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Kehinde Thurman

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No Love, No Reciprocity for a Sister-Cousin: On President Obama and his Supreme Court Nominee

March 17, 2016

“But wait, how is that your sister if her mother is your aunt?” See the way my family tree is set up… If you’re Black and living in the US, you’ve likely had to answer this question from a non-Black person who is clearly very confused about your family structure. I get the question often so I usually explain that my first cousins and I were raised like siblings and that’s how we refer to one another. Sometimes, I use terms like "brother-cousin" or "sister-cousin" to preempt the ques[...]

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Between the Lines of Victory: Black Women, the 113th Congress and the SCOTUS

November 13, 2012

“I don’t see color” So many things run through one’s head upon hearing the declaration above whether it is the first or the 20th time you have heard it. I considered how to respond. Checking my Claire Huxtable style neck roll, I calmly stated that an inability or refusal to see color rendered me invisible. I further explained that when people “don’t see color,” what they really mean is that they see everyone as white. Which carries with it an assumption that people of color have[...]

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