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After listening to Barack Obama’s “A More Perfect Union” speech I decided to see if I could find a speech by President Trump on racial issues to do some comparing.  While Barack Obama’s eloquent 37-minute speech w […]

Kanye West has been making news lately for his comments that many people are considering to be absurd.  In a series of tweets and an interview with TMZ, Kanye has expressed his love for Donald Trump, his advocacy […]

With the recent release of Childish Gambino’s new single This Is America, and last years album DAMN. by Kendrick Lamar, specifically the song XXX. I started thinking about how different political music about […]

Here is an article I found and used for my paper that discusses why endangered languages should be preserved and at what cost. It’s a very interesting article and it’s helpful for the final paper.

In the wake of an incident involving the police being called on two innocent black men by a Starbucks employee, every location of the store will shut down on May 29 for anti-bias training for every employee. This […]

The other day, a group of friends and I were having a discussion at dinner that turned into something really interesting and worth talking about. A conversation about language in some TV shows brought up old […]

As time has progressed in our class, I have seen more and more examples of how laws mean nothing without the enforcement behind them.  While we see the government “making new laws” in order to improve o […]

Looking back on the readings for the final essay, it was very interesting to see how MLK’s ideas changed with the culture of America, especially because I feel like it contrasts with how he is taught most of the t […]

Before registering for this class, I did not know what the Civil Rights Movement was. My initial choice for the History 201 class was the Holocaust, but for some reason that course was taken off. There were three […]

I initially had no clue what I wanted to write about for this last blog post. However, upon some reflection, I realized that I wanted to bring some of this course’s concepts full circle.

Coming from a small […]

A UN panel announced that the United States owes African-American people reparations for slavery. The announcement apparently stems from the various police brutality reports that are reminiscent of the trauma of […]

Since its finals week, I have been super busy studying for my tests, sooo I did not have time to dress cute. Instead, I decided to wear something comfy. Also, the weather was super nice– perfect for studying o […]

In a study released a few years ago on black mental health by the Rand Corp. A realization was made showing that black Californians were more likely to experience mental health problems than other ethnic groups […]

In the last 20 months, passengers who have flown with American Airlines have filled over 29 complaints rooted in racial discrimination. According to the U.S. department of Transportation, these startling number of […]

On Saturday, Donald Glover, under his Childish Gambino alter-ego, released a music video for a single of his latest album titled “This is America.” The Video opens with Glover shooting a person in the back to the […]