Ask Why Missing Indigenous & POC Women Rarely Make Headlines — But White Women Do
Media bias means cases of missing Indigenous and women of color are often ignored, despite higher rates of disappearance. White women’s cases dominate national coverage.
More Information: Media Racial Bias
 

Ask Why America Erased Black Wall Street From History — While Pretending Racism Is “Over”
A thriving Black community was destroyed, and decades later, the story is still hidden from classrooms.
More Information: Tulsa Massacre
 

Ask Why They Downplay Slavery in Museums — While Protecting Confederate Statues as ‘Heritage’
Museums rewrite history to soften the horrors of slavery, yet monuments to oppression still stand tall.

More Information: Downplaying Slavery  &  Honoring Confederates

Ask Why Politicians Profited From the Iraq War — While Hate and Death Toll Soared
The Iraq War cost hundreds of thousands of lives, fueled anti-Muslim hate, and padded defense contractor profits — while political architects escaped accountability.
More Information: Costs of War Project

Ask Why They Call It “Law and Order” — While White Supremacists March Free
Black protesters face tear gas and mass arrests — while white supremacist groups are treated with kid gloves by law enforcement.
More Information: Different Response of Law Enforcement & White Supremacy on the Rise

Ask Why They Say Justice Is Blind — But Black Americans Are Punished More Harshly
Black Americans are more likely to be arrested, charged, convicted, and given longer sentences for the same crimes as white Americans.
More Information: Racial Disparities & Fact Sheet

Ask Why They Attack DEI — But Never The Systems That Created The Inequality
Politicians rail against diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts — but stay silent about the discrimination that made DEI necessary.
More Information: Understanding the Backlash & Fears of Reverse Discrimination

Ask Why They Call Prison ‘Justice’ — When Corporations Profit From Every Cell
For-profit prisons and prison labor generate billions — creating an incentive to lock up more people, disproportionately Black and brown Americans.
More Information: Corporate Prison Profits, Private Equity Financers & Donald Trumps Donation Earnings

Ask Why They Blame Crime On Black Communities — While Funding The Systems That Keep Them Poor — While Starting Endless Wars for Profit
Decades of disinvestment, redlining, and segregation created poverty — then politicians use that poverty as a political weapon.
More Information: Structural Inequality & Racism Structures Poverty

Ask Why They Call It “The American Dream” — While Redlining Kept Black Families Out
For decades, Black Americans were denied mortgages and pushed out of opportunity — a system that still shapes wealth inequality today.
More Information: What is Redlining? & Racial Wealth Gap

Ask Why They Say It’s About Safety — But Treat All Muslims Like Suspects” — While Starting Endless Wars for Profit
Surveillance, detentions, and harassment target Muslim communities under the cover of security — while real threats are ignored.
More Information: Counterterrorism & Islamophobia & Discrimination against Muslims

Ask Why They Say Never Forget — But Only Blame One Faith — While Starting Endless Wars for Profit
After 9/11, Islamophobia exploded — but we ignore other sources of violence, like white supremacist terror.
More Information: Islamophobia after 9/11 & Threat of White Supremacy

Ask Why They Preach Religious Freedom — But Exclude Muslims
Religious freedom is used to protect some faiths while policies target, monitor, and exclude Muslims.
More Information: Religious Freedom for All

Ask Why They Say Profiling Keeps Us Safe — But Harass Innocent Families
Muslim, Latino, Haitian families have been stopped, detained, and questioned simply for their names or appearance — not for any crime, but for racial profiling.
More Information: Racial Profiling in the USA

Ask Why They Call It History — But The Theft Never Stopped
From land to water to culture, Indigenous communities still face exploitation and broken promises.
More Information: How Indigenous Lands Were Stolen & History of Land Exploitation

Ask Why They Say Sovereignty — But Ignore Treaties
The U.S. continues to break or undermine treaties meant to protect Indigenous rights.
More Information: History of Broken Treaties & Broken Promises & Legal Fights

Ask Why They Call It The Land of Opportunity — But Excluded Asian Americans For Generations
From the Chinese Exclusion Act to Japanese internment to the Muslim and refugee bans, Asian Americans have faced policies built to keep them out.
More Information: Asian American History & Asian Americans then & Now

Ask Why They Say They Want Safety — But Blame Asian Americans for Disease
Anti-Asian hate crimes spiked during COVID-19, fueled by politicians’ words — but Asian Americans weren’t the threat.
More Information: Covid-19 Racism & Violence

Ask Why They Call It A Nation of Immigrants — But Treat Latinos As Intruders
Latinos are essential to the U.S. economy and communities — yet face racial profiling, detentions, and second-class treatment.
More Information: Latinos & Discrimination, Attacks on Immigration Communities & Profiling of Hispanic & Navajo

Ask Why They Say They Support Hard Work — But Exploit Latino Labor
Latino workers are called essential — but are underpaid, overworked, and denied rights.
More Information: Latinos & Wage Gaps, Latinos vs White Men Pay & Wage Gap Facts

Ask Why They Say Every Vote Counts — But Make It Harder For Communities of Color
Communities of Color are often targeted by voter ID laws, purges, and gerrymandering.
More Information: Voter Suppression on Communities of Color & The New Jim Crow?

Ask Why They Call Criticism of Israel Anti-Semitic — But Ignore Real White Supremacist Hate
Speaking out against Israel’s policies toward Palestinians is often labeled as anti-Semitism — while white supremacists spreading true anti-Jewish hate go unchecked.
More Information: Jewish Voice for Peace & Standing up for Palestinians & White Supremacists Antisemitism

Ask Why They Say They Stand Against Anti-Semitism — But Ignore Violence Against Palestinians
Palestinians are a Semitic people too — yet when they face violence, displacement, and discrimination, it’s not called anti-Semitism.
More Information: What is a Semite? & Who are the Palestinians?

Ask Why They Blame Jewish People For Economic Inequality — While Protecting Billionaires
Anti-Semitic conspiracy theories target Jewish communities instead of the real sources of wealth hoarding and exploitation.
More Information: Anti-Semitic Myths & Jews are Greedy Myth

Ask Why They Call It The American Dream — But Displace Pacific Islanders From Their Lands
From colonization to military bases to luxury development, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders are pushed off their lands and priced out of their homes.
More Information: The Great Hawaiian Displacement & Why are Hawaiians Being Forced Out?

Ask Why They Say Health Care Is For All — But Ignore Pacific Islander Health Disparities
Pacific Islanders face some of the worst health outcomes — but are often left out of public health plans and data
More Information: Hidden Health Disparities

Ask Why They Call It a Few Bad Apples — But Protect the Whole Rotten System
When police or officials harm Communities of Color, we’re told it’s isolated. But the system shields them, resists reform, and repeats the harm.
More Information: Racial Disparities & Police Officers Shielded