Why Don’t More Minorities Hike?
By Teresa Baker As a Bay Area native, I grew up in outdoor spaces. While hiking trails in Tilden Park...
Race And EthnicityA collection of 13 posts
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is a Great Show With a Big Race Problem
While I absolutely loved the show and gobbled it up in one sitting, there were a few details that bothered me. Its dealings with race, for example, left a lot to be desired....
SF’s Boomtime is Leaving African Americans Behind — The Bold Italic — San Francisco
By Peter Lawrence Kane The U.S. economy has been on a tear lately, consistently adding more jobs than economists...
Students at UC Berkeley Turn the Tables on a Racist Professor — The Bold Italic — San Francisco
The “no business as usual” ethos of the Black Lives Matter movement has shut down highways, shopping malls, and government...
‘Fresh Off the Boat’ Makes Me a Happy Hapa
Though I’m half white, our pudgy middle school protagonist here exhibits similar shades of childhood, in his trek through a culturally distant American suburbia....
Graphs Show How Early Minorities are Eliminated on “The Bachelor”
There is a weird, rose-petal scented place in my heart for ABC’s Bachelor franchise. Eight of us get together every Monday night to drink rosé (duh) and spend up to three hours watching that week’s episode....
Artist Seeks Justice for Black and Brown Lives That Matter — The Bold Italic — San Francisco
Maybe you haven’t heard of local artist Oree Originol by name, but you’ve probably seen some of his...
Dear SF, Don’t Touch My Hair — The Bold Italic — San Francisco
By Rahel Marsie-Hazen On countless occasions, in a Mission bar, on the street, on BART, even at my office, I’...
OITNB’s New Asian Character Could Be Groundbreaking
Cancel any plans you had (or have them cancelled on you) because all anyone is going to do this weekend is binge watch 14 straight (hah) episodes of Orange is the New Black Season 2 on Netflix....
Growing Up Russian in SF — The Bold Italic — San Francisco
By Mark Shrayber My family immigrated to San Francisco in the early ’90s, leaving dreary Moldova behind for a land...
An Asian Guy Responds to the Asian Male Stereotypes Story — The Bold Italic — San Francisco
By The Bold Italic Tiffany Wang’s “Asian Male Stereotypes Complicate My Love Life” piece, which was published a month...
Your Curiosity about My Biracial Child Isn’t Cute
Written by Rhea St. Julien and illustrated by Brad Amorosino “Look! It’s a poodle!” The backwards-capped, Ray-Ban–wearing bro...