<![CDATA[Stories by Petiri Ira on Medium]]> https://medium.com/@petiri?source=rss-4b944aac424------2 https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/fit/c/150/150/1*JF7Ma0gKBaOC35Rs9LoMsg.png Stories by Petiri Ira on Medium https://medium.com/@petiri?source=rss-4b944aac424------2 Medium Sun, 15 Nov 2026 02:39:00 GMT <![CDATA[How Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter Challenges Us To Reclaim Our History]]>

Why the rejected will always be respected.

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How a mayor simply doing his job resulted in racist uproar.

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Why listening to Donna Summer’s music unlocks my black joy

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Why misogynoir won’t let Black women be themselves.

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On the Montgomery Riverfront attack.

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Even with "good" behaviour, racism and sexism will thrive.

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Slavery did not open doors for Black people; it closed them.

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Degrading Black women shouldn't be profitable.

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How Spill's initiative to compensate Black culture drivers disrupts the capitalist system.

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How the myth of "Blackwashing" history erases Black existence.

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