Dr. Chinyere OsujiFaking the Funk: When White Women Play BIPOCUpdated: Oct 25, 20214 min read·May 11, 2022----
Dr. Chinyere OsujiSquid Game: Why It Resonates around the GlobeUpdated: Oct 22, 20216 min read·May 11, 2022----
Dr. Chinyere OsujiOn Being a ‘Hard Stick’On multiple occasions, nurses have a difficult time finding my veins and have been called a “hard stick.” As a sociologist who recognizes…4 min read·Dec 13, 2021----
Dr. Chinyere OsujiSquid Game: Why It Resonates Around the GlobeAs a new Kdrama lover, I feel vindicated seeing that Squid Game was the most-watched show of all time on Netflix. But as a sociologist, I…6 min read·Oct 7, 2021----
Dr. Chinyere OsujiOrdinary Whiteness: Rachel Dolezal, Jessica Krug, and Hilaria Baldwin and the Men Who Help Them…First, there was Rachel Dolezal. Then, we learned about Jess “La Bombalera” Krug. Since then, there have been several examples of White…4 min read·Jan 5, 2021----
Dr. Chinyere Osuji“The 1619 Project” and BlaResistance in a Time of #BlackLivesMatterIf you ask most Americans when enslaved Africans were first brought to what became the United States, they will likely tell you 1619. This…4 min read·Aug 4, 2020----
Dr. Chinyere OsujiRace and Counting Covid-19 DeathsWhen it comes to African Americans and Covid-19, we have been swinging from one extreme to the other. As my African American friend living…3 min read·May 25, 2020----
Dr. Chinyere OsujiBeing More ‘Open:’ Black Women Negotiate Dating and Marrying White MenWhen I was studying at Harvard in the early 2000s, I had a black immigrant professor who had built part of his career gas-lighting…6 min read·Feb 14, 2020----
Dr. Chinyere OsujiTwo Very Blonde Latinas, Black Artist Boycott, and Erasure of Blackness in the Super BowlBlack musicians boycotted the Super Bowl. Hell, even Afro-Latinx and Afro-Caribbeans boycotted the Super Bowl. So, the NFL brought in two…6 min read·Feb 14, 2020----