The glamorization of political figures needs to end
Tagwa Shammet, Opinions Editor For many students today, the recollection of 2008 is faint. I was only eight years old and most of my time […]
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Opinion: I appreciate your white guilt, but I really don’t want it
Tagwa Shammet, Opinions Editor Dear White People, This isn’t a Netflix show. This isn’t a Justin Simien movie. This is real life. There’s a serious […]
OPINION: 400 years ago they came in chains
Brianna Scott, Opinions Editor This month marks 400 years since the first slaves were brought to North America. Kidnapped from their homes, forced onto boats, […]
OPINION: Recent blackface incidents unveil America’s ingrained racism
Imani Thaniel, Contributing Writer Americans saw blackface for the first time at a minstrel show in New York in the 1830s. White performers covered their faces […]
Gaining independence and realizing fear
Marlon McKay Contributing Writer With how many social advancements the U.S. has made from desegregation in the 1950s to the election of our first black […]