racism
Removing These Barriers Will Let Black and Latinx Girls Lead
80% of Black girls said having a Black role model was important for them.
By Teen Vogue Staff
How We’re Taking on Anti-Black Racism in Puerto Rico
“We have been erased from our own history.”
By Gloriann Sacha Antonetty and Alexandra-Marie Figueroa Miranda
Black Progress Has Always Been Met with Racist Backlash
We’ve seen this again and again throughout history.
By Gennette Cordova
Marni Apologizes for Controversial “Jungle Mood” Campaign
“Our oversights across the review process are unacceptable.”
By Sara Li
Riverdale's Bernadette Beck Says Her Casting Was "Just to Fulfill Points”
Bernadette Beck is giving voice to her own experiences.
By Jessica Castillo
How White People Used Tuberculosis to Settle the Southwest
OG History is a Teen Vogue series where we unearth history not told through a white, cisheteropatriarchal lens.
By Jordana Rosenfeld
Black Journalists Hope Media's Racial Reckoning Can Create Change
“It’s about firing some people. ... Some people need to go.”
By Jewel Wicker
Trader Joe's Repledges to Completely Discontinue Racist Packaging
A teen-led petition called out the use of exoticized names.
By Jameelah Nasheed
Coded Language Is Part of Our Racist Education System
“When professionals glorify grit, they glorify trauma.”
By Zach Schermele
Karens Being Karens: White Women Need to Stop Using the Term
“The second white women caught on, things became less fun.”
By Malavika Kannan
These Teens Support Black Lives Matter — But Their Parents Don’t
“The viewpoints I was raised with are so destructive.”
By Fortesa Latifi
The U.S. Doesn’t Deserve to Make Juneteenth a National Holiday
We have had enough symbolic gestures.
By Kandist Mallett
Abolish Landlords: Housing Should Be a Human Right
The coming eviction crisis is a preventable disgrace.
By Kandist Mallett
Fatphobia and Racism Are Inextricably Linked
We need to consider that link when thinking about police violence.
By Charlotte Zoller
‘OK Boomer’ Captures the Fight to Desegregate New York City Schools
How can we live together if we can’t even learn together?
By Marcus Alston and Alexander Rodriguez
The Electoral College Is Tied to Slavery
It was designed to grant slave states more influence.
By Maya Francis
The Trayvon Generation Is Leading the Fight for Black Lives
“Black youth are fed up.”
By Precious Fondren
If Black Lives Matter, Then Black Living Must Also Matter
We must create a world where Black people can run, swim, drive, shop, rest, and live without fear.
By Taja-Nia Henderson