Hairspray is a 1960s cartoon come to life — now in San Francisco
The campy musical still manages to tackle racism and body-shaming. The San Francisco tour is here one week only....
RacismA collection of 16 posts
I Don’t Want to Lose Me When Office Life Returns
Three changes that I intend to carry into my new chapter...
Marin County May Be the Fakest ‘Woke’ Place in America
It’s very liberal, but it’s also racist...
The Long-Erased History of California’s Earliest Black Residents
You probably don’t know how Black people shaped the state. That’s a problem....
Living Black in 3 Different Parts of America
My experience in Boston, Chicago, and San Francisco...
Black People Are Struggling With How to Forgive You
Reckoning with exhaustive forgiveness...
The Mental Health Taboo in the Black Community Is Finally Lifting
In response to an incredibly difficult year, safe spaces and support networks are becoming even more important...
Wake Up, White San Francisco
How unconscious racism ruins the dream...
I’m Not Black or White
I’m a Taiwanese Texan living in Oakland...
New Study Shows Oakland Cops Are More Racist When Tired or Stressed
When officers skip their meal breaks, blacks are targeted even more disproportionately than usual...
Weekly Roundup: Black History Month Under Trump
Never forget that our current president was endorsed by the KKK....
Nine Ways White People Can Support #BlackLivesMatter
S o you’re a white person and you want to support the Black Lives Matter movement. Good. We spoke...