South Bend high school student behind race-based signs speaks out

Posted in Articles, Campus Life, Media Archive, United States on 2016-02-14 20:43Z by Steven

South Bend high school student behind race-based signs speaks out

WNDU TV 16
South Bend, Indiana
2016-02-12

A local high school student says he’s in trouble after he and two other students posted some controversial signs at Riley High School.

The signs stated “COLORED ONLY” and “WHITES ONLY,” and they were placed above water fountains throughout the school.

Shane Williams, who says he’s black, white, and Hispanic, told NewsCenter 16, “I put the signs up to help students to view legal segregation in a different form, for them to experience it themselves…

Read the entire story here.

Tags: , , , ,

Comments Off on South Bend high school student behind race-based signs speaks out

Passing up the race: Students share stories of racial “passing”

Posted in Articles, Asian Diaspora, Campus Life, Identity Development/Psychology, Latino Studies, Media Archive, Passing, United States on 2016-02-14 17:59Z by Steven

Passing up the race: Students share stories of racial “passing”

Polaris Press
The Ann Richards School For Young Women Leaders
Austin, Texas
2016-02-04

It was one of the first weeks of sixth grade when Lanna Ahlberg found herself at school talking on the phone in Traditional Mandarin with her Taiwanese grandmother.

Hanging up the phone, Ahlberg found a number of girls staring at her.

“In sixth grade, a lot of people thought I was Hispanic or white because I have chocolate hair, like it’s not black hair. My eyes aren’t as prominent,” Ahlberg, now in eighth grade, said. “My mom is Taiwanese and my dad is half Swedish.”

If you’re a person of color who has ever been mistaken for white, you’ve experienced the phenomenon known as “white passing.”

Simply defined, White passing is when a person of color is perceived as white at any point in their life…

Read the entire article here.

Tags: , , , , , , ,

Comments Off on Passing up the race: Students share stories of racial “passing”

“The Day Beyoncé Turned Black” – SNL

Posted in Arts, Media Archive, United States, Videos on 2016-02-14 17:42Z by Steven

“The Day Beyoncé Turned Black” – SNL

Saturday Night Live (NBC)
2016-02-13

Tags: , , , ,

Comments Off on “The Day Beyoncé Turned Black” – SNL