Tagged - racism
19th ward
Letter to the Editor: UR’s love-hate relationship with the 19th Ward
Understanding the Ward’s history as a segregated neighborhood helps explain the way it exists today, with racist bridge fears permeating the University campus.
identity
The privilege of white lies for a biracial Asian-American
Although some people can immediately tell that I’m Asian, there’s an undeniable privilege in knowing that passing as white is even an option for me. While I have had moments like last March where I’ve felt fear because of my race, I’ve never been racially discriminated against, and that’s something I don’t take for granted.
allyship
Being an ally to Asians in America should continue indefinitely
You have a moral obligation to look for the way institutional issues touch your life, because they do.
campus
Emails are just the first step
I know University administration understands that a statement of solidarity is not the end of this work.
nobel prize
Nobel by blood
For a prize that’s considered to be the pinnacle of achievement in any field, there’s a conservative distribution among extremely similar looking people.
activism
Presentation explores role of Black women in suffrage movement
SUNY Oneonta Assistant Professor of History Dr. Susan Goodier began her lecture by emphasizing the importance of telling the stories of Black suffragists. She said that they should be “household names, like the names of white suffragists.”
Anti-racism
Interfaith candlelight vigil honors Daniel Prude
“I am in mourning for a man I never met because I fear that one day, it could be my brother or my mother — or me,” Baker said.
equity
URMC presentation talks racism in the medical world
Though “white people can suffer from racial prejudice,” Cullen said, “white people cannot suffer from racism or be subjected to racism.”
black lives matter
My awakening to American racism
I never even considered that this disease which seemed so far in the past was still very prevalent.
asian
Coronavirus is not an excuse to be racist
I’m not just putting this out there as an Asian, but as a member of society.