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The Intersectionality Wars

By Jane Coaston — 2019

When Kimberlé Crenshaw coined the term 30 years ago, it was a relatively obscure legal concept. Then it went viral.

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When Spiritual Bypassing Meets Racism Meets Gaslighting

Racism and spiritual bypassing are harmful in and of themselves, and their combination compounds the harm.

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Unpacking Spiritual Bypassing: Why ‘Love and Light’ Without Action Can’t Dismantle Racism

If you’ve heard a yoga teacher insisting on how we need to focus on how we’re “all one united human race,” or someone saying that racism shouldn’t upset us because we “create our own reality,” you’ve come across spiritual bypassing.

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Coping with Race-Related Stress

Among students of color, the common stressors of the college experience are often compounded by the burden of race-related stress, stereotype threat, and the imposter phenomenon.

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The Connection Between Diversity, Inclusion and Corporate Responsibility

With the #MeToo movement and the many, often painful episodes of racial friction, we are reaching a new public consciousness and consensus around the need to understand each other’s perspectives.

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Unpacking the Embodied Plantation Backpack

If you have an African American body, welcome. I wrote this blog post—and the body practice at the end—especially for you. (Everyone else, welcome as well—but please skip the body practice.)

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Can Racism Cause PTSD?

One major factor in understanding PTSD in ethnoracial minorities is the impact of racism on emotional and psychological well-being. Racism continues to be a daily part of American culture, and racial barriers have an overwhelming impact on the oppressed.

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Ta-Nehisi Coates: Imagining a New America

Ta-Nehisi Coates says we must love our country the way we love our friends—and not spare the hard truths.

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The Realities of Raising a Kid of a Different Race

As transracial adoption becomes more common, here’s what every parent should know.

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Healing Racialized Trauma Begins with Your Body

Resmaaa connects the healing of your body, mind, and soul with the healing of our country and our world.

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My Body, My Life

How mindfulness has helped Buddhist teacher Lama Rod Owens live as a Black queer man in America.

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Racial Discrimination