Media portrayal of minorities should change
Gabriella Pinos/ Staff Writer One evening in late January, Jussie Smollett, a black and openly gay actor on the TV show “Empire,” was confronted by…
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Under Trump, disability rights must be gutted for profit
Clara Barros/ Staff Writer At this point, it’s no news that the Trump administration has been antagonizing minorities of all kinds. For the past two…
Black History Month is needed now more than ever
Jacquelyn Hurtado/ Staff Writer Ninety-one years ago in 1926, a historian named Carter Woodson created “Negro History Week” to celebrate the successes of the black…
People of color, LGBTQ+ community real losers of 2016 race
As Barack Obama said during his campaigns for Hillary Clinton, there was a lot at stake; democracy was on the ballot, progress was on the ballot. But for me, black security was on the ballot. LGBTQ+ peace was on the ballot. The freedom to religion was on the ballot. My sanity, security and safety were on the ballot. And in droves, Americans said it did not matter.
Student Thoughts: Minority voices should be heard in YA fiction
Straight, blonde, attractive protagonists have sold well traditionally because they have worked for publishers and pulled in the most revenue, so publishing houses are reluctant to push anything out that doesn’t reflect previous successes. However, the audience reading young adult books today is not the same audience from the past.
VP of Engagement leaves FIU to become provost
Irma Becerra-Fernandez, vice president of the Office of Engagement and first woman to earn a Ph.D. in engineering at FIU, says goodbye to the University.