Not Tolerating It AnymoreAthletes Are Calling Out Racist Trash Talk in Real‑Time, Forcing Sporting Culture to Adapt Players like cricketer Mohammed Siraj are challenging the traditional advice to ignore racist abuse. By Rajvi Desai
End Sex TestingBlack and Brown Women Athletes Are ‘Overwhelmingly’ More Likely to Have Their Sex Challenged, Says Human Rights Watch A new report by the watchdog reveals the racism that influences forced sex testing among elite women athletes. By Aditi Murti
Making Space A Safe SpaceNASA Drops ‘Harmful’ and ‘Insensitive’ Nicknames For Cosmic Objects The space organization is reexamining its naming system and retiring names like 'Eskimo Nebula' and 'Siamese Twins Galaxy.' By Devrupa Rakshit
Kick It OutStudy Says Football Commentators Praise Black Players For Power, White Players for Work Ethic, Leadership Hearing racist descriptors from commentators also greatly influences the way fans think about these players. By Rajvi Desai
Damage ControlTV Shows Are Retrospectively Removing Blackface Scenes. It’s Not Solidarity, It’s a Ploy for Relevance. How do we deal with the problematic pop culture of the past, especially when it has entrenched itself into the nostalgic crevices of our psyche? By Rajvi Desai
Bite MeKalu, Moti, Gawar: Why We Should Stop Using Derogatory Terms Couched As Affection Cricketer Darren Sammy remembers being called 'kalu' by his Indian counterparts, who have since assured him it came from a "place of love." By Rajvi Desai
What Do You Mean?Merriam‑Webster to Update ‘Racism’ Definition to Include Systemic Oppression The way we define concepts such as racism, sexism often determines how we evaluate ourselves and treat others. By Rajvi Desai
End Police BrutalityFrance Bans Chokehold Arrest Amid Protests Against Police Brutality Minneapolis, the city where George Floyd was killed, has also completely banned neck restraints. By Devrupa Rakshit
Just for ShowIndian Support for George Floyd, While We Remain Silent on Violence at Home, Is Hypocritical, Performative Wokeness "Would the average upper caste/class Indian respond with the same empathy to the institutional murder of Rohith Vemula?" By Paroma Soni
Mass HysteriaA Pandemic Is No Excuse for Racist Attacks Against Indians From the North‑East No one is to blame for the pandemic, least of all our fellow citizens. By Aditi Murti
N for NopeIndians Appropriating Black American Culture, Slang Will Never Be Cool Hate to break it to desi N-word enthusiasts, but Indians are way more anti-black than they're black. By Aditi Murti
Hell Is Other PeopleThe Amazon Wildfires Are a Product of Environmental Racism Environmental racism allows industries to endanger black, brown and poor communities with impunity. By Rajvi Desai
Face These FactsThere’s A Thin Line Between Confusing Two People of the Same Race, and Bigotry Yes, science connects a lack of exposure to mixing up two people from one race. No, that's no excuse for careless racism By Aditi Murti
