A Call to Address Microaggressions At TC

BY CHRISTINA CHAISE Racial microaggressions are brief, ordinary instances of verbal, non-verbal and/or visual/environmental indignities that impart disparaging messages, consciously and unconsciously towards racial/ethnic minorities (Sue, et al. 2007). Intentional or not, they have real implications for students of color. Some even argue that these everyday experiences of racial aggression and trauma affect students of… Read More A Call to Address Microaggressions At TC

Inscribing Racial Justice: Black Lives, Literacy, and the Pedagogy of Racial Politics

BY JAMILA LYISCOTT  The recurring articulation that “Black Lives Matter” throughout the 2014 social upheaval sparked by the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO is an indictment on the United States of America at large. The urgency of chanting, screaming, branding, and making viral this fundamental truth means simply that as a nation we… Read More Inscribing Racial Justice: Black Lives, Literacy, and the Pedagogy of Racial Politics

A Discussion about the Role of Police

BY MATT GONZALES Opinion: A Discussion about the Role of Police The recent killings of Michael Brown and Eric Garner at the hands of the police, (along with Tamir Rice, Cameron Tillman, VonDerrit Meyers Jr., Laquan McDonald, Carey Smith-Viramontes, Jeffrey Holden, Qusean Whitten, Miguel Benton, Dillon McGee, Levi Weaver, Karen Cifuentes, Sergrio Ramos, Roshad McIntosh,… Read More A Discussion about the Role of Police