Mirror, mirror on the wall: Who is the fairest of them all?
Kofi Mframa, Opinions Editor Nella Larson’s “Passing” follows the reunion of childhood friends, Clare Kendry and Irene Redfield, two light-skinned Black women who “pass” as white — albeit in different ways. The book centers on “racial-passing” and the pleasures and tragedies that come with it. This book and the Netflix adaptation really got me thinking […]
American policing: A history of racism and white supremacy
Tagwa Shammet, Opinions Editor The year is 1770. The Colonies are near their breaking point with Great Britain. Intense policing by British soldiers has proven unbearable to colony citizens, especially those in Boston. British soldiers walk around with chips on their shoulders, entering any home they please simply because they wear the British flag. They […]
Minority unity is the best weapon against white supremacy
Tagwa Shammet, Opinions Editor What does it mean to be American? We often associate patriotism and democracy with this country. We relish freedom and advancement, turning our noses up to the developing world that can’t seem to keep up with us. We are the leaders of the world — or at least that’s what we’d […]
The KKK is at our doorsteps
Thao Ho, Contributing Writer Details in this article may be upsetting to some readers. As students on a liberal campus in an urban environment, we may feel that the world of the Ku Klux Klan and white supremacy is distant, perhaps even disconnected from our day-to-day lives during the post-Donald Trump era. However, just a […]
OPINION: Protecting the Second Amendment shouldn’t come with loaded threats
Tagwa Shammet, Opinions Editor Rally. Next to sit-ins and petitions, it is one of the most popular forms of demonstration in the United States today. Thousands upon thousands of civilians congregate in one space to either advocate or protest a firm belief they hold. Citizens use their First Amendment right to assemble to voice their concerns. […]
What we learned from last Saturday’s rallies
Maybe the biggest lesson we learned from, what might have been, the world’s most uneventful pro-Confederate rally is no matter how civil dialogue is during a protest, concrete progress can’t be made when no one is actually listening. Protests do little to change public opinion. They’re all about shouting. They’re about being heard but […]
Seven arrested at pro-Confederate rally on Monument Avenue
Voices from the rally Seven people were arrested at the pro-Confederate rally to protect the Robert E. Lee statue on Monument Avenue. on Saturday, Sept. 16. CSA II: Confederate States of America, who had several supporters for their “Heritage not Hate” rally, were eclipsed by counter-protesters who showed up in the hundreds. According to […]
Celebrities Have a Heightened Role During a Crisis
Much of American culture is immersed in every move celebrities make, with fans jumping on any opportunity to to prove their idol is more than just a figure on TV, in a magazine or on an album. During times of crisis in the U.S. or around the world, many of us look to Hollywood’s elite and […]
Social Media Activism Isn’t Activism
In June 2015, Dylann Roof shot nine people to death in a historically black church in Charleston, South Carolina. In June 2016, gunman Omar Mateen entered Pulse Nightclub, a gay bar in Orlando, Florida, leaving 49 people dead and 58 others wounded. In May 2017, self-proclaimed white supremacist Jeremy Joseph Christian stabbed three men, two […]