Written by Raiana Kelly, AADM Contributing Writer COVID-19 has undoubtedly had a negative impact on all communities across the globe, but emerging data suggests that a disproportionate burden of illness and death has affected racial and ethnic minority groups the most – and according…
Written by Raiana Kelly, AADM Contributing Writer With Black History Month just around the corner, it’s a great time to talk about the civil rights movement. Whether it be the women’s suffrage movement, the LGBTQ rights movement, or resistance against apartheid, powerful movements in…
By Raiana Kelly, AADM Contributing Writer In order to better understand poverty and the factors that contribute to it, it’s also important to understand racism and how the two are inextricably linked. Sociologist Robin D’Angelo writes that “social scientists understand racism as a multidimensional…
By Raiana Kelly, AADM Contributing Writer August 2019 The school to prison pipeline describes the disproportionate tendency of minors and young adults nationwide to be funneled out of public schools and into the juvenile and criminal justice systems. According to the American Civil Liberties…
