All posts tagged "racism"
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Stop the performative activism
In the electronic age, news spreads like wildfire. Social media has taken over as the younger generation’s “news source,” often spreading biased information about the...
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Our community must reckon with hatred
On Feb. 12, White supremacists rallied over the Borchard Road overpass, hanging signs covered in hate speech. In response, Claudia Bill-de la Peña, a Thousand...
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Halting the production of Dr. Seuss books is a step in the right direction
Racial prejudice and stereotypes were excused and a part of everyday life in the early 20th century. An example of this racial inaccuracy are select...
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Mixed race fishing is a gateway to cultural appropriation
In our world today, racial fishing is a prominent form of modern cultural appropriation and erasure, popularized by social media. As White creators continually make...
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Let women of color guiltlessly criticize Kamala Harris
The 2020 election will make history for a number of reasons, the most notable being the nomination of Kamala Harris, a half-Black, half-Indian woman of...
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There is no such thing as Trump’s “Chinese Virus”
On Thursday, March 19, President Donald Trump referred to the coronavirus, medically classified as COVID-19, as the “China virus” for the first time of many....
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Hate Crimes
A shock in the night A vacant football field rests silently on campus as the students indulge in their seasonal, summer celebrations. Suddenly, a...