In February 2020, West Woods School, an elementary school in Hamden Connecticut, cast two Black students as enslaved Africans for a school play. The play intended to teach students about the slave trade. The teacher in charge of this class assignment apologized to the students’ parents, and school officials released a statement about this incident….
Great Value Punk
It was hard growing up punk on a budget. Punk then emo because my middle school pubescent rage turned into awkward angst once I started high school. It’s a strange sentiment because ideally, being part of the punk subculture was never supposed to be something one could or couldn’t afford. After emigrating to the states,…
Your Hair is not 4C if…
Your Hair is not 4C if you can cleanly run your hands through your hair Your Hair is not 4C if people don’t try to create a different hair category for you like “4z hair”. Your Hair is not 4C if you haven’t cried at a failed hairstyle attempt Your Hair is not 4C if…
A Reminder during Election Week
During this election week, most – if not all – of us are experiencing feelings of restless, anxiety, and fear. We might be checking live updates of the poll results at every minute. We might be outraged at the number of people who still voted for Trump. We might be anxious about the potential threat…
Where I Come from We Eat Sitting Down
I don’t usually talk to taxi drivers. The man whose taxi I got in this morning surprised me with a conversation I would never forget. It’s not a superiority thing or anything of that nature, but growing up in an immigrant family in the US, if you couldn’t do something that you could’ve done on…