As a female athlete in college I noticed many of my teammates and other friends (who also happen to be athletes) frequently comment on their body weight and defects, and the food they allow themselves or not to consume. After some research, I found that my friends are in a gray area, where they don’t […]
How come the instruction and creation of art has become so disincentivized and devalued?
The use of the Common Core and standardized testing in American education is doing a disservice to students as it does not adequately prepare them for the real world.
Housing in the United States: Separate and Unequal Racist policies and institutions perpetuate inequality. Housing choices for minorities have been historically limited due to racial zoning laws (now illegal but still practiced). These laws allowed banks and companies to deny loans and housing to people of color. Along with the legacies of slavery, exclusion acts, […]
People from all over the world immigrate to the U.S. to experience the American Dream, but when they arrive many face considerable challenges. Approximately 44.8 million immigrants live in the United States as of 2018 with 25% coming from Mexico, 6% from China, 6% from India, 4% from the Philippines, 3% from El Salvador, and […]
To find contemporary slavery, one does not have to look far. It can be found right in the United States. The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery, except as a form of punishment. When emancipation led to Southern farmers losing their slaves, there was an increased demand for cheap labor. The provision allowing slavery in cases of […]
As an art major with a concentration in oil painting and a Muslim woman of color, I can confidently say I have never seen art by or been taught about successful oil painters who share these identities. For an assignment in my advanced oil painting class, we had to recreate an oil painting by an […]
By Quincy Williams Anti-Asian discrimination is not a new issue or an isolated historical event, but rather a part of the American narrative. Stereotypes, whether negative or “positive,” like those depicting Asian Americans as a “model minority,” perpetuate fear or contempt toward the Asian American community. The timeline above, from the 1850s to the present […]
Growing up just outside of Boston and visiting the city frequently, the various ethnic sectors were always apparent to me: Southie had the Irish, the North End housed the Italians, Chinatown was home to the Chinese. These communities provide a sense of belonging to certain ethnicities who say they can embrace their culture. However, they […]
In 2004, transgender and intersex athletes were accepted into the Olympics— but not without public opposition and regulations. In 2015, The IOC (International Olympic Committee) and IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations) set the following regulations for female Olympic athletes (Gleaves & Lehrbach 2016): 1. Legal documents of their female gender that cannot be changed […]
