racism

01 May 2024

Alamo Square Man Had Racist Doll and Noose Left on Doorstep

This morning I was made aware of a horribly racist event targeting a Black San Francisco native at his home near Alamo Square. On Friday, April 26th, Terry Williams woke up to take his dogs for a walk in Alamo Square only to find a ziplock bag sitting on his

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25 Sep 2023

Thinking Like Batman Might Just Help the Bay Area

Let me get ahead of this straight away: I am the same person who wrote about One Piece and that series’ important anti-imperial messages, who praised How to Read Donald Duck for sticking it to the United States neoliberal agenda in Chile, and who said getting the Rohirrim together for a Lord of the

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10 Jul 2024

This New Literary Magazine is a Gift to the People of San Francisco

I’ve got some awesome news! We received a grant from the Civic Joy Fund to put out a literary magazine celebrating SF and acting to counter the stupid “Doom Loop” narrative. It’s a gift to the people of San Francisco. And after months of working on this project it’s now available

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15 Nov 2022

Berkeley Police Department Criticized Over Racist Remarks

Written By: Habibi Bridges  A member of the police making derogatory statements about people of color? Shocking. Unfortunately, this was the case in Berkeley according to a whistleblower from the Berkeley police force who leaked text receipts indicating that a 20-year police veteran and sergeant sent out questionable messages to

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13 May 2022

Massive Art Installation, Society’s Cage, Debuts in Oakland

This week, Society’s Cage, a traveling experimental art installation about societal racism, was built in front of Oakland’s City Hall. The 15-foot by 15-foot installation, built of over 500 steel bars, hopes you will come and interact with the piece. There were four designers, as well as 8-12 people working

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07 Mar 2022

When Old Punks Go Racist

Punks and musicians are people, so they get old, their opinions get dumber and more calcified, and they mistake change for disintegration, at the same rate as the societies in which they operate. But it’s still sadder than when it happens to your dad. 

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01 Mar 2022

How The Pandemic Made Me Braver

This may not be news, but 2020 had been a nightmare for nearly everyone. It was difficult to process everything that was happening from mask mandates, to social distancing, and sudden economic collapse. Not to mention a surge in racist attacks against Asian Americans. I’m a second generation Korean-American, and

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17 Nov 2021

SF Chinatown Showgirl Cynthia ‘Empress’ Yee Is A Living Legend

“I think people come to Chinatown because they expect a Disneyland atmosphere,” Cynthia Yee says. “When they see it’s just a neighborhood, a community with restaurants and daily life, they wonder.” Yee is a tour guide with the award-winning Chinatown Magic Tours, but she was once herself at the center of

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25 Jan 2021

Harriet Tubman $20 Bills Are Finally Coming, After Trump Trashed The Plan

Historic news today for those of us who want to see someone other than slave-owning white guys on American dollar bills. New White House press secretary Jen Psaki announced Monday morning that the US Treasury would restart plans to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill. The Obama administration announced

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