Racial justice is a goal rather than a reality. Deep-seated systemic racism and inequities are still part of the fabric of our institutions today. To achieve racial justice, we must dismantle systemic racism and work to repair centuries of harm inflicted on communities of color.
The U.S. was constructed through intentional, brutal genocide of Indigenous peoples and the occupation of their land. It was birthed through enslaving, terrorizing, and exploiting Africans, notably in the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. And nation-making continued through Jim Crow, through racist immigration policies, through redlining, through policing, through mass incarceration and the prison industrial complex.
Colonization, slavery, and xenophobia are not confined to the past; rather, they are ongoing processes. Every aspect of life in the U.S.—for people of color and white people— continues to be shaped profoundly by racism and white supremacy.
Racial justice is elemental to innumerable human rights, including the right to equality and non-discrimination, the right to health, the right to education, the right to life, and the right to safety.
Allies
Blog Posts
- Ending the Marriage Penalty 2024
- Department of State v. Muñoz: Authorizing Family Separation 2024
- “Fetal Personhood” and Family Separation in South Carolina 2023
- To President Biden Re: Decriminalization 2023
- Recognizing Families 2023
- The Respect for Marriage Act 2022
- Criminalizing HIV 2022
- Parental Rights 2022
- Woodhull Statement on Roe, Human Rights, and Sexual Freedom 2022
- Waiting for Justice 2021
- Supporting Black Birthing People 2021
- Marginalization and Murder 2021
- Centering Sexual Freedom on Human Rights Day 2017
- Want to fix a problem? The first step is to name it. 2017
- Amplifying Voices: Stephanie S. Franklin, Esq. 2016
- The United States is NOT Above Human Rights Law! 2015
- Will the Rachel Dolezal Story Be A Nail In The Coffin Of Identity Politics? 2015
- Dehumanization In A Nutshell: “We Work With The Garbage Of New York” 2015
- Protest: The Gift of Disruption 2014
- No More Of The Master’s Tools 2014
- White Supremacy, Sex, and Ferguson 2014
- Standing with the Family of Michael Brown 2014
- 64 Days for Human Rights – Week Three 2012
- Erasing Criminal Convictions for Survivors of Trafficking: One Step in the Right Direction 2012
- The Call for a National Plan of Action on Racial Justice is also a Call to Build a Movement 2012
- An Open Letter to White People in the Sexuality/Sexology Field 2012
- Perverts of Color – A Call For Submissions 2010
Press Releases
- Woodhull Participates in Day of Action in Albany, NY 2023
- The Fight to Speak About S3x 2022
- Woodhull Announces Human Rights Commissions 2021
- Woodhull Joins LGBTQ Organizations United to Combat Racial Violence 2020
- Woodhull Joins 156 Civil and Human Rights Groups in Call for Stronger Response to Hate Incidents 2017
Coalition Sign-Ons
- PRESS Act Markup (S.2074)
Freedom of the Press Foundation
- Maryland HB 603 Coalition Opposition Letter
Chamber of Progress
- 25+ Human Rights Organizations Call on 2024 Congress to Investigate Big Tech and Publishing’s Stranglehold over Digital Books
- Open Letter on Fighting “Anti-Woke” Censorship of Intersectionality and Black Feminsim
Freedom to Learn Network
- Letter in Support of California AB 93: Stop Baseless Searches
ACLU California Action
- Wood Hull Signs on to Letter on Sex Worker Pride Day to Human Rights Organizations Urging US Congress to Pass SAFE SEX Workers Study Act
Sex Workers Project
- Repair Can’t Wait – Immediately Pass H.R. 40, the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act
Human Rights Watch
- The Threat on the Right to Protest
Color of Change
Free Press
Media Justice
- Greater Leadership Overseas for the Benefit of Equality (GLOBE) Act
American Jewish World Service
- Calling For UN’s Inquiry Into U.S. Police Violence
ACLU Human Rights Program
- Call for Passage of the Less is More Act
Katal Center for Equity
- Changes Needed to the NYPD’s “Discipline Matrix”
Communities United for Police Reform
- Repeal 47-Year-old Anti-Abortion Policy
Ipas
- Against Use of Force Law Enforcement Officers
- Stop Patterns of Abuse Against Protestors
National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC)
- Demand For FBI Transparency on Surveillance of Black Activists
Media Justice
- Call for Transformational Change in Policing
Human Rights Campaign (HRC)
- The Free Press in a Time of Crisis
National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC)
- Call for Session on Police Violence and Repression of Protests
ACLU Human Rights Program
- In Support of Repealing 50-a
Communities United for Police Reform
- The Right to Protest During a Pandemic
National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC)
- Suspension of Facial Recognition Systems
Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
- Department of Education’s Intrusion at Duke
American Association of University Professors (AAUP)
- Against the Commission of Unalienable Rights
Human Rights First
- LGBTQ & Allied Organizations Urge Thorough, Independent Investigation and Critical Reforms Following Second Suspicious Death of a Black Man at the West Hollywood Home of Ed Buck
Additional Reading
- 3 Things You Should Know About Racial Justice 101
- The Combahee River Collective Statement
- Equal Justice Initiative: Racial Justice
- Masked Racism: Reflections on the Prison Industrial Complex
- Racial Equity Tools: Resource List
- Racial Justice in Education Resource Guide
- The 1619 Project
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights<