Bongani Musikavanhu ’18 reflects: Racism is not a new struggle
Contributing writer Bongani Musikavanhu ’18 reflects on the racist messages of this summer, some of which were directed at him and his family. A version of this article …
Racism in Wellesley
Why we ALL need to care
“This is the last thing I want to deal with right now,” I thought after I opened the link to a swarm of racist messages made public on …
Why Wellesley can no longer practice selective sensitivity
Let me start out by saying that these Facebook posts contained some of the nastiest, most hurtful comments I have ever seen, and that in my opinion, no …
The differences between you and me
Sometimes people forget I’m a person of color because I’m pale. From far away, you couldn’t tell me apart from someone who is racially white. Asian is not …
Breaking the cycle
When I first saw the post I wasn’t surprised. Which drove me crazy. How could such harmful words seem normal to me? Was I immune to hate speech? …
The role of ignorance in racism
The incident that took place this summer reminded us all that racism is not a thing of the past. It proved that even in a community like …
The solution originates in ourselves
When I first heard of the incident that occurred over the summer, I was at camp with no access to technology. One of my good friends wrote me …
Joining the discussion
To many people, it came as a shock. The bubble created by Wellesley’s lack of racial diversity finally burst. For someone who doesn’t follow the national news, who …
A final warning
There are some words that white people are better off never using. You can explain your way out of a couple things, but never the “n-word” or its …
Racism is not a mistake
You don’t have to search for very long to find picture of protesters facing off against police on the streets of many American cities in response to police …