June 20, 2020, Black Trans Lives Matter rally at Wade Park in Cleveland, Ohio. Photo by Samantha Coco. BY KEVIN HENDERSON J.K. Rowling, British author of the popular Harry Potter series, has gained a large following on her Twitter feed over the last…
The Queen Victoria statue being removed from Charing Cross in Lahore, July 1951. Published in the Pakistan Times.
BY ALI USMAN QASMI The tearing down of Edward Colston's statue in Bristol by protestors acting in solidarity with the trans-Atlantic Black Lives Matter (BLM)…
Artwork by Banksy. BY ADAM GILBERT When the statue of slave trader Edward Colston was toppled and dumped into a harbor during a Black Lives Matter protest in…
A depiction of the conquest of Mexico in Codex Azcatitlan (early 16th Century). The image shows the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés, the Nahua interpreter Malintzin (Malinche) and the African conquistador Juan Garrido. While Cortés and Malintzin have often been acknowledged as icons of mestizaje, Juan Garrido is hardly ever mentioned in popular historical narratives.
The Abusable Past
By Jesús F. Cháirez-Garza Content warning: This text makes reference to racist stereotypes. While the images are not visible here, there are hyperlinks to some…
Honolulu Chinatown Fire of 1900. Photo by Gabriel Bertram Bellinghausen, via wikicommons By Michael G. Vann As individuals around the world faced unprecedented government ordered lockdowns to flatten the curve of spread of COVID-19, many of us…