One year ago, I wrote a piece that completely altered my life. From pressing publish, to seeing it go viral, the journey always seemed to…
A student, posed with the essay prompt “find an issue concerning identity, writing, and rhetoric in ways that warrant further research,” chose to tweet her…
“Isn’t race only an issue for those who make it one?” a British woman at Tourism Concern’s International Volunteering Conference asked. “Americans are, after all,…
I never meant to make anybody cry. I wanted the students at the small high school in Brooklyn to question themselves and the institutions that…
When I posted “The Problem with Little White Girls (and Boys): Why I Stopped Being a Voluntourist”, I guessed it might get more eyes than…
White people aren’t told that the color of their skin is a problem very often. We sail through police checkpoints, don’t garner sideways glances in…