Multiracial

“Multi-issue” social justice organizations face a interesting challenge. During my time here at SIUE I’ve joined the campus’s GSA, a local LGBT student organization, and encountered individuals who’ve stated that in order for our organization to last, everybody must share some type of crucial characteristic, and that this characteristic should provide the symbol for the organization’s identity. This poses an interesting point given that our organization has a commitment to be welcoming to all…

the psyche boggling history of ethnicity in the cotton society of central Texas. The White Scourge describes the broader story of racial character in America; meanwhile it paints a suggestive photograph of an uncommon American region. This truly multiracial story physically contacts on various issues essential to our translation of American history: work and the piece of blends, sexual introduction parts and their connection to ethnicity, the defeat of agrarian whiteness, and the…

How someone identifies is a complicated matter to dissect. There are an innumerable amount of factors that play into identity, both internally and externally to an individual. The fact that culture is an integral part only adds more complexity, as many cultures are becoming increasingly integrated and globalized with other unique groups. Generally speaking, identity is usually determined, often simultaneously, on three different levels: the national level, in one’s community, and at the personal…

adolescent girls in a predominantly white high school in the mid-Atlantic United States. The mean age of participants was 15 years from diverse backgrounds, as follows; white (69.2%), African American (11.5%), Latina (3.8%), Native American (1.9%), multiracial (13.5%). The students came from a middleclass family ($40,106, median income) in which 85% of the residents were high school graduates and 20% college educated (bachelor’s degree or higher). The sample size (N=52) female participants,…

“They are trying to figure out what I am”, is the thought I possess every time someone stares at me. I know people do not mean to make me feel horrible when they ask what I am, however it still hurts. I received many questions on numerous occasions, pertaining to being asked if I am Hispanic and when I respond to what I am they think I am lying. Having an African-American father and a Caucasian mother is difficult in today’s society and it feels as if I am getting looked down upon because I am a…

Barack Hussein Obama II was the 44th President of the United States.He was also the first African American to serve as President.Obama Served two terms as the President from 2009 to 2017. He was born on August 4,1961 at Kapiolani medical center for women and children in Honolulu,HI. He attended Harvard Law School in 1988, That same year Obama joined the Chicago Law firm of Sidley Austin as a summer associate an there he met michelle Obama. February 1990, Obama was elected the first African…

Nelson Mandela was an activist. He helped to end apartheid and fought for human rights. Nelson Mandela was born in 1918 and last away in 2013 he was 95 years old. Around 1940 Nelson Mandela was put in jail for his leadership and participation in peaceful protest and armed resistance against that whites. Nelson Mandela faced many struggles but at the end of it all he showed and ltouched the world on what he stood and believed in. One of Nelson Mandela’s biggest struggles was being put in…

In our country’s multiracial community, this harmony will enable all races to work together in close cooperation to strive for our nation’s steadfast and stable advancement in economy. These are crucial times, whereby nations around the world are finding it difficult to balance…

The Alarming Increase in Suicide among Latino Teenagers The suicide rates for adolescent boys and girls have been steadily rising since 2007, according to a new report from the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention, (CDC) 2013). Suicide is the second leading cause of death among young people ages 15-24 in the U.S. (National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, 2013). However, with the surge in teenage suicide, there is one demographic that is dealing with an alarming increase in…

Video games have been a way to express the ideas and creativity of a person, but it has been taken to another level. In the two articles, “Sex, violence and video games” by Mitch Krpata and “Not a Hater, Just Keepin ' It Real: The Importance of Race- and Gender-Based Game Studies” by David J. Leonard, the theme of racism is presented in the form of video games. Although video games are just fantasy, major social issues that affect all us in different ways have risen. Moreover, Leonard makes a…