Yesterday at Cleveland State University in Ohio, Senator Hillary Clinton (NY) and Senator Barack Obama (IL) went head-to-head in a debate.
It was intense, and it was argumentative, but in the end I think Hillary Clinton was the clear winner. Her rhetoric was much more advanced, and specific than that of Obama. Read More »
First off there is no ACT curve for minority students....lets make that clear....
lately on this site there have been a lot of threads talking about race and scholarships and such. I think that there a e few things that as white people you do not understand. Read More »
...no, because you'd still see my hands.
Yeah. Probably.
I might as well come out with my hands up right now, I, a young, black woman. Or African American.
Caribbean American always sounded the best to me though.
Not only am I black, but I've made a choice most of my black sisters, and even more brothers, scoff at--my decision to wear my hair natural. Read More »
For those of you who don't know what the "Top Ten Percent Rule" in Texas is, let me sum it up for you in a few simple words. Read More »
As any of you who know me are aware, I have been sucked back into the hell that is working retail.
To better understand the environment that I call "the workplace," let's do a little math: Read More »
One of the questions I am most often asked on the campus of the University of South Florida: "What are you?" Read More »
In my anthropology class last semester, the class was given some questions:
1.What is race?
2. What distinguishes different races from one another?
3. What are some examples of these distinguishing characteristics? Read More »
A year ago, a young hispanic girl climbed on her bus to high school. She wore a starry red shirt with a blue skirt that had the same red stars. Somewhere between her home and the high school, a young man of caucasian descent sexually harassed her. Read More »
