Before you make any assumptions about me from my almond-shaped eyes or Chinese surname, let me give a few disclaimers: I didn’t spend my childhood memorizing the periodic table or practicing an instrument for eight hours a day. I wasn’t able to breeze through...
so many tragedies coursing through this blood, alive and electric, haunted by Phlegethon’s unnavigable currents humming like a razorblade pressed to skin. when night falls: a poet, a jester, a spectator, speechless at where your kneecaps press against...
Any visit to the Museum of Modern Art will produce many great memories, as you traverse various exhibits in the city that never sleeps. But one offering stood out this winter — "Charles White: A Retrospective." This exhibit pays tribute to famous Chicago artist...
2018 has been hailed a landmark year in Asian representation. Kevin Kwan’s “Crazy Rich Asians” coupled with other hits like “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” and even the animated Pixar short “Bao,” have brought actors of Asian ethnicity to the fore of Hollywood....
It’s the second day of school. I arrive at my bus stop at 7:02 a.m. Four minutes pass, and my bus doesn’t appear on time. It’s the first week of school, I thought. No need to worry. Another five minutes pass. It should have been here by now. Dread creeps in. I text my...
Montgomery County Public Schools students walked out out of school Wednesday to protest against gun violence in Washington, D.C. "All people in this country, particularly children, should feel safe and should not live in fear of a gunman killing them in their school,...
In the aftermath of the Harvey Weinstein scandal and the birth of the #MeToo movement, many Americans were left with the impression that men in positions of power were finally being held accountable for their actions. The way in which the White House completely...
After the first year anniversary of the Women's March on Washington, women are looking to make fundamental changes in the areas of politics and culture. For 2018, the biggest female-led campaigns, #MeToo and #TIMESUP, need to bring change to the following industries:...
The world is an uneven playing field, especially for African Americans. Many problems undermine their human rights; voter ID laws, underfunded education and excessive policing are some examples. However, those issues can be solved with public policy. What cannot be...
I walk through my dining room and it’s always the same. Ikea curtains. Cameroonian flags. Crystal chandeliers. African drums. Only in my house could all these things be in the same space so naturally. I don’t even think about it half the time, but I guess that’s what...
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