Q. Is it bad if I don’t submit my AP test scores after taking an AP course? A. No. It’s not bad because the AP scores ar…
Columns
The Challenges of Race in Everyday Life
As a young, biracial woman, I have had to deal with race throughout most of my life. Being a biracial girl in a predomin…
A Black Boy & His Jail Cell
Being raised as a Black boy in America, I always compared my life to the boys who lost their innocent lives within the p…
Race Through a White Expatriate’s Eyes
For the first time, I was in the minority instead of the majority. For the first time, my race made me stand out instead…
Problems From Beyond The Motherland
Growing up in a traditional Asian family, I was taught that race was a somewhat taboo topic. Although my parents have ne…
ABC
Unlike other Asians, I was not bullied for being too smart, but rather too dumb. I did not live up to the expectations t…
Code Switching
Code switching was never a concept mentioned to me by my parents or peers. Interestingly enough, it ended up playing a m…
Freeze
As a young black male, race has lived in the backdrop and forefront of my life. Buzzcuts, low fades, and pants pulled up…
Life as a Young Black Man
This winter, students taking the elective course Race in America read the introductory chapters of Ibram X. Kendi’…
Dev’s Declassified School Survival Guide: Beating the Cold Weather
So if you’re new to Blairstown, or you don’t have a central nervous system or skin, it gets pretty cold here in the wint…