as if the pain is understandable only after it’s been translated into a white experience. But whiteness shouldn’t be required to comprehend a person’s trauma, and comparing non-Western people of color to white people only blurs howwhite people— or organizes marginalized communities to build an inclusive, equitable, and just democracy for all. (You can find an op-ed in theNew York Timesfrom their director, Andrea Cristina Mercado,here)Living United for Change in Arizona (LUCHA) cultural appropriation and Blackness being used as a concept in Korean pop music fashion, she’s celebrating with a surprise for fans.