Discrimination against people of color
Image: Banner image with a black-and-white headshot of Pax, text “Media Contributor of the Year — Pax Ahimsa Gethen — User:Funcrunch”, and stylized graphics of a video camera, framed image, leaves, and flowers.
In celebration of my award as the Wikimedia Foundation Media Contributor of the Year, today’s post on Medium features the stories behind fifteen of the photos I’ve contributed to Wikimedia Commons.
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Image: Black and white photo of Walthall House in Newbern, Alabama, with the words “American Apartheid” superimposed.
Today’s story on Medium is about the ongoing racism that keeps Black people as second-class citizens in the USA.
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Image: A cardboard sign reading “Persist” sits on concrete steps.
In today’s post on Medium, I share my unpatriotic thoughts on this Fourth of July.
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Image: A crowd of people stands on Polk Street, San Francisco, behind a banner reading “People’s March”. Event co-organizer Alex U. Inn stands in front with a megaphone.
Today’s post on Medium is about the “rainbow militarism” that is endangering queer and trans people of color in San Francisco.
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Image: Khafre Jay of Hip Hop for Change performs at a rally in Oakland, California.
In today’s post on Medium, I discuss the recent killings of Jordan Neely and Banko Brown in the context of anti-Blackness in the U.S.
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Image description: Two black and white T-shirts reading “Black Lives Matter”. On one of the shirts, the letters in the slogan are made out of the names of Black victims.
Today’s post on Medium is my response to the recent shooting of Black teen Ralph Yarl.
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Image description: A chalked message on the sidewalk reads “BLACK LIVES MATTER BLUE LIVES MURDER”.
Today’s post on Medium is my response to the news of police officers in Antioch exchanging racist text messages.
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Pax at age 10 (summer of 1980), with their hair in two braids and wearing a Bassett Wild Animal Farm T-shirt, sitting in the grass and being happily nibbled on by baby goats.
In today’s post on Medium, “Mixed-Race and Rootless”, I reflect on my Black and white Jewish ancestry and failure to fit in. This is the first part of a series of reflections on last month’s Creating Change Conference.
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Benjamin Bac Sierra speaks at a podium alongside other Latino and Black activists at a San Francisco rally against police violence, March 2016.
Today’s post on Medium is “Police Are the Mass Killers We Should Be Worried About“.
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Simple drawing of a dove carrying an olive branch, below the words “Is Pacifism a Privilege?”
Today’s post on Medium is my response to the question, “Is Pacifism a Privilege“?
