The rates of Anti-Asian crimes have increased drastically, by 150% in 2020 in New York City and Los Angeles. But I keep thinking: those numbers are the crimes that are actually reported.
What’s Said / What Should be Said
It’s not about race. Don’t bring race into it. Not everything is about race. Show me the proof. This fox-eye trend isn’t racist; it’s just makeup. Stop being so insensitive—hands to their face, pulling their eyes upward. Mocking before, now it’s beauty because they said it was. Too small. Can you see it?
Read moreLet’s Call the ‘Fox-Eye’ Trend What It Is: Racism
Circling around media platforms such as YouTube and TikTok have been videos of non-Asian people participating in the Fox Eye Trend. The fox eye trend consists of using eye makeup to make their eyes appear slanted upward, and many use their hands to pull their eyes slanted upward.
(OPINION) The Petersons & 'Blue Lives Matter': Students Reveal A Pattern of Racism among Skidmore Faculty and Staff
Recently, a ‘‘Back the Blue'‘ counter protest occurred in Saratoga Springs, and live footage from the action showed two Skidmore professors, David Peterson and Andrea Peterson--who work in the Art Department--standing with the Blue Lives protesters. I reached out to David Peterson in the hopes of receiving clarity from him on this decision.
Read moreSkidmore Students March: A Recap of the First Day Protest
On the first day of classes, several hundred Skidmore students gathered outside of Palamountain Hall to protest the lack of action from Skidmore’s administration in protecting BIPOC students.
Read moreOPINION: The Lawn Jockey Cannot Stand as a Symbol of Racism at Skidmore
I wrote the following letter to Skidmore President Marc C. Conner on Monday, July 27th. The previous summer, some friends and I noticed the presence of the Skidmore lawn jockey on the lawn of the Lucy Scribner presidential residence. I had never seen one where I had grown up, but was familiar with “lawn jockey” as a pejorative phrase and wondered if the same racist history applied to the object itself.
Read moreBlack Residents’ Concerns about Systemic Racism Met by Disregard during Saratoga Springs Community Forum
A virtual community forum hosted on Wednesday evening by the Saratoga Springs Police Department and city Public Safety Commissioner Robin Dalton, has garnered deep frustration from the community members in attendance.
Read moreThe Book That Did Not Change America
The incoming freshman class was required to read Randall Fuller’s The Book That Changed America, focusing on how Darwin’s theory settled slavery disputes. But was it Darwin’s theory that changed America, or was it the cumulative efforts of activists already campaigning in the field that brought about social change?
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