From the Sistah Vegan site: Sistah Vegan Project is centered around the lives of black female vegans. Going beyond ‘just veganism,’ this project focuses on veganism as well as other holistic health practices…and intersections of race, class, religion, gender, sexual orientaion, able-bodiedness, etc.
Think black feminism meets whole foods veganism, meets eco-sustainable philosophy, meets anti-racist philosophy meets decolonial theory meets health and nutrition activism. Here is Breeze Harper’s post: Unresolved Trauma from Experiencing Racism (and not experiencing it): Challenges to Animal Rights (AR) — crossposted with permission from Sistah Vegan
Recently, I …

If I had posted this piece in its original form, it would have meant that I was tone deaf. It would have meant that I was so wrapped up in happy memories that I couldn’t face facts. This piece had been a straightforward narrative expressing how much I loved the dance music of the 80’s: disco, Paradise garage style house, synth infused pop and how clubbing in New York City and Washington DC during that era shaped my coming of age. It revealed the wistful nostalgia I carry for the …

According to a study published November 14, 2007, in the online edition of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, Latinos and African Americans with Alzheimer’s disease live longer than white people who have the disease. Researchers do not know why this is the case, but the study’s author offered a few preliminary ideas.
Possible explanations may be underlying genetic or cultural factors.
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Other factors that could account for the differences in surviving with the disease could be varying levels of social support from extended family, varying levels of …

Contributor Carole McDonnell’s short stories and essays appear online and in print, in speculative fiction, ethnic, and Christian publications. She lives in New York with her husband, two sons, and their pets. Wind Follower, published this month by Juno Books, is Carole’s first novel. Her voice adds plenty to our discussion, so I welcome Carole and her column Faith in Color to Allaboutrace.com.
The third anniversary of my mother’s death is almost a month away. Time soothes the heart a bit but I still grieve for her. Much of my …