Privilege is often a word that gets people on edge and pushes people to razor-sharp attention. When it is brought into the conversation, some people may feed into anger, while others step into a rock solid defense. But it doesn’t have to be this way. As a woman of color, I am aware of my position as a marginalized identity…
Black History Month: Celebrating our Roots Courage. It lies deep within my veins. Pulsing, throbbing, pushing through to the surface. Bubbling with power unbeknownst to me, power emanating from my ancestors. An ancestry that cannot be traced due to a long history of rape, abuse, and theft. The history of slavery, when Africans were ripped from their tribes and displaced…
Mu Sigma Upsilon Sorority, Incorporated PO Box 7728, North Bergen, NJ 07047 www.MSU1981.org New Brunswick, NJ – The constitution begins “We the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity,…
“Fears are paper tigers.” — Amelia Earhart Misogyny. Racism. Anti-immigration. The list goes on. Day in and day out, brothers and sisters peel back the sheets lining the comfort of their beds, and step into a frying pan of the daily discomfort, microaggressions, and inequality that plague a large portion of the public today. On January 21st, roughly 3.2 million…
A woman in all her glory, clothed in robes of confidence and grace. Strong, fierce, independent. The wind rushes through her hair, and she is a beautifully fearsome sight. Bow and arrow in hand, she looks him straight in the eyes as she fires the arrow into his chest. Perfectly aimed after years of training, the arrow hits its mark,…
