The white person’s guide to white privilege: 5 steps to understanding your societal advantages

by Rachel Runnels

Do the words “white privilege” make you feel uncomfortable? Nervous? Guilty? White privilege has become a hot topic, a media…

Defining Appropriation: the differences between exploitation and transculturation

By Kasidi Gorneau

Kylie Jenner wearing braids received a lot of flack because it was seen as her “appropriating” African American culture. This was definitely not…

Jesus Wasn’t White:

Why Christians Can’t End Racism

By Haley Remenar

Racial and ethnic diversity in schools: Why is important?

by Jonathan Ward

One of the most difficult, long and exhausting days of my childhood was Immigration Day — a day in which every person from my fifth grade class was given a made-up identity and…

Call me, Racist

By Emily Guajardo

I am not racist. I just call it how I see it. Black is black, white is white, yellow is inferior and brown will forever be superior. We are all “equal”, yes, but my kind will continue to reign in any country, including the United States. Viva Mexico! Viva…

Are we taught bigotry?

We let our surroundings shape our beliefs

By Hannah Null

How Racism towards Arabs Escalated after 9/11

By Emily Gerlach

It was 6:30a.m., in the Newark International Airport on October 10th, 2001. Our family vacation was planned months in advance, but then 9/11 happened. We were close to canceling our plans but decided we needed to go. As we sat in our…

A Southern View

An American controversy depicted by the thoughts of a Texan

By Alexa Conner

I am a proud Texas native. My whole family was born and raised in the great state of Texas. I can remember from a very young age my…

Ethnicity and Race; Why can’t I embrace both?

By Savanah Silva

Being Puerto Rican is the only thing I understood growing up. My mom is from San Juan so I was only exposed to that culture which was completely different to the one I was growing up in in San Antonio.

Accepting Diverse Communities

Growing up half black half white in a primarily white community was very intriguing. Everyone would play the black friend card on me saying that they understood my culture when I didn’t even understand my own. My African American father would avoid his family in shame while my…