Back to normal? Or back to the future?

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted our lives in many ways, including traditional June Pride events and celebrations. The pandemic has also revealed a lot about humanity, both good and bad—especially as states struggle with reopenings, enforcing social distancing guidelines, and recent spikes in COVID-19 cases…and how to respond to #BlackLivesMatter protests all across the country …

Read more

‘POC’ is overused; we need to be more deliberate about naming the targets of racism

We all are capable of unintentionally harming people, especially Black and brown people, by lumping them into categories that erase disparities and differences between groups. In some ways the phrases and terminology we use reflect the evolution of scholarship and knowledge about race and ethnicity, but in other ways it is also a matter of …

Read more