Gabriela Danger | Assistant News Director Dr. Anna Lau of the University of California, Los Angeles, came on Mar. 8 to give a talk about her research on racial inequities in the field of youth mental health care. Lau’s talk focused primarily on implementing her research in community settings, particularly schools. By analyzing the current […]
By: Patricia Menendez/Assistant News Director The University’s Bystander Leadership Program has entered its second semester of workshops that aim to educate STEM and Social Based Sciences faculty on how to recognize and intervene in situations that involve gender and race bias. The program is the result of a $3.2 million grant given by the […]
Gillian Daley/ Contributing Writer Race and the United States have been at odds since before the colonies joined together to form this nation. The United States’ complex and problematic racial climate is difficult even for natural born citizens to properly—much less peacefully—process. Therefore, it must be infinitely more difficult for foreigners, expatriates and international students […]
Image by Rhonda Berglas via Flickr Meghan Maclaren | Contributing Writer opinion@fiusm.com Rest in peace to the three Muslim students shot dead near Chapel Hill, North Carolina on Tuesday, Feb. 10. I cannot begin to imagine what their families are going through right now and I’m sure I speak for all of our readers when I say […]
By Katrina Velez Contributing Writer As a cultural statement, “Dear White People” speaks volumes. Set in Winchester University, a fictional Ivy League, the film derives its title from Sam White’s satirical and racially provocative radio show. The plot is carried by four characters that struggle with their own stereotype casted shadows. Troy Fairbanks, the student […]
Image by The All-Nite Images via Flickr Alexandra Nguyen |Contributing Writer opinion@fiusm.com If Michael Brown and Eric Garner’s deaths and the failure to indict the officers who killed them serve to be a legacy for one thing, it must be that they were the catalyst to an awakening of the reprehensible racism in the United States. We […]
