Featured

Queering Kwanzaa: How the seven principles remind me of QTPOC power

Reconciling ‘glorious healing’ & the ‘loving refusal’ of intracommunal violence in an era of disposability

It’s not just white incels. We need to talk about the Black Manosphere, too.

Comic: I’ll believe The Lord is against homosexuality when he tells me

Why do so many others want to claim Blackness if it means oppression?

Anti-Black bullying in schools devastates children. We need to invest in their healing

Navigating Christmas as a sexual assault survivor brought up in the Catholic church

Spike Lee produced Netflix film ‘See You Yesterday’ brings us the Black time travelers we need

How liberal discourse that distances migrants from “criminals” obscures the crimes of this anti-Black state

Finding our way back to the religions stolen from our ancestors

‘The House That Will Not Stand’ is not a celebration of affluent Black women, it’s an indictment of the racial caste system

Your perfect work record won’t protect you if you’re Black and don’t stay in your place

Marc Lamont Hill was fired for telling the truth about the Palestinian resistance

The bar for white “allies” is absurdly low and I’m tired of watching them be praised for reaching it

The Christianity I was taught didn’t align with my values. ‘The Color Purple’ helped me reimagine religion

What Black Brits want African Americans to know about race and racism in the U.K.

How do I admit I’m lonely when this world only values the ones who get ‘chosen’?

I need white women to leave me, my body, and my vote alone from now on

The challenges of raising a Black & Native child when they’re seen as mutually exclusive stereotypes

I want BET to be a radiant hub for Black culture again

Comic: White people love to claim indigeneity so they can feel oppressed

Liberals use “unity” to systematically silence women of color. It’s time to be divisive

How Christian theology contributes to Black men’s dehumanizing expectations of Black women in relationships

Interview: Kiese Laymon’s ‘Heavy’ reminds us that Blackness can be abundant in a world trying to make us disappear

White feminist Paganism and the colonization of Heaven and Earth

Continuing the tradition of Black youth organizations’ solidarity with Palestine

How my mother made me a liar and forced me into the closet

How ‘Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’ is cruel to its Black characters

How anti-Blackness fuels my eating disorder

It’s past time for Black men to become traitors to the male privilege that protects us

BYP on FB

Black Youth Project

Join Our Newsletter

Subscribe to our newsletter today!

You can get all of our newest stories and updates on BYP research in your inbox.