Opinion | RPD, do you feel proud?
Tagwa Shammet, Opinions Editor This is a letter to the Richmond Police Department. I am not here to attack you. I am not here to question you. I am simply here to understand. Do you really think what you are doing to protesters is right? I find it difficult to believe that you see these […]
Tea Time with Tagwa: Returning to VCU’s campus during COVID-19
Tagwa Shammet, Opinions Editor Tea timers, it looks like I’ll be seeing you back on campus this fall. I can’t really decide if I’m excited or nervous about our return. It’s been nearly four months since we’ve left campus. Our lives have been uprooted, and most of us have returned back home to our high school […]
The Black Lives Matter movement does not exist without black women
Tagwa Shammet, Opinions Editor Police brutality in the United States has come to a disturbing rivalry recently with protesters nationwide. Marching, chanting and fighting for the recognition, respect and rights of black people, protesters have been on an unstoppable roll to dismantle the system that so blatantly disregards black people. The Black Lives Matter movement […]
Tea Time with Tagwa: Removal of Confederate statues should not end the Black Lives Matter movement
Tagwa Shammet, Opinions Editor Tea timers, do not be fooled. Do not allow this one victory to halt the progress we are making. The removal of the Robert E. Lee statue is only the beginning of the change we need to see. During a press conference on Thursday, Gov. Ralph Northam announced the Department of […]
Tea Time with Tagwa: He couldn’t breathe
Tagwa Shammet, Opinions Editor Tea timers, “I can’t breathe.” I cannot believe I’m writing this piece right now. The utter disbelief that sits in my heart as I try to rationalize everything is unbearable. Another day, another innocent black man dead on the street. George Floyd. If you haven’t heard his name, you haven’t been tuned […]