The Tokyo Olympics is something that many people have been waiting for since its cancellation last year. The most famous Olympian there is Simone Biles. She won five Olympic medals at the Rio Olympics in 2016. Since she performed so well, the public had high expectations for this years Olympic games. All of this pressure […]
On many occasions, I have heard American people of color suggest that white privilege and those who deny its existence are two major obstacles in the path to justice and equality. White privilege by itself—the perennial explanation (besides racism, which the term is nearly synonymous with) for why white Americans have less trouble with the
Because of last year’s election results, it can be inferred that the majority of residents in 25 of 50 states believe that diversity trainings and the study of institutional racism constitute “Radical Left,” anti-American, spiteful propaganda that demonizes America and Americans as irredeemably racist. They’ve arrived at this conclusion because they and the conservative politicians
A lot of young girls aspire to be ballerinas. I\’ve been a ballerina/dancer for 13 years and love everything about it. Ballerinas, in my opinion, do not get enough credit for what they accomplish since it is unquestionably difficult. Ballet was created as court entertainment during the Italian Renaissance. In the 15th and 16th centuries,
Two weeks ago Congress named Juneteeth a federal holiday. The holiday commemorates the day the last enslaved Black people in Galveston, TX were notified they were free via the authority of the newly signed Emancipation Proclamation. The prospect of citizenship was a godsend after almost 4 centuries of bondage. However, freedom came with several systematic
A few days ago, an Uber driver I had on the way home from work told me that “The older you get, the more your doctor tells you to laugh—so I laugh a lot!” It was the eighteenth of June. I had learned earlier that the White House made Juneteenth a federal holiday, and, since
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What does it say about the state of American politics that over four months after the end of the previous presidential administration, which was panned internationally, brought for the first time ever to two separate impeachment trials, and overwhelmingly regarded as perhaps the most morally reprehensible, dishonest, illegitimate, and unintelligently managed four years in recent
I am not a regular on Facebook, but from time to time, I take a scroll to see what’s trending, what’s thought-provoking or what enlightening lessons I could learn. Low and behold I came across a post with an image of André 3000 and Big Boi of the hip hop duo Outkast, Not sure what the connection was between the post and
The Good Guys When you visualize a member of the army what do you think of? Someone who has sworn to protect and serve this nation and has taken on that duty to better themselves and their country. This is why when they come back from serving, America gives them benefits along with discounts. This
The contemporary age of hip-hop is widely centered around the Black cisgendered male gaze. The genre has definitely paved its way in fighting against systemic oppression, the war on drugs, and the prison industrial complex. Subsequently, the genre has fallen victim to perpetuating sexism towards women, while spreading homophobia and transphobia to Black LGBTQ members.
