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This Will Be My Undoing

From one of the fiercest critics writing today, Morgan Jerkins’ highly-anticipated collection of linked essays interweaves her incisive commentary on pop culture, feminism, black history, misogyny, and racism with her own experiences to confront the very real challenges of being a black woman today—perfect for fans of Roxane Gay’s Bad Feminist, Rebecca Solnit’s Men Explain Things to Me, and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s We Should All Be Feminists.Morgan Jerkins is only in her twenties, but she has already established herself as an insightful, brutally honest writer who isn’t afraid of tackling tough, controversial subjects. In This Will Be My Undoing, she takes on perhaps one of the most provocative contemporary topics: What does it mean to be—to live as, to exist as—a black woman today? This is a book about black women, but it’s necessary reading for all

Communities United Against Police Brutality

Communities United Against Police Brutality is an organization that works to end incidents of police brutality. CUAPB was created to deal with police brutality in Minnesota on an ongoing basis. We work on the day-to-day abuses as well as taking on the more extreme cases. We work to combat police brutality from many angles, including political and legislative action, education, research, and providing services and support for victims and their families.

We Were Eight Years in Power

In these urgently relevant essays,* the National Book Award–winning author of Between the World and Me reflects on race, Barack Obama’s presidency and its jarring aftermath*—including the election of Donald

The Story Behind Juneteenth

Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast | update description text Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast features movement voices, stories, and strategies for racial justice. Co-hosts Chevon and Hiba give their unique takes on race and pop culture, and uplift narratives of hope, struggle, and joy, as we continue to build the momentum needed to advance racial justice in our policies, institutions, and culture. Build on your racial justice lens and get inspired to drive action by learning from organizational leaders and community

Layla F. Saad

Layla Saad is an author, speaker & teacher on the topics of race, identity, leadership, personal transformation & social change. LAYLA IS THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE GROUND-BREAKING BOOK ME AND WHITE SUPREMACY (2020), THE HOST OF GOOD ANCESTOR PODCAST, AND THE FOUNDER OF GOOD ANCESTOR

Privilege/Class/Social Inequalities Explained in a $100 Race

The main intent of this video is not to highlight racial differences. Race was only used as a metaphor. Race is a good metaphor though and here’s why. African Americans still lag behind the national average in Income level and Poverty measure. This is according to the United States Census