Opinion

Athena Wu Athena Wu

To My Fellow Asian-Americans: Our Role in Creating an Equal America

For decades, institutions have driven up a wall between the Black and Asian-American communities, pitting us against one another as a way to deflect blame from the true culprit: the prolonged and continually denied racism of our American government and society. In order for racial minorities to be productive in fighting white supremacy and the racism built into American roots, we must first heal the divisions and distrust among our own communities.

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Athena Wu Athena Wu

The Ignored Struggle in the United States

With the upcoming presidential election, which may be considered one of the most important elections in the history of the United States, Native Americans are facing even more underrepresentation in politics, as mail-in voting poses a huge problem for many families.

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Athena Wu Athena Wu

Your Favorite TV Shows Normalize Sexism in Society

Shows that would have made my top ten list last year: “Friends,” “How I Met Your Mother,” and “The Big Bang Theory.” Each of these sitcoms surpassed the 200-episode mark, a tru testament to their fame and popularity, and I’m sure many of you would agree that they may be some of the best shows of all time. Turns out, we couldn’t have been more mistaken.

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Athena Wu Athena Wu

I Refuse to Wait Fifty More Years for Change. Sincerely, a Gen Z Girl

RGB’s spirit, passion, courage, intellect, and willpower remains within each and every one of us who have decided that tolerating society as it’s given to us is no longer acceptable, and that it’s time to change the misogynistic ideals that continue to permeate our politics and culture.

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Athena Wu Athena Wu

Claudia Conway: an Internet Sensation, but Also Just a Teenager

Only fifteen years old, Claudia has accumulated close to 496K followers on TikTok and over 190K on Twitter. Though one would assume that after growing up in a conservative household, she would have adopted her mother’s views, she could not have been more opposed to them, highlighting the generational gap in political beliefs.

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