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Dr. Chi

Diaspora-naming

In my conversations with Americans as well as people around the world, I have noticed that people often confuse racism, ethnocentrism,...

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Kdramas and the Reproduction of White Supremacy

Most Nollywood films display the Cinderella story of the village girl starting out with a natural hairstyle, but then finds a rich man...

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Faking the Funk: When White Women Play BIPOC

Rachel Dolezal. Then, we learned about Jess “La Bombalera” Krug. Since then, there have been several examples of White women engaging in...

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Race and Counting ‘The Rona’

When it comes to African Americans and Covid-19, we have been swinging from one extreme to the other. As my African American friend...

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Being More ‘Open:’ Black Women Negotiate Dating and Marrying White Men

When I was studying at Harvard in the early 2000s, I had a black immigrant professor who had built part of his career gas-lighting...

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On Prince Harry and Meghan Markle: Interracial Couples and Their Multiracial Children Will Not Save

This weekend, people all around the world will be tuning in to watch the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, an American...

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Dr. Stacia Gilliard-Matthews, Mi Amigona

She was my sister. As daughters of the Most High, we prayed for each other, sometimes to the point of tears. She introduced me to her...

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Rachel Dolezal: ‘Negra Frustrada’ (Frustrated Black Woman)

Race is a social construction. We have heard that phrase over and over again to the point that it has become a bit hackneyed. When I...

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“Loving Black Men (Adorar Negão): Brazilian White Wives of Black Men”

The plus-sized supermodel, Tess Holliday, told The Guardian newspaper, “Black men love me.” This sparked an online firestorm, leading her...