A note from our Founder & Editor in Chief
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The Divisiveness Behind the Model Minority Myth
The idea that South and East Asians achieve a higher socioeconomic success because of their “two-parent households” and “strong emphasis on education” only serves as a poorly veiled jab at the systematic inequality disadvantaging black people from navigating the same system. We are lifted up by a system that intentionally pushes down our black friends,… Read more
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When The Smoke Clears
Featured Image: The New York Times Where will you be, when the smoke clears, and the protests die off, when your social media is no longer plastered with indignant cries for justice, or videos of people being tear-gassed and run over, and the news channels have moved on? Where will you be, when the companies Read more
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We Need To
Featured Artwork: Kate Osmond We must Invigorate therapy We must structure A home Because… As the world ages So do we And more hearts fracture; Others deprived Of the key And more solemnness Fills wells Of our eyes Barricaded By stigma Or a person to confide in And we Read more
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Being Black in America Should Not Be a Death Sentence
Featured Artwork: Nikkolas Smith Eric Garner, Ahmaud Arbery, and now, George Floyd, were all subject to the same fate: their deaths were written by white men. You can deny it but the facts won’t change, these were hate crimes and none of the incidents were accidents. Eric Garner was put in a chokehold by an Read more
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Open Your Eyes
Featured Artwork: Ryan Hartley Smith Not realizing how bad it was Nor taking a moment for a pause For not understanding who all it hurt Not just the people, but the community as a whole My people, I say to you Don’t look at your race or your hue It don’t matter who you are Read more
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A Conversation: Why You Should Care About Inclusion
Featured Artwork: Elena Resko Inclusion broadly defined is a concept that all people should be accepted. However, this is often not the case in many academic settings. As communities continue to revolutionize the classroom, providing innovative new environments for students, two key components are often left out of the conversation: the concept of neurodiversity and Read more
