Black lives matter – People should care about the victims in times of tragedy
As a nation, we have gone through a lot this summer. We’ve been greeted with the news that same-sex marriages are allowed in all 50 states. This was an amazing […]
Tag: racism
Don’t call me nigga
The word’s history continues to make it unacceptable I refuse to use the word “nigga” in my everyday vocabulary. The society that we live in, though, begs to differ.
Racism is on the rise
Recent cases reveal the prevalence of racism On Aug. 9, in Ferguson, Missouri, Darren Wilson, a Caucasian police officer, shot and killed 18-year-old Michael Brown, an African American man, after […]
Changing demographics
Hinojosa’s film focuses on lack of racial diversity in North Idaho Award-winning journalist Maria Hinojosa brings the shifting American culture to Idaho in her upcoming film, “Our Private Idaho,” another […]
Racism in the progressive era
Americans group themselves into separate cultures, do not act for true justice Someone reads about how black actress Daniele Watts was allegedly thought to be a prostitute — after publicly […]
Who’s the racist?
“You know, when Trayvon Martin was first shot I said he could have been my son,” said President Obama during a White House press conference. “Another way of saying that […]