The Insidious Discrimination of Fast Fashion
This is the second article in a series about fast fashion. Please check out the first article here. The fashion industry is a prime example of a lucrative industry tainted by prejudice and intertwined with racism. In 2017, consumers spent…
The Kyle Rittenhouse and Ahmaud Arbery Trials: Flip Sides of the Same Coin of Gun Violence and Discrimination
After about 27 hours of deliberation, a jury found Kyle Rittenhouse, 19, not guilty of homicide on Nov. 19. As he walked out of the Kenosha, Wisconsin, courthouse, demonstrators waved signs supporting him, while others expressed disappointment. Regardless, the case…
The Nature of Racism (and Colorism) in Media, and Why They Need to be Addressed
The Black Lives Matter has been allowed to be more visible the past months. This is to say that the movement did not just suddenly appear. No, the need for black equality and reforming of the corrupt law enforcement system…
Why Black Lives Matter: Understanding the Movement and its Momentum
#BlackLivesMatter started off as a Twitter movement. African-Americans had been fed up of being shot down and denied the right to plead due to prejudice time and again. They have been denied the right to fair trials, the right to…
An Overview of the Systemic Discrimination against African Americans
What do we associate with African-Americans? Drugs? Gang violence? Petty theft? This association is called stereotyping. Stereotyping: The association of certain attributes, mostly negative, to a certain community with no logical backup. Narcotics is bad, but narcotics is abused at…
Slavery: How History Set the Stage for the Oppression of African Americans
Imagine waking up one day and not finding your father home. You go to school thinking he’s already left for work. You come home. You play around until late. Then you realize, he might never be home again. Among people…
George Floyd’s Death Sparks Outrage and Protest Across the United States
A pandemic is evidently not enough to stop racism and violence. On May 25, 46-year-old Black man, George Floyd, was suspected of using a counterfeit $20 bill in a transaction at Cup Foods. White officer, Derek Chauvin, forced Floyd to…
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