I’m concerned. I’m concerned about how the American government is functioning in the year 2023. I’m concerned about the spread of misinformation. I’m concerned about others following Florida’s model of banning AP African American Studies and teaching the benefits of slavery. I’m concerned about the constant fighting in our government.
During my last few days of senior year, as classmates were exchanging and signing yearbooks, one of my junior friends asked me for college advice. He was aiming for an Ivy League university and was getting nervous about applications. I thought back to all the nerve-wracking discussions I had had
Like most people, my high school English teacher was a key figure in my emotional and academic development. She fit a lot of typical characteristics–eccentric to the point of slight uncomfortability, aggressively vegan, and passionate in all things in the humanities. Without explicitly stating it, it was known that she
The power of love can keep people going in a society that is filled with injustice and discrimination. Ta-Nehisi Coates understood the power of love in his book, Between The World And Me, as he was attempting to warn his son about hardships growing up in the world as a