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The Fourth of July looks different to Black people in the light of Juneteenth
The first 4th of July occurred more than 86 years before Black Americans were freed from slavery, so what does the holiday mean to us?
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Right-wing podcaster says egg donation is slavery & gay couples who use it are evil
Michael Knowles sees no difference between buying a slave for lifelong exploitation and finding an egg cell to birth a child into a loving home.
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Are Black churches beginning to reckon with their embrace of homophobia?
The AME Church is planning a first among Black Christian denominations – a committee to study LGBTQ issues. Other Christians have a mandate to address their history with homophobia, too.
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People want to censor education for the same reasons that slaves weren’t allowed to read
Thomas Jefferson wrote that he envisioned America’s white-only education system being for “raking a few geniuses from the rubbish.” How ironic is it that today, several state legislatures want to continue that line of thinking?
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John Waters got the opportunity to learn about his ancestry. He’s shocked at what he found.
“I should go spit on his grave,” the filmmaker said about one slave-owning ancestor.
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Critics call for a shutdown of black gay author’s play about BDSM and slavery
Critics consider Jeremy O. Harris’ “Slave Play” atrocious, but are they missing the point?
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Roy Moore claims America was better when slavery was allowed
He said this to an African-American person during a campaign event.