Tag: race

Student: More Diversity Needed Among Students. Faculty and Administration

Photo by Rebecca King President Mercer and school administrators hosted a Town Hall meeting in Friends’ Hall yesterday to address race and inclusion on campus. The meeting comes amidst the racial tensions at the University of Missouri that resulted in the resignation of the school’s president and chancellor. Ramapo’s first […]

Halloween is No Excuse for Cultural Appropriation

Photo Courtesy of Infrogmation, Wikipedia Sometimes the scariest thing about the upcoming holiday on Saturday is the rampant cultural appropriation and racism that can occur on Halloween.   While it is true that many people innocently buy Halloween costumes that promote some form of cultural appropriation, the buying and wearing […]

Race, Class and Food: Checking Your Privilege at the Checkout Line

Photo Courtesy of Robert Couse, Flickr Creative Commons A growing food movement exists that urges people in developed countries to support sustainable eating by foregoing greasy cheeseburgers and eating fresh produce at local family farms instead, but how often do we look at the intersection of food, race and class […]

Biracial Baby: Sperm Bank Colors a Child’s Future

A white Ohio woman is suing a sperm bank for artificially inseminating and impregnating her with the sperm of an African-American sperm donor instead of the chosen donor, a “blond hair, blue eyed individual,” reports Today.com. The lesbian couple is filing a “wrongful birth” lawsuit, a legal cause of action […]