issues? Why bring children into it? In one sense, these are adult issues. Adults have the power to create, to teach, to maintain bias—and to eliminate it. In another sense, because the realities
Systematic Racism Explained
Systemic racism affects every area of life in the US. From incarceration rates to predatory loans, and trying to solve these problems requires changes in major parts of our system. Here’s a closer look at what systemic racism is, and
Taqwa (Virtue) through Anti-Bias Education
My first taste of racism occurred in kindergarten, where my classmates barred me from drinking out of the water fountains. When I was in fourth grade, a sixth grader in the neighborhood took her rage out on me, called me
Discussing the psychological impacts of anti-Muslim bigotry
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Racial Microaggressions Perpetuate Inequity
Racial microaggressions are brief and commonplace daily statements, actions, or incidents, whether intentional or unintentional, that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative racial slights and insults toward people of color because they belong to a racial minority group (Sue, Capodilupo, Torino,
What Racism Looks Like (infographic)
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