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Episode 11: Guests discuss the intersectionality of being Black and Asian

The Globe’s Greg Lee and Allana Barefield cohosted this month’s episode of “Black News Hour” and discussed with guests the intersectionality of being Black and Asian during AAPI Heritage Month.
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Jeneé Osterheldt

There is no antiracist movement without fighting anti-Asian discrimination

While there has been a pandemic-driven wave of hatred directed toward Asian Americans, anti-Asian attitudes have always existed in this country. Fighting those stereotypes and that hate is an integral part of saving future generations from racial trauma of all kinds.
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Under Paris Jeffries’ leadership, King Boston making some big moves, including $1m gift to Roxbury church

King Boston, a social-justice oriented nonprofit, has raised $20 million to fund a Martin Luther King monument on Boston Common and a research center in Roxbury.

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Announcing: The Emancipator

Boston University's Center for Antiracist Research and The Boston Globe's Opinion team are collaborating to resurrect and reimagine The Emancipator, the first abolitionist newspaper in the United States, founded more than 200 years ago.

Discussing Race in Boston

This Facebook group was designed for Bostonians to connect with one another and Globe reporters about the issues facing our city.

the emancipator's Co-editors

DEBORAH D. DOUGLAS
Deborah D. Douglas is co-editor in chief of The Emancipator. She has served as the Eugene S. Pulliam Distinguished Visiting Professor of Journalism at DePauw University; senior leader at The OpEd Project, which amplifies underrepresented expert voices; and managing editor of MLK50: Justice Through Journalism. Douglas is author of “Moon U.S. Civil Rights Trail: A Traveler’s Guide to the People, Places, and Events That Made the Movement.”

AMBER PAYNE
Amber Payne is co-editor in chief of The Emancipator. She was a 2021 Nieman fellow at Harvard University. She formerly served as managing editor of BET.com, leading editorial and digital video strategy; executive producer of Teen Vogue and Them; and, in 2015, launched NBCBLK, a section of NBCNews.com dedicated to elevating the conversation around Black identity, social issues, and culture. Amber started her career at NBC Nightly News producing breaking news and feature stories.