Predominantly white colleges and universities tend to overrepresent people of color (POC) on their official websites in their efforts to portray a welcoming environment for POC on campus. The websites show professors of color excitedly giving speeches to the campus community, talking happily with other colleagues, or working collaboratively with students in labs. Universities’ official […]
Black children are disproportionately subject to school discipline in the United States (Crenshaw 2015; Entwisle 2007; Farkas 1990; Onyeka-Crawford 2017; Owens 2016; Skiba 2014). Although the disproportionate discipline of Black boys has generated much scholarship (Losen 2010; Raffaele Mendez 2003; Owens 2016), less attention has been paid to the disproportionate discipline of Black girls (Crenshaw […]
Despite having over 82 million monthly listeners on Spotify, Taylor Swift has found herself needing to prove her talent over and over again as she struggles to be taken seriously as a female songwriter and musician. This is not just an issue faced by Swift. Women in the workplace are held to a different standard […]
Over the course of the past year, M&M’s have been plastered all over the news, social media, and even Super Bowl commercials. In January of 2022, in a push towards more inclusive marketing, Mars Wrigley, M&M’s parent company, gave the brown M&M shorter heels and replaced the green M&M’s boots with sneakers. What resulted was […]
“If you want to be successful here [in America], you gotta master English. It’s a must… Language is the key… I want my children to know Korean because that’s our heritage, but we are living in America and the language of America is English… I want them to do well in school and go to […]
It didn’t matter to me that I won a Class A Section III title in my first year of track. It didn’t matter that I had broken two school records. It didn’t matter that I would be going on to compete at the college level. February 16, 2022 was the NYSPHSAA1 Section III Indoor Track […]
“Girls are expected to work under a man” In South Korea, my grandpa’s job in a restaurant was seen as more important in the eyes of the public than my grandma working in a beauty supply store. In keeping with Korean patriarchal culture, my grandparents encouraged me to choose a job where I can still […]
Massachusetts prides itself on being a state with one of the best public school systems in America. Yet in Boston, the state’s largest city, the education system is far from perfect. On the state mandated standardized tests this year, every single grade (3rd through 10th) had a higher percentage of students not meeting expectations in […]
Doctors are often seen as heroes. They ensure our children are healthy, treat and cure adult ailments, and then provide the elderly necessary care to thrive in their golden years. Should they also help us to die when we are ready? Physician assisted suicide (PAS) is the controversial process through which a doctor provides a […]
The “aesthetic” hashtag on Tik Tok has a staggering 172 billion views. An aesthetic in the digital sense of the word refers to a visual representation of an internet subculture that portrays a certain mood, community, or persona through fashion, decor, color palettes, mood boards, and more (Freeman 2021). Two aesthetics, #Minimalism and #Maximalism, have […]
