Opinion | Why we need the Crown Act

Gerard Ortiz

(Tomekah George for The Washington Article) Toella Pliakas is the youth engagement fellow at the Initiative on Gender Justice & Chance at Georgetown College Law Center. Very last thirty day period, in the third calendar year of a world pandemic, amid atrocities in Europe and battles at dwelling more than […]

The textured hair narrative must change

Gerard Ortiz

The texture of hair must not ascertain whether or not or not a person gets an interview or disqualified in a competitiveness. (Image courtesy of Unsplash) Most men and women of colour with textured hair in predominantly white spaces receive a lot of unsolicited questions and comments regarding their hair […]

History of disrespect leads to the CROWN Act

Gerard Ortiz

The fallout from “the slap” at this year’s Oscars proceeds. Last 7 days, Will Smith resigned from the Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences, immediately after the academy issued a statement condemning Smith’s steps. There have been countless media tales about “the slap,” together with an episode of Never […]