Still-Life in the Dutch Republic Still-life paintings – delicate vases of Chinese porcelain, opulent serving tables with exotic fruits, glass wear and carpets, golds, silvers, and bright oranges and yellows. All this comes to mind when visualizing the masterful still-life paintings by great artists of the Dutch Republic (1588-1795) like Willem Kalf, Jan Bruegel … Read more
Governmental policies to implement community development projects in the erstwhile torn neighborhoods have gained traction with the anti-displacement activists, who often raise their voices against racially motivated gentrification. But many human rights watchdogs are trying to stop gentrification in one way or another. How to stop gentrification? Gentrification can only be stopped by controlled urban … Read more
Juneteenth, the Black Emancipation Day, may have initiated as a federal holiday by President Biden, but the racial issues remain prevalent in the United States. Juneteenth, a name made by blending June and nineteen, has a lot of significance in the Black community, but this importance is now getting tarnished by those working in … Read more
A democratic majority in Congress has managed to install a Black woman on the Supreme Court with a 53-47 vote. This marked the completion of their landmark campaign promise of nominating a first-ever black woman to the top Court of the country. However, if Democrats believe that this can help them win their disgruntled Black … Read more
In the pursuit of racial justice, when the pervasiveness of unjust practices is deteriorating social structures across the globe, the racial equity lens plays a critical role in addressing inequality. The racial equity lens is the decision-making threshold through which we analyze the possible racial consequences of any specific policy or action. This way, we … Read more
Menace of gentrification is spread in every sector of daily life, and education is no different. Gentrification is a double-ended sword when it comes to education as both the outgoing and incoming people to any locality are likely to bear its brunt. While students who are leaving the locality are inevitably leaving their institutions, rich … Read more
Standing up against racial injustice is not a walk in the park. In a society like the United States, where white supremacy can make racial justice protests controversial, standing up for this cause is even harder. Amid these crises, you may ask what you can do about racial injustice. Here are the things you can … Read more
Racism, whether in jobs, housing, or the health sector, is a phenomenon that is still prevalent in the United States, even after undergoing many institutional reforms. But one sector where this racism goes unnoticed is sports. Sports racism is gaining ground in the United States in various forms. Sports leagues have a history of violent … Read more
Many times, people of different races receive different treatment from the criminal justice system. But this is not the only problem for them. The same criminal justice system is populated by racial minorities more than their proportionate share in the population overall. Eli MshomiEli is a Political Data Scientist with over thirty years of experience … Read more
America has often been seen as a beacon of freedom. However, despite all of these claims, some current events have suggested otherwise. The history of the nation is marred with the likes of slavery, civil war, and whatnot, but recent events started showing encouraging possibilities. But these possibilities have now been diminishing. These recent events … Read more
“My heart is breaking in a way I never thought it could. My mind is racing.” (Tasha Layton in her song “Into the Sea”) Being an American of color living in Minneapolis, Minnesota, a city where two Black Americans have been murdered in less than a year by the custodians of justice, i.e., … Read more
White supremacists killing people of color have long been a controversial phenomenon in the United States. However, the very same supremacists targeting white allies who sided themselves with Black people have also remained at the receiving end of violence. Undoubtedly, labeling people killers based on their skin tone and facial features is a long-forgotten phenomenon … Read more
The Omicron variant, a new strain of coronavirus, increased worries about a new outbreak in many parts of the world. However, it also unleashed the racist side of many developed nations, which have only banned travel from African nations and not any other first-world country, where the Omicron variant cases have also surfaced. The United … Read more
The murder trial of Ahmaud Arbery has exposed the hidden bias in the US justice sector once again. A Black man engaging in daily activities like running can be exposed to the danger of being murdered in broad daylight. The reluctance to prosecute White men until the video went viral depicts that a crime like … Read more
Racial bias in the education, economic, and social spheres of the United States is no longer hidden. However, one pervasive form of racism that often goes overlooked is the infrastructure racism that has dislocated hundreds of thousands of Black families across the United States. In previous administrations, interstate highways were deliberately passed through the regions … Read more
The Republicans’ hatred toward the Critical Race Theory (CRT) and woke culture has crossed all limits as they have started using big money to stop this narrative in the United States. The GOP donors are walking the same route, as many of them have sponsored groups that are explicitly working to target the critical race … Read more