Zahida Sherman

In this op-ed, writer Zahida Sherman explains what President Donald Trump's attacks on congresswomen of color — and the representatives' responses — reveal about the unique burden women of color in leadership carry. "Go back to your country" is a…

At 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning, a white student discovered a black woman napping in her residence hall lounge at Yale University. She decided to call the police. The two women had never met before, but because the black woman was unknown to the…

When I was very young, my grandfather told me that Black people had to work twice as hard to get half as far as White people. His stories about the racism he faced growing up in Memphis and even fighting in the Korean War — segregated facilities,…

I started wishing myself away in kindergarten. For an entire semester, I let my teacher and classmates call me "Za-hee-da" (it's "Zai-ee-da"). I wanted my classmates to like me, so I was polite. Nice girls didn't correct others when the names that…

Black people have been losing our minds over Black Panther since the film was announced over two years ago. We purchased the action figures. We read articles on the movie’s cultural significance. We followed members of the all-star cast on social…