By Liliana Ulloa Lifestyle Editor “No te juntes con los negros.” If you’re part of the Latinx community, then you’ve undoubtedly come across anti-black comments from your tias and tios, abuelitos, and even your parents. From avoiding black neighborhoods and holding onto our purses when a black person walks by, we’re all guilty, or at […]
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Estimada familia, nomás es pelo
By Elizabeth Guillen Escritora Respire profundo. Podía sentir mi corazón en mi pecho como si me estaba diciendo que no lo haga. Miré mi cabello largo y sin palabras le dije a la muchacha que me cortara el pelo. Levantó su ceja y me pregunto una vez más si estaba segura. “Simplemente cortarlo,” yo dije. […]
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Un espacio para “Soñadores”
By: Elizabeth Guillen Staff Writer This story was originally published on February 21, 2018, and has been translated into Spanish. The English version can be read here. Los estudiantes que tienen un estatus inmigratorio tienen una experiencia única en el colegio. Estos estudiantes no tienen las mismas oportunidades que sus compañeros tienen; soñadores no tienen […]
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A space for Dreamers
Patrick James Dela Cruz, the student assistant for the multicultural center. Photo by Kyle Umeda. By Elizabeth Guillen Staff Writer Holding an immigration status creates a unique kind of college experience. Those students do not have the same access to financial support and admission options as their fellow classmates do. This is one of many reasons […]
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Jim Crow is no longer the law but it still exists in spirit
By LaQuanda McNeil Staff Writer Jim Crow laws stripped blacks of their new freedoms after the Civil War. The laws were created to keep black Americans at a disadvantage economically, educationally and politically after Reconstruction. The laws were named after a blackface act in the early 1800s, but became a popular racial slur by 1890. […]