Student Posts

“I Don’t Want to Hurt Your Feelings…” – Beyond History Note: Direct quotes from the original article are italicized. “You know, some stories are better left untold…[but this one is not one of those]” I am a white, male, college student that has spent over 15 years of my life in pursuit of education. Yet there are things I will never understand, never forget, and never have time to learn. There are people in this world who...

White Artists in Black Artforms Note: italicized quotation comes from the You Don’t See Into the Blues Like Me Summer 2001. “This disjunction or lack of evident fit between what we might call the latent content of the blues (slavery and discrimination) and its manifest content (love troubles and whiskey) would be the grounds for monumental miscomprehension at the hands of new white fans and players.”  Should we feel troubled...

Note: italicized words and phrases are found in the original article: Out of Whiteness Race Traitor 03 Spring 1994 Race, sexuality, and gender are all socially constructed. By that, we mean that race, sexuality, and gender are not inherent within us—they have been constructed through enforced beliefs, policies, and institutions to maintain power structures that benefit the white man who identifies as cisgender and heterosexual. Just...

Note: italicized quotations come from the Original Medical Articles “Black people have just as many rights as white people nowadays”  “It was just a joke, don’t be so dramatic”  “Racism doesn’t exist anymore”  White people seem to have no shortage of opinions on just how common racism is in today’s world, but what is the reality of the situation? Sociologists and historians have long observed a phenomenon whereby populations become...

Mejorando La Raza Note: Direct quotes from the original article are italicized. Tienes que votar para cambiar el mundo. Politics play one of the strongest roles in American Society. Those who control the political atmosphere, control the nation. The Latinx community has been one of the biggest players in the most important political decision in America, the presidential elections. In the most recent election, 66% of voters who...

Note: italicized information has been taken from the original 1993 Race Traitor article, while non-italicized text represents the original thoughts of the student author.     “Treason to whiteness is loyalty to humanity.” Social constructs define our society: Gender. Nationality. Age. Intellectuality. Beauty. Race. Our task as active participants in society is to determine the means by which we define our lives. One may...