BIPOC

Cultural empathy training model. Credit: Counselor Education and Supervision (2023). DOI: 10.1002/ceas.12263 Empathy is the cornerstone of the care that therapists provide their clients. But people of color often find white counselors misunderstand them based on biases and assumptions, according to a new journal article in Counselor Education and Supervision. …

Under a canopy of pink wisteria, Klondyke stands on a bar, lip-syncing My Chemical Romance’s Ghost of You in leather and lace. About 60 Black and brown faces packed into this tiny Brooklyn venue sing along as the drag performer opens a glass jar and guzzles the inky liquid inside. The elixir paints the inside of their mouth black as they act out the impassioned final chorus. This is Bipoc Emo Night, a burgeoning scene that celebrates the experience of queer, Black, and Indigenous emo fans.Emo, an abbreviation of…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Nationally, only about 50% of students pass college algebra, with even fewer students who are Black, Latinx, and Native. Serving as a gatekeeper course for students seeking a degree in STEM, algebra can serve as a barrier for some BIPOC students. Beyond opportunity gaps, a new study from the University of Colorado Denver finds that "white hoarding," the co-option of resources by white…

Data shows that beginning influencers who are women and people of color are making 20% to 21% less on average than white men.Photo: fizkes (Shutterstock)There is a wide discrepancy between how small time and up-and-coming content creators on social media are being paid just as more folks are hoping to generate some new income by monetizing their content on social media.According to new insights released by Adobe based on their Future of Creativity study from earlier this year, 53% of U.S. “non-professional” creators are…