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What race would you not date? This is a question that has become too common in trends seen throughout Youtube and Tik Tok. However, it is not the question but rather the answer that has disturbed many. Not only are the videos downright disrespectful, but they also highlight a prominent issue that needs to be […]

Ever since its start, the entertainment industry has had a massive impact on society which is often underestimated. It has the power to depict events with a different light and influence people’s opinions. The entertainment industry, specifically Hollywood, has been guilty of producing films and television shows that dehumanize Asian-Americans by perpetuating stereotypes the community

From a young age, my parents taught me to overlook the presence of racism in our crooked society. I was told to look at the world as if there was no race, as if people did not and could not judge me based on my Asian complexion. I was American. Not Chinese; just American, just

The recent pandemic has brought to light many underlying problems in American society. The healthcare system is deeply flawed, deep-rooted systemic racism is still apparent in the police force, and recently, there has been a rise in hate crimes targeting Asian-Americans. In fact, over the course of the pandemic, there have been a total of

From 2019 to 2020, anti-Asian hate crimes have spiked nearly 150% (Center of Hate and Extremism at California State University). In the past year, over 3,800 Asian hate crimes were reported by the forum Stop AAPI Hate. This shocking increase in hate crimes can be attributed to the rise of the COVID-19 pandemic. Hate-fueled attacks

Misinformation, omission, bias. Are we relying on trustworthy news sources? As accessibility to news and competition in the industry increases due to a growth in coverage, the credibility factor is also called into question. The shift away from traditional methods of reporting and dependence on local print newspapers has been driven by social media.  A

The recent rise in hate crimes has terrorized Asian communities across the country. One of the more recent deadly attacks was the horrific shooting in Atlanta on March 16, 2021, which resulted in the gruesome deaths of eight people, six of which were Asian women. Since then, many people have spoken up and acknowledged the

On Tuesday, March 16, 8 people, six of whom were Asian women, were recently killed in a mass shooting in Atlanta, Georgia. Robert Aaron Long, a 21-year-old man from Woodstock, was identified as the shooter and took full responsibility for his actions. Long defended himself, claiming that his motive was not racial and that he

These days, I wake up every morning to an influx of new infographics and reposts of racist incidents in my Instagram feed. The more Instagram stories I scroll through, the more overwhelmed I become. I am disappointed and frustrated, but I cannot say that I am surprised. Anti-Asian hate has been present well before the

Among snowflakes and playground banter, cafeteria talk, and instruction, I had my first experiences of coming to terms with my brown skin. From a young age, I was bombarded with the “ideal”: the ideal beauty standard, ideal friends, personality; ideal everything. But I was never like the “ideal.” I did not look like my blonde