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“No, where are you really from?”

In his Netflix comedy special, “Homecoming King,” The Daily Show correspondent Hasan Minhaj talks about what it’s like to be a brown first…

Sep 25, 2017

Sep 25, 2017

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“I can’t trust Chinese people because they eat dogs in their culture.”

Have you ever been in a situation where someone says something super racist, but doesn’t realize it, and you feel like your whole brain is…

Sep 25, 2017

Sep 25, 2017

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“I need some Strong Boys(TM) to help me.”

I’m sure that anyone who doesn’t identify as a cisgender male understands, at least to an extent, the feeling of annoyance, spite and…

Sep 24, 2017

Sep 24, 2017

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“She’ll never lose weight by taking the elevator.”

Equating health with appearance — that is, this notion of, “if you’re skinny, you’re healthy” — is an thought process that is not only very…

Sep 24, 2017

Sep 24, 2017

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What are microaggressions?

According to Merriam-Webster dictionary, microaggressions are, “comments or actions that subtly and often unconsciously or unintentionally…

Sep 19, 2017

Sep 19, 2017

Aditi Dholakia

Aditi Dholakia

I’m a college student at a public university in the south studying Communication: Media and German Studies. I want to be a journalist when I grow up.

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