Race Relations

This is my final paper for my race relations in society course that I took freshman year, one of two courses that I loved at my previous university, Penn. And after sophomore year, I could not take certain things and so I transferred.  Read More »

There is something terribly wrong with this line. Why do we, as a society, paint members of minority groups as victims? We may not do it totally consciously, and in fact we may intend well when we do it, but by conferring "victim" status upon minorities we are only compounding their marginalization and disenfranchisement.  Read More »

I am currently enrolled in a psychology class at the college I attend. One of the requirements for the class is that we participate in six hours of psychological experiments that graduate students are doing. Most are fairly harmless, what facial features in dogs are people attracted to, how do you interact with others, things like that.  Read More »

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Can White people Really Comprehend the Words NIGGA and NIGGER the way I do? Does it keep us, African Americans, down as a race? Does it hurt our reputation as a ethnic minority in America? And does any, ANY white man (or women) have the right to say it because they see a black person say it. The answer to this question to all of these question is simply NO. Sorry White Guys And Gals...  Read More »

I just had to come home a blog after my nite!... So the inside joke in my family is that I have 2 strikes against me. Not only am I African American/ Native American but a lesbian as well. I never really thought too much into that until tonite. I just always considered it a joke among the family.  Read More »

This is my response to this article by Dawn Turner Trice, "Racial divide forms nation of strangers," in the Chicago Tribune on June 2, 2008. Here is the link: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/columnists/chi-trice-02-jun02...

Dear Ms. Trice,  Read More »

So I realized the other day that the people who I nanny for are racist.

Not in the blatant, hillbilly, makin' jokes about black people sorta way that I'm used to, but in the sneaky, rich white yuppy sorta way...the way that is a little harder to detect, but definitely still there.  Read More »