Tag: Colonialism

As I listened to the episode of “The Legal Insider” podcast on Capital FM, I was captivated by the conversation about green energy and its unintended effects. The discussion brought attention to a topic that often goes unnoticed: the struggles faced by vulnerable communities in...

The fashion industry is responsible for 10% of global carbon emissions. This is more than all international flights and shipping combined. Yet, year after year, leading fast fashion chains fail to acknowledge and take responsibility for these statistics. H&M is currently the world&rsqu...

I’ve asked myself: don’t folks know that this tradition was born out of colonialism, imperialism, and mass genocide? Is it really worth putting yourself, your family, and Americans at risk for a deadly virus? But, as I point out these facts — facts that we are all now ful...

As you enter the school you see signs that state, “Please Remove Your Hat” and “We Are a Hat-Free School.” Yet a Black student came to class wearing a durag. I spoke with my administrator regarding the incident to say that I did not want him to feel as though I was racially p...

In many global health institutions, the positions of power and leadership are most often occupied by White people. The underlying assumption is that White knowledge is superior and White people have the solutions to Black and brown peoples’ problems. This is very evident in the project develop...