Political Science Class Discussion

One day during a political science class discussion, my professor prompted my classmates and I to think about ways we could improve our campus. Up until that day, I had an overwhelmingly positive experience at my school and never faced issues that went beyond rush hour traffic. However, in the days following, I witnessed two male students arguing over a parking space when one yelled at the other to tell his "alien family and friends to stop taking the parking spots".

Witnessing this confrontation shocked and disgusted me to a point of physical discomfort. The fact that my fellow colleagues could make racially charged assumptions to marginalize minority students pained me with confusion and fear. In this moment, I took off the rose tinted