Universally, people of color have been belittled due stereotypical assumptions which are created by others. These stereotypes hold power over a person who may appear a different color or facial appearance. This bias excludes people from society and basic human rights like economic opportunities, healthcare, education, housing, and political representation.
Today’s societies have inculcated theories over proper growth of ideas within our educational systems. School districts are mere minor institutions of politics with the wealthy and avaricious reigning on top, ruling their citizens for their own greater satisfaction or to add an extra medal to their career. Education has turned
What does it mean to be fully human? At a first glance, one may think that it only requires someone to be born a human. That assumption is only a portion of the truth. Humanity actually contains various traits that allow or prevent humans, and in some fictitious cases human-adjacents,
With the growth of the migrant crisis, immigration policy has become polarized in New York City and across the United States. The influx of migrants has exhausted New York City’s shelters due to “right to shelter” laws that were implemented four decades ago. Importantly, an increased number of people entering
It seems like the term “culture war” is everywhere in our everyday speech: from cable news pundits to newspaper op-eds to people on the street, it seems as if everyone imagines our culture as a state of conflict. But what really is a “culture war” after all? What even is
Our names are Maosuf Togmah and Dylen Marcelle, the leaders of the CLS Reading Group at Boston College. Being that we are only sophomores in college, this is the first time that we’ve ever been given the responsibility for such a big project. Little did we know we were up
At the Civic Leadership Summit, Antonio and I used the skills we learned at F&C back in 2019. For example, during F&C, we read excerpts from many exceptional authors and philosophers, including John Dewey, James Baldwin, and Frederick Douglass. To organize our reading group, we thought about our favorite writers
While running my reading group, it became clear to me that my leadership of the group was key to its success for the fall semester. I realized I could use my power as the leader of the group to help us strive for success like a professor would do. I