Television producer and writer Shonda Rhimes has defied racial barriers and crossed these lines time and time again. Winner of the Norman Lear Achievement Award at the Producers Guild Awards, Rhimes has always been praised for casting diverse characters in her work. Although some...

  I am white and I don’t support the All Lives Matter movement. “All Lives Matter” was created as a defense to keep new ideas out. It is a cop-­out to make sure that the majority is always included even when the majority doesn’t belong. It is willful colorblindness to attempt...

  Kanye West inspires me due to his fearlessness to speak his mind in the face of adversity and criticism. By continuously reinventing himself, he has shown his flaws outright for the world to either accept or deny him. A man whose voice resonates with the minds that strive to change the culture. How...

  When I hear talk of equality, people often measure its standards in terms of the United States of America and the rest of the world. Equality is not necessarily a bad ideal on which to build a country. Ideally, equality assumes that everybody has the same status, rights and access....

  Throughout recent months, activists have taken to the streets and social media to spearhead the Black Lives Matter movement, only to be confronted with the “all lives matter” response. Out of context, the phrase “all lives matter” promotes equality and respect. In response to...

It’s Black History Month and I’ve decided to write an article, not because I want to, but because I’m black. From a very young age, I’ve been possessed by an involuntary obligation to speak my mind about Black History Month—a month that feels no different to me than all the others....

By Ciara Walker Staff Writer How many of you have wondered if your black female classmate cut her hair whenever she wore it curly and suddenly her tresses shrunk several inches? What about judging the texture - does it feel as soft as it looks? Does it stink? What exactly is holding that afro...

By Ciara Walker Staff Writer Saturday, Feb. 7, 2014 was National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. I had no idea. Disappointed about my failure to keep up with Black History Month happenings, I decided to be proactive and attend an event sponsored by CHASE North County, San Diego (Curbing HIV/AIDS...