“Wait, I’m Black?”
Although I was born in the United States, shortly after my birth, I moved to Nigeria to live with my grandparents for the first eight years of my life. It […]
Monthly Archives: November 2012
All Eyes on You
When everyone’s phone is also an HD camera, racists have far fewer places to hide. Worldstarhiphop.com is a video blog that features rap music, but more relevantly, public fights caught […]
Check all that apply…
While reading Jordi’s post describing this week’s prompt, my mind immediately shifted to application forms. Job application forms and college application forms, in particular. As I am in the midst […]
Be Trendy, Be PC
As part of my job on campus, I have to read a lot of old materials pertaining to Bucknell- old newspapers, event announcements, letters, etc. While much of the stuff certainly reflects […]
Not Helping A Stereotype
Before I talk about my incident that happened twelve years ago, I want to give a short background of where I live. I live outside Philadelphia in Villanova. My neighborhood […]
Mad Men: Look At The Progress We’ve Made!
While I am a huge fan of the AMC television show Mad Men, I will be the first to admit that the show goes out of its way, often to […]
The Blame Game
The choices for this week’s blog post were interesting, but I decided to go in sort of a different direction. We were asked to describe an event or personal experience […]
Your looking for racism?…oh yea I think he’s over there
While thinking about a post-racial world, or a world with gender equality I immediately start thinking about the popular media, and in particular the genre of comedy. I think that […]
Proposal 3 (Gov’t): Mashup Music and Fair Use
As I have been choosing my different proposal ideas, my specific topic for my white paper has changed and morphed slightly. I knew for a fact that I wanted to […]
Is America too PC?
America has changed significantly through its two and a half centuries of existence. However, the relationships and dynamics between races in the United States have only evolved and adapted to […]
Political Correctness
I believe that America is much more politically correct than it was when I was born. But does this mean that the american public is necessarily less racist or sexist? Not […]
I Am Optimistic
I have grown up in what some may consider a diverse family. My mother is Greek Orthodox and my father is Jewish. My aunt is Caucasian and my uncle is […]
Proposal 3: Title IX continued
Another aspect I plan to focus on in my white paper focused on Title IX is the impact Title IX has had on athletes after their athletic career. One area […]
Open Your Eyes
The concept of racism in America has often been discussed and debated. No matter if violence erupted as a result of it or if the debate was as civil as […]
A Yankee’s Tale
A vivid memory I have was from a week-long course on Civil Engineering I did one summer while in high school. The course took place at North Carolina State University. […]
