On June 23rd, 2023, the Supreme Court officially ruled against race-conscious college admissions. These strategies would have acted as a government-based solution to the ongoing discrimination faced by People Of Color (POC) across the United States of America in terms of educational and employment opportunities. The 6-3 ruling shut down
I remember being really excited about the announcement of a new Lord of the Rings show called The Rings of Power. I am a fan of the Lord of the Rings franchise and have watched the original movies as well as read the books. Yet I was bothered by the
Every Asian American I have ever met has shared one or more of these similarities: growing up with ethnic foods, slowly forgetting our native speech, or bonding with friends about our overbearing family dynamics. Occasionally, I’ll meet a third-, fourth-, or even fifth-generation kid who can’t relate, but they too
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
Throughout my life, I have heard of Frederick Douglass, W. E. B. Du Bois, and Booker T. Washington. Though perhaps “heard” is the wrong description. “Taught” or “educated” would be closer to reality. For my entire life, my father has been an Africana Studies Professor, and my mother also saw
In American society, voting has always been a topic of debate. At the founding of the United States of America, the voting system benefited wealthy, land-owning white men, who represented only 10-20% of the population (crf-usa.org). But eventually, through various movements across the U.S., voting has expanded its diversity, which
At the age of 11 years old, I discovered I was a different student than others. I was an English as a Second Language (ESL) student. This class had one rule: Under no circumstance should we ever speak in another language except English. The school wanted me to assimilate. I
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
I had the pleasure of hosting the best book club Ithaca College will ever see. My book club consisted of 9 people excluding myself, most of whom are a part of the opportunity program I am in along with some who are journalism majors like me. Within my book club