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 appeared on…
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 Facebook. I…
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 punishment would…
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 a race…
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? Is our…
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 Wellesley, where we…
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 a letter…
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 doesn’t see…
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 variations. No…
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 shootings of…