Remembering and looking forward to Olympic history
With the previously postponed Tokyo Olympic Games now complete, and the Winter Olympics in Beijing opening less than six months after the Tokyo closing ceremonies, the Olympics are about to re-emerge into global thought in an abnormal and exceptional way. This unique circumstance was foreseen by International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach in early 2020. […]
COVID-19 in communities of color
It’s no secret in black and brown communities, or to people external to those communities who are paying attention, the saying is true – when white people catch a cold, brown people get the flu. Translated, this statement speaks to the fact that while economic downturn and changes in public health can mean severe suffering […]
MLK Day: Nonviolence is not inaction
The Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy annually inspires acts of service, education and unity across the nation when we are encouraged to take a, “day on, not a day off,” in his honor. The positivity that now surrounds King and his life’s work is a stark difference to the disapproval rating of almost […]
The Importance of Intercultural Friendship
Friendship is not often thought about in terms of diversity. Discussions of interracial romantic relationships are bountiful, but platonic relationships are often disregarded. After all, friendship is supposed to be more organic than that. People look for love and, therefore, discuss what they are looking for. Friendships, on the other hand, are more likely to […]
LA 2028 is the future of the Olympic Games
The Olympic Games are supposed to be considered an honor for the host country, but the negative aspects of being host to the Olympic Games have been an increasingly prominent display since Rio 2016. Crumbling venues and bankrupt countries have cast the Games and the Olympic Movement into darkness. Support for what is supposed to […]
The importance of diversity in children’s media
With the success of movies such as “Black Panther” and “To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before,” it is clear that the importance of diversity is slowly making its way to the forefront of the pop culture narrative. However, we can all easily remember when this representation was not as readily available. Even with what […]
Leave Taylor Swift Alone
I love Taylor Swift and I’m not sorry. I know that’s an inflammatory statement in the never-ending wake of the #KimExposedTaylorParty but hear me out. When you ask someone why they hate Taylor Swift, the reasoning is consistently outdated or sexist. The most tired examples are of her history with Kanye West or her romantic […]
Al Neuharth: fighting for diversity in a time when diversity lacked
In life, Allen H. Neuharth was frequently called an S.O.B. A term which he easily embraced, even titling one of his books ‘Confessions of an S.O.B.’ He wanted excellence from everyone around him and people knew he wasn’t always polite when asking for it. Though to Al, that’s not what being an S.O.B. meant. For him, an […]