I remember the first time I got called whitewashed. I was in my junior year of high school, eating my lunch when a puzzled girl asked me why I spoke so proper — so white. I was confused, because I had ...

About US is a forum to explore issues of race and identity in the United States. Sign up for the newsletter. In most history books, America is colonized by “European settlers” and stolen Africans are ...

Several members of the Jamestown City Council disagree with Jamestown Mayor Eddie Sundquist’s comment that the city’s employment policies are “Whitewashed.” During the last “Justice June” rally held ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The impact of “Whitewash” labeling diminished BIPOC identity, especially when they don’t fit into a stereotypical category of what ...

Design by Janice Lin, MiC. Buy this photo. In high school, Spanish 1 was my favorite class. It was finally my chance to learn more about my Hispanic culture, history and obviously my language. During ...

A new documentary digs into the U.S. government’s disenfranchisement and abuse of indigenous peoples and how those traumas have reverberated through generations. It looks at historical events like the ...