EditorialWe use “blonde” (and if to a lesser extent “brunette”) to signal that someone is white without using a racialized term like “white,” Tressie McMillan Cottom writes. (Clay Hickson/The New York Times)
EditorialA still image from an undated video shows a newer sign for “privilege” that visually represents someone being raised up, or put ahead, and is reminiscent of the ASL sign for “inequality.” (Mohamed Sadek and Ege Soyuer/The New York Times)