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Equality, Education, And The Race Of Life
In a recent viral clip, a man using aggressively charismatic youth-speak instructs a group of high schoolers to line up in a grass field for a race, where the winner gets a $100 bill. It’s made clear that this race also represents the race of life: the winners end up healthy, rich, and happy; the…
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Crossing the Street
“If I were walking down the street at night and you or Kendall were walking behind me, I think you two should cross the street.” That’s what one of my favorite teachers in high school said. She was a middle-aged white woman with a personality that made her appear much younger – we’d often start…
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Oblivious
BY ARYEH MELLMAN The shooting of Michael Brown is just one example of the notion that in a myriad of ways in their everyday lives, people with black skin are treated differently than people with white skin. But don’t just take it from me: ask President Obama, who remarked in a speech about Trayvon Martin…
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When Killing Became Just
BY CJ HARRINGTON One of the greatest tragedies this summer in St. Louis may not have been what happened in Ferguson. Only four miles away, on August 19, Kajieme Powell was killed by the police. The police were called about Powell shoplifting two soda cans and a honey bun from a convenience store. Powell, 25…
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Sentencing War: Disparities and Injustices in Cracking Down on Cocaine
BY HAYLEY LEVY The United States, with only 5 percent of the world’s population, has 25 percent of the world’s prison population. Presently, individuals in the United States are incarcerated at a rate of 748 inmates per 100,000 people. The country with the closest rate is Russia, with a rate of 600 incarcerated per 100,000…
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Suburban Policy in City Life: The Far Reaching Consequences of Housing Discrimination
BY GRACE FEENSTRA When considering pressing urban issues, it may seem counterintuitive to look at the suburbs as an important factor in urban policy. However, the explosion of the suburbs can provide important information about government policy relating to cities, and about systemic discrimination that lingers to this day. The current tax code provides several…
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Asian Americans and the #NotYourAsianSidekick Movement
BY DELIA SHEN for CHINESE STUDENT ASSOCIATION Today, Asian Americans are often viewed as a “model minority,” a minority group that achieves higher levels of success than the general population. This term not only overlooks the many Asian Americans who live in poverty or face health problems, but also diminishes the power of any call…
