Racism

“Racism should never have happened and so you don’t get a cookie for reducing it.”

Cultural Invalidation

It’s More Than Just “Not Having Permission”

When I think of cultural appropriation words like ‘borrowing’, ‘cultural exchange’, ‘assimilation’, etc. all come to mind as these are the most basic arguments that are able to be derived from…

Minority Races in America’s Media

Being born in California and growing up in California I have seen countless amounts of American Hollywood films. When my parents were here before going back to China, they would always take me to the movies to watch all the mainstream films. I was five or six years old…

“Notice me, Senpai. I’m a Weeaboo”

Today’s society has evolved to the point where learning about a different culture is easy and…

My impressions from the reading “The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. DuBois”

The first impression that came into my mind after reading this narrative by DuBois is the perpetual hope that one would have for a better lifestyle. Even in the contemporary world it is rational that…

Diasporas, Globalization, & Black Lives Matter

From the day that I developed the ability to read and write and was conscious about the things that go on in the world, I never stopped hearing about black history. This topic became so common in my ears, I would be with my friends and some will talk about the topic as just a by…

So, Protesting Oddly Resembles A Lynching Party..?

Tomi Lahren recently referred to Black Lives Matter as the modern KKK; marginalizing the seriousness of the Ku Klux Klan’s current and past agenda.

I Can’t White!

Can White Culture be Appropriated?

The article under consideration is titled “How Mississippi Masala Can Teach Us to Be Better to Each Other”. The first impression that one gets when reading the article is that racism is a reality in America that won’t go away just any soon despite the concerted efforts by various activists to eliminate the vice. One of the vocal figures in this…