By Kyra Rogers, VOX Media Cafe Reporter Students of color at predominantly white schools are fed up with the way they are being treated. They are tired of their schools’ poor responses to reports of racism and discrimination. In an attempt to yield responses from predominantly white schools in the United States, these students have… Read on
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"Seeing someone with my cultural background doing nothing about the blatantly immoral actions right in front of him shook me to my core," writes VOX ATL's James Rhee. "It was then that I realized we, as an Asian community, have been doing the same thing for decades." Read on
When I was in middle school, my mother would let me buy snacks while she filled her gas tank. One day, we stopped by a Stone Mountain gas station to get snacks as usual. As I was purchasing my bag of chips, I heard a boy get called the N-word by a white man for… Read on
While there is much debate over the right way to protest in a time like this, Instagram users, specifically Instagram celebrities, have favored a new type of activism, one that I like to call “cryptic activism.” This month’s #blackouttuesday” is the hashtag being heard around the world. Originally started by local artists on Tumblr such… Read on
By Keyallah Majeed, VOX Media Cafe Reporter It’s 2020 in the United States of America, the streets are painted in blood and the soil is wet with tears. From every mountainside, freedom is legal but equality seems like a far fantasy for the black community. From racism, inequality, health and economic disparities, there are so… Read on
Atlanta teens share their thoughts and feelings on the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, and Breonna Taylor as well as speak about the Atlanta protests and how teens can implement change in a positive way. Read on