Stories about Ethnicity & Race from September, 2017
Africans in Solidarity Online With Rohingya People Over Their Persecution in Myanmar (Burma)
"Silence is consent. Our silence is troubling. We need to speak out about this, we need to get angry, we need to help them."
Myanmar Government Vows to Address Refugee Crisis in Rakhine State, but Avoids Saying ‘Rohingya’
"Aung San Suu Kyi today demonstrated that she and her government are still burying their heads in the sand over the horrors unfolding in Rakhine State."
Equatoguinean Artist Carmen Bolena Explores Her History and Identity Through Her Drawings
"All of this discovery was restorative for my troubled conscience. It no longer hurts to recognize that I am black. I am and I say it bursting with pride."
Native Stereotypes, Beware: Indigenous Comic Con in the US Is Nearly Here
"We got superheroes, we got soldiers, we got everybody...It is showing across the spectrum, rather than just a historicized view, of essentially, what boils down to cowboys and Indians."
The Conflict in Eastern Ethiopia, Explained
The latest conflict in Ethiopia killed at least dozens of people and displaced thousands. The cause of the violence again was scarce water and land resources.
The Indigenous Tharu People of Nepal Risk Losing Their Once-Mandatory Art of Tattooing
We don't take anything with us when we die, but I will take these tattoos. It is a gift of this life and this nature to take to my afterlife.
The Endless Conflict That Plagues the Central African Republic
The signs of a foreseeable genocide are present everywhere at the moment with limited support available from the international community on the ground.
Yes, Racism Among the US Latino Community Against African-Americans Does Exist
"Conversations have been going on for more than 50 years...This topic involves political, spiritual and cultural aspects."
Mayan Muslims of Mexico Are Redefining Indigenous Identity
"Indigenous people are not merely empty shells for foreign ideologies to be planted on, but masters and directors of their own story."
A Hashtag Pokes Fun at the Shared Quirks Among Bangladeshis
"You can move an elephant/hippo/rhino with the horns of your car, but not me. #IAmBangladeshi"
Local Groups Warn Suicide Is on the Rise Among Iran's Impoverished Arab Ahwazi Community
Ahwazi Arabs experience systematic discrimination in Iran. "There are people who have had to change their first and last name...to hide their Ahwazi Arab identity to get hired."
