A major shift has occurred in the last decade, where a once visible and clear-cut White racism has turned into a “new” racism that has became increasingly disguised or apparently non-existent (World Council of Churches, 2002, p. 4). Today, we find that racism is most present in tightly controlled global infrastructures of economic,...
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ACADEMICS
Guidelines for Higher Ed: Discrimination, Prejudice, Stereotyping, Ethnocentrism & Racism
Remembering Our Histories
Women’s History Month forces us to look to our pasts in relation to our current spaces in society and see the possibilities for our future. However, when there are a good many of us on the periphery of histories celebrated and remembered, it becomes necessary to actively seek out and recapture our pasts. For...
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Question the College Con
Choosing the right college can be a very long and strenuous process. Between filling out applications and weighing out the tuition expenses, credit transfers and the proximity factors, there’s a lot to deal with.
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Hard Time for the Humanities
It shouldn’t come as a surprise that a degree in humanities doesn’t guarantee you a job right after college. In this economy even those who major in science and math related fields aren’t guaranteed a job.
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The True Cost of College
Going to college is generally a requirement now-a-days. If you’re trying to make it in the corporate or white collar world then attending college is an opportunity you can’t afford to miss out on. But there’s one problem…what if you can’t afford it?
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What Should African American Studies Students Learn?
Too many times African American Studies programs are taught by professors who are knowledgeable on the literature but couldn’t understand the experience if they tried. So when they see the small kitchenette building of Gwendoyln Brooks they only see the constriction, not the closeness.
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Are You My White Savior?
What would the world be without our relentless, selfless folk who dedicate their whole lives’ to helping the lives of others? Let me rephrase that: what would the non-Caucasian world be without a pure helping hand lifting them from their own demise? The non-white world would be doomed to failure without that...
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I am an elitist. I am a woman of color.
I hold my breath and swallow my spit as I say this—I am an elitist. I spent my childhood having playgroups, going to etiquette classes, attending tea parties and, later galas, with like-minded mothers and their children. In this mother’s organization, which I have been involved in for as long as I...
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