Nov 2, 2020 To our Yale Community, Just one day prior to the presidential election, Dean Marvin Chun and the Yale College Dean’s Office sent out an email about the Spring 2021 course schedule. The email notified us that on December 18th – the last day of finals for what will be an unequivocally challenging…
Nonhuman Characters That We All Know are Black
Yes they aren’t real, and yes they aren’t people. But we’re saying that if they were, they’d be Black. How do we know? Is it because most of these characters are voiced by Black actors? Partly. These characters aren’t Black because their voice actors are–if anything those actors only give us confirmation. There’s a reason…
On My 18th Birthday
Today I turn 18. As always, this birthday has prompted self-reflection, perhaps even more so as I sit quarantined in Saybrook College at Yale. I cannot help but wonder what life would have been like if this pandemic had never happened. It is quite likely I would have ended up at a different university. I…
Hair
I run my hands through the thin, terse waves of unnatural brown Dyed forcefully in a small act of rebellion Against what I can’t remember now, And I can feel the calmness of when My hair jet black and thick, was plait Left-over-middle-over-right Falling down my back, each bump from the root to the tip …
How to Tell if Your White Boyfriend is Racist
If he has a MAGA hat–he’s racist If he has a confederate flag–he’s racist If he has an American flag hanging in his room–he’s racist If he tells you you look better with your hair straightened–he’s racist If he won’t let you speak in your native tongue–he’s racist If his pet names for you are…