It’s difficult to feel safe as a person of color
Brea Jones/Staff Writer For the past few weeks, I have noticed a change in my behavior whenever I’m outside. Rather than act as myself, I…
Brea Jones/Staff Writer For the past few weeks, I have noticed a change in my behavior whenever I’m outside. Rather than act as myself, I…
Clara Barros/ Contributing Writer “I am a white person.” The apparent simplicity of those five words is misleading. Their importance is, in fact, colossal. On…
Alhi Leconte/ Staff Writer A while back, Rapper Kodak Black made controversial comments about black women that garnered a lot of negative attention on social…
When I say “white supremacy systematically oppresses black people,” the response from my white colleagues is almost always “But I’m white and I’m not racist.”
Microaggressions are terms or phrases that make a person feel underestimated on the basis of their skin color.
It’s vital that black women have a voice, representation and protection in a society that physically disrespects them and portrays them as hyper-sexualized, loud talking, neck rolling, finger snapping stereotypes.
Yes, it can be weakly argued that FIU has supported Blacks Lives Matter. However, having one forum entitled “Black Lives Matter” in an umbrella series of “All Lives Matter” forums that was held at the Biscayne Bay Campus doesn’t count.
Race is a social construct used during the times of colonialism and imperialism that were practiced by Spain, England and France.
For many of those who maybe don’t interact with many people outside their race in numerous capacities (and yes it does happen), media images may be all they have go by as to what their ideology behind other races. A lot of times many races tend to stick among each other due to cultural reasons.
Being a black woman and a feminist is an incredibly polarizing position to be in. It means choosing between supporting a woman’s choice to dress however she wants and telling said woman that her culture is not some accessory to be used whenever she desires.