Tag Archives: Race

At the intersection of privilege and college admissions: An apology of a former Abigail Fisher

By Anne | Published: April 2, 2013
TweetIn retrospect, it would seem obvious that I, as the daughter of two upper middle-class liberals, growing up in an isolated suburban liberal hamlet, would become a racist. I was not the White Supremacist flavor of racist, but I was a more subtle (and thus more dangerous) varietal of racist. I did not understand my [...]
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Election 2012: The American Dream

By Saira Khan | Published: September 21, 2012
TweetCross Posted on Saira Says Barack Obama embodies the American Dream, in every way. The same dream that has brought millions upon millions to this country year after year– the dream of achieving a better future. Barack Obama was born in Hawaii to a white woman, Ann Dunham, and a black man, Barack Obama Sr., in 1961. [...]
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I am this African Girl

By Yeme | Published: September 2, 2012
Tweet A SYTYCB entry No need to know my name, as though you will ever pronounce it correctly. Instead you will mock it with laughter and claim that it’s too exotic for this country. Yet I am expected to know and pronounce all your names correctly. I am this African Girl, in my early twenties, straddling two worlds and [...]
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Child care, nannying, and race: What you need to know about migrant care work

By Ethel Tungohan | Published: September 2, 2012
Tweet A SYTYCB entry This week, I received an email from SC. In this email, SC mentioned that because she knew of my “interest” in migrant workers rights, she wanted me to know that she is hiring a Filipina “nanny” through Canada’s Live-in Caregiver Program (LCP) to help take care of their first-born kid. (Quick aside: [...]
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The King of Pop: on transcending signifiers of race and gender

By Rachel Goldberg | Published: September 2, 2012
Tweet A SYTYCB entry Next week marks what would have been Michael Jackson’s 52nd birthday. (Please note: I don’t keep a little iCal of celebrity birthdays. I know this because of Spike Lee, and because a close friend feels about MJ the way I feel about “Titanic.”) Jackson, deemed the most successful entertainer of all time, [...]
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