Debunking the “Model Asian” Myth: Five Ways Asian-Americans Still Face Discrimination Jocelyn Eikenburg Society & Culture If Americans think Asians have truly made it in the US—or even have an unfair advantage—perhaps it’s time to think again. Here are some critical studies debunking the “Model Asian” myth.
Five Racially Controversial Verdicts in American History Darlene Kriesel and Athena Lark Government, Society & Culture The Mississippi Delta was no doubt as muggy this summer as it was in the summer of 1955 when fourteen-year-old Emmett Till walked into a grocery store in Money, Mississippi, and with his Chicago confidence...
Loving Day: The Founding Roots of Marriage Equality Heidi Durrow Government, Society & Culture It was not the most romantic honeymoon story. On the morning of July 11, 1958, five weeks after getting married, Mildred Loving and her husband Richard were in bed at home in Central Point, Virginia when the...
Gun Control: A Shot in the Dark? America’s Complicated Gun Debate Kara Waite Government, History Statistics of gun violence coldly quantify a reality of American society: 467,321 Americans were victims of a crime committed with a firearm in 2011, according to the National Crime Victimization Survey. In...
Black History Month: From Negro History Week to Post-Racialism? Natashia Deon and Athena Lark History, Society & Culture In a recent video post on Upworthy.com, social commentator/comedian, Louis CK (who is white) was interviewed by Jay Leno on The Tonight Show. Louis CK joked, “Every year, white people add a hundred years...
Portraits of Slavery in Contemporary African-American Fiction Athena Lark Society & Culture A Hippo Reads Exclusive Reprint, Courtesy of Gently Read Literature Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude. —Marcus Tullius Cicero What tangled skeins are the...
