I am writing this on November 3, a full 13 days after the Month of Resistance has ended and after the Die-In happened on our campus. I’m writing this because honestly, I am scared. I am scared that this...
Bladenboro police Chief Chris Hunt walked Claudia Lacy from her house to a nearby trailer park. Crime scene tape surrounded one of the wooden swing sets at the center of the homes.
An ambulance was...
At approximately 12:01 p.m. on Aug. 9, 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed by police officer Darren Wilson.
Even now as the United States, including Greensboro, reacts to Brown’s death and...
You walk down the street, your whole life ahead of you, until a police car comes up behind you. Some will claim that you continued walking, others that you attempted to draw a gun. Either way, your life...
In 1997, California made history by becoming the first state to ban the use of race as a basis for college admission. Now, 17 years later, it almost became the first state to re-establish affirmative action...
There’s an elephant in the room, and its name is racism.
“It is painful and difficult (to talk about),” said Visiting Instructor of Justice and Policy Studies Daniel Rhodes. “People want to...
A small group of students and faculty members gathered in the Founders East Gallery on Sept. 14 to discuss a prevalent issue on campus: racism.
The Understanding Racism workshop is a program that works...
Catherine Schurz, World and Nation Section Editor
• March 8, 2013
OHIO, USA
Throughout February, Oberlin College discovered racial slurs displayed across campus, such as “n----- oven” graffiti in an elevator and “whites only” written above a water fountain....
McCaffrey Blauner & Anthony Harrison, Staff Writers
• December 7, 2012
“Dear White Student,” read the flyers.
Their source: the student organization Students Allied Against Privilege and Supremacy.
SAAPS’ stated mission is “to attempt to dismantle the systems...
