We are currently in an age where most of our lives revolve around technology: social media, television and movies, communicating with friends and family, work and more. According to Dino Ambrosi, a guest speaker on TedTalk, a person with a 90 year life expectancy will have 334 months of free […]
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Affirmative Action Prioritizes Minority Students to Combat Historical Oppression
In 2013, the Supreme Court case of Fisher v. University of Texas brought into question the policy of affirmative action as it applied to admissions into college. In this case, the court decided to ultimately reinforce the precedent established in Grutter v. Bollinger with race serving as one consideration in […]
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 […]