by Ryan Wilson (Staff Writer) “Unnamed Poem” It’s hard to love the world When you’ve never loved yourself When you’ve been taught never to love yourself They wanted to contain our hearts So they planted us in small pots So our compassion may know boundaries And call those borders the world They told us to…
by Marina Tinone “The Colored Doll” I presented these dolls to them and… [t]he conclusion which I was forced to reach was that these children [in Clarendon County], like other human beings who are subjected to an obviously inferior status in the society in which they live, have been definitely harmed in the development of…
by Nicole Chávez (Staff Writer) STOP: WAKEFIELD – 241ST STREET MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME: $38,261 On a dull, fall afternoon at the northern edge of the Bronx, a subway car screeches to a stop at an empty platform. I sigh in content at the familiar scene. The subway stop is a mere ten-minute walk away from…
by Alina Yaman The call to prayer is currently sounding from the mosque nearby. I’m at my desk in my dorm, my books in view and my bulletin board ready to be used whenever I’m feeling inspired. A bag of peaches and nectarines is sitting by my window, open to let in the evening air,…
by Karen Marks (Staff Writer) When given the opportunity to study Mandarin Chinese intensively for two months at Harvard’s Beijing summer school, with a full Yale fellowship, I was excited. However, as much as I looked forward to spending the summer learning a new language and culture, the experiences of other Black foreigners in China…