Growing up as a South Asian girl, society, media and even family had always ingrained in me that light was beautiful. Days in the sun would always be followed by the dreaded moment of evaluating how much I had tanned and then a series of home remedies, skin lightening...
“No one is free until we are all free.” Dr. King’s words continue to be a powerful message for South Asians throughout the U.S. Over the past month and a half, our country has been jolted by recent acts of violence against black folks. While systemic injustice and...
Public education needs to be at the core of the Revolution. Understanding the function of hegemony is critical in identifying why public education in the United States is the key factor in revolutionizing ideology and challenging power structures. The concept of...
With the world wide furore created by the Black Lives Matter movement and the soul searching about discrimination and xenophobia in countries around the globe, it’s time that Indians look themselves in the mirror and ask an honest question. How racist are we as a...
U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order that bars hundreds of thousands of foreigners from seeking employment in the United States by suspending new work visas. The argument against the most significant of these visas, the H-1B, has always been that they...
