communities of color
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Sophia Chang Ain’t Nothing to Fuck Wit’
In The Art of Exchange, The Root explores the intersections where different identities and communities of color meet. Each story covers a different place or personality that expands or challenges our idea of what cultural exchange, allyship and cross-cultural support look like. Sophia Chang wears her heart on her neck. On a sliver of red…
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#SafetyIs: Night Out for Safety and Liberation Happening Tonight
For working-class and poor black and brown communities in the United States of America, the concept of safety—particularly when it is dependent on hypermilitarized police forces—is a flimsy, dangerous illusion. One move, one word—or no moves and no words—standing, running, driving or breathing have all been charges leveled against black and brown people and deemed…