Welcome to our LITerary Corner
Our op-eds are written by the talented, passionate members of our community and seek to center and empower BIPOC voices.
Our Editorials are written by the talented, passionate members of our community, and edited by our committed and driven Editors. Our editorials seek to educate our community on topics of racial inequality, social justice, intersectionality, and much more.
Understanding the United States Through the Lens of a ‘Foreigner’ by Lounie Germain
Once I removed my rose-colored glasses, I started seeing how the social structures and past policies in the United States continue to fail immigrants.
Stop Perpetuating Colonialism In Education! by Ashley Rodriguez Lantigua
Us BIPOC students, we’ll stay awake, plotting all the ways we’ll sail away from the old taught ways of thinking. We are on our way; we are on our own voyage to decolonize our minds.
An Introduction to Intersectional Environmentalism by Mai Ly Hagan
The only way to reach progress in one movement is to address its interconnectedness with others.
My Culture is Not Yours to Take: A Guide on How to be a Better Ally for the BIPOC Community by Ananya Gondesi
It’s wrong to take someone else’s beliefs that they have been mocked for and claim it as your own when it never was. We must accept and respect others’ cultures, skin colors, and religions. Religions are opinions. Human rights are not.
Colorism in the Asian Community by Renee Harris
I know as Asians, we are culturally told to not speak out, especially against older members of the community, but we need to speak out against racism and colorism. Maybe then, our following generation won’t have to grow up feeling the need to be White enough.
