Nylah Burton is a sexual assault survivor advocate and a student from Howard University. Follow her on Twitter, @yumcoconutmilk.
Nylah Burton
By Nylah Burton
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Opinion The Right Is Blaming Jews For The Pittsburgh Shooting — And So Is The Left
In a stunningly apt display of victim-blaming, Donald Trump said on Saturday that the outcome of the anti-Semitic attack on Tree of Life synagogue that left 11 Jews dead would have been different if the Pittsburgh congregants had been armed. Before boarding a flight to several events — one of which being one of his…
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Opinion Stop Weaponizing Louis Farrakhan Against Black Jews
I owe a huge part of my writing success to Louis Farrakhan. One night in March, I wrote a profanity-laden tirade against the leader of the Nation of Islam, expressing frustration that despite his hateful rhetoric towards Jews, LGBTQ people, and women, there were still some in the black community who supported him or turned…
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Opinion Our World Is Falling Apart And I’m Terrified
When I was 13, I was struck with an illogical, almost paralyzing fear of the apocalypse. Alarmist clickbait was circulating the internet, telling of mankind’s extinction via Mayan prophecies of Armageddon. A sensitive and imaginative child who was aware of climate change, I would sometimes wake up in the middle of the night sobbing, because…
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Opinion Why Did We Stop Talking About Standing Rock?
In 2016, the Standing Rock Sioux tribe ignited an indigenous rights movement that captured the world’s attention. At Standing Rock, hundreds of indigenous groups and nonindigenous allies gathered to resist the building of the Dakota Access Pipeline and the havoc it would wreak on the health of both the environment and the members of the…
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Opinion Black Jews Are Being Chased Out Of the Jewish Community By Racism. Here Are Their Stories.
If someone asked you to name the most urgent crisis facing the Jewish community, “anti-blackness” or “intra-community racism” might not be among your first thoughts. But it should be. That’s because anti-blackness in the Jewish community is pushing black Jews out. Countless black Jews have made the difficult decision to leave Judaism completely, no longer…
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Film & TV How ‘BlackkKlansman’ Abandons Crucial Conversation About Race and Complicity
As I watched “BlackkKlansman” in a Colorado theater filled with white folks, I felt bored and extremely irritated. While Spike Lee’s latest joint is aesthetically beautiful, the content feels boring and reductive. I don’t think any black or Jewish person needs a flashy movie just to tell them that the Klu Klux Klan is dangerous….
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Opinion Neo Nazi Rallies Show Minorities That We Have To Protect Ourselves
Although droves of counter-protestors eclipsed white nationalists in D.C. this past weekend during the second Unite the Right rally, the significance of the event shouldn’t be understated. It raised crucial questions about the safety of minorities and other marginalized communities, and the ability — and willingness — of law enforcement to protect them. Indeed, the…
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Opinion I Told Jews To Think About What Being ‘White’ Means. Then The Racism Exploded.
When I was five years old, my father was slammed against the roof of our car and searched by the police. The sky was inky black, illuminated only by the glow of red and blue lights, swirling around me as I sat in my booster seat. Even at that age, I held my breath in…
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