Takirra Winfield Dixon

Takirra Winfield Dixon is a Baltimore native, activist and former Obama administration official. She is also the founder of Unapologetic Communications

Taking the leap to be my own boss — even more unapologetically Black and free

Performative Woke-ness (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Does this smart watch come with an app to deal with casual racism?

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My college’s response to a Nazi march taught me about the “true America”

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The Martin Luther King statue is seen at the MLK Memorial on February 28, 2015 in Washington, DC. (KAREN BLEIER/AFP via Getty Images)

Monuments to Black lives have no value without justice and meaningful change

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Naomi Osaka of Japan serves the ball during her Women's Singles third round match against Marta Kostyuk of the Ukraine on Day Five of the 2020 US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 04, 2020 in the Queens borough of New York City. (Al Bello/Getty Images)

Unapologetic Black women are taking back our power

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A protester holds up their homemade sign that says, "We Will NEVER Stop Fighting for BLACK Women" with a picture of the black power fist on the sign during a protest at Trump Tower. This was part of the Black Womxn's Empowerment March that started at Trump Tower and marched to Gracie Mansion. (Ira L. Black/Corbis via Getty Images)

I’m a Black woman, not a “woman of color.” Here’s why I make that distinction

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Demonstrators march as part of a Juneteenth Celebration on June 19, 2020 in Baltimore, Maryland. Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when a Union general read orders in Galveston, Texas stating all enslaved people in Texas were free according to federal law. (J. Countess/Getty Images)

White allies, stop asking me if I’m OK. Black people are not OK

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