(re)Thinking + (un)Learning

Violence Against Transgender People

In this report, it states that in 2017, there were at least 28 deaths of transgender people due to fatal violence in the United States- the most ever recorded. This prejudice that some people have against transgender people is one that can be incredibly dangerous, as…

Hillary Clinton’s Twitter Bio

Gender Stereotypes

Asian-American: The Model Minority Myth

Our society sadly sees race as one dimensional. Many people in our world see racial groups as a whole not individual people. Our society believes in this myth of model minorities and how if one race can do it why can’t you guys do it. In our society, people of…

Starbucks

Let’s paint a picture. Imagine waking up early one Saturday morning and heading into your local coffee shop. You may have some studying to do. You may want to get a little extra work done or read your newspaper. You may not want to order anything and just be waiting on a friend to arrive so you both can head…

Slavery isn’t Funny!

I hate, absolutely hate, when people joke about slavery. Kidnap, murder, and rape are no laughing matters. That’s exactly what happened to my ancestors. Not ALL ancestors, mine. You see the schools don’t teach you what really was going on during that time. They mentioned that slaves were…

Many people boast that we live in a “post racial” America where black and white people can live in harmony and have the same opportunities. What people fail to realize that in a…

Will Guns Be The Next Identity Marker?

As the topic of gun violence has been greatly debated in the political world, we have come to a moment where people from both sides have been put in a position to rethink gun policy. Seventeen students from the school were victims from this incident and the…

Colorism On and Off the Screen