Have you ever had to deal with a white person calling you a “Negro”? How about a white person holding the Confederate flag in your face saying “go back to slavery times so I can beat you and I can have more money”? Racism is everywhere and it can not only hurt people’s feelings but […]
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Imagine being a young Black girl who is constantly worried about racial discrimination in the workplace. Well, that’s me every day. I ask myself, “Will I get the same opportunities as everyone else?” My name is Amyah Foster. I am in the 8th Grade attending Meridian PCS. Racism towards African Americans in the workplace is […]
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Imagine you are me. I’m a fun, loving, energetic, and imaginative young man. I’m full of promise and possibilities. I can be the one to cure Alzheimer’s by creating a new neurological technique that removes damaged brain cells and allows them to regenerate. Now imagine that I may never get to give these gifts to […]
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Good Evening, my name is Chiamaka Ogbonnaya. I am a scholar at E.L. Haynes and I am in 5th grade. My discussion here is about Racism in Schools and the Misinformation that fuels its rise. One may well ask, what is racism and how does it affect students in our schools? Well, the definition of […]
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According to the US Census Bureau’s 2017 data, approximately 325.7 million people live in America, and an estimated 47.4 million of those people are African American. Black people make up about 14 percent of the population and 16 percent have a diagnosable mental illness (NAMI). Yet not only is there a stigma around mental illness […]
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I am guessing that you have seen Hispanics in the news or on the streets. Have you ever wondered what they go through in being Hispanic? I see in the news about Hispanics being deported when they’ve been here for more than 10 years. I am a young Latin American girl who was born in […]
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