by Guest Contributor Dumi Lewis, originally published at Uptown Notes

Dear Old Morehouse,
I’ve been trying to avoid writing this for some time now. As an alumnus of the institution, it’s hard for me to see you in such condition. Many of my fellow alumni complained of your disrepair and your besmirched image when they heard about [...]

By Guest Contributor Jenn, originally published at Reappropriate
This post is broken into two parts for the sake of length:
- Anti-Asian Bias in College Admissions?: Part 1 – An improper comparison
- Anti-Asian Bias in College Admissions?: Part 2 – In support of affirmative action

Searching for “anti-Asian bias”: evidence of its existence
Espenshade presents data showing that acceptance [...]

by Guest Contributor Jenn, originally published at Reappropriate

This post is broken into two parts for the sake of length:

Anti-Asian Bias in College Admissions?: Part 1 – An improper comparison
Anti-Asian Bias in College Admissions?: Part 2 – In support of affirmative action

Since the implementation of affirmative action in the college admissions process, opponents of the policy [...]

By Guest Contributor Dumi Lewis, originally published at Uptown Notes

On Sunday night, Kanye West once again burst into the limelight with his interruption of Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech at MTV’s video music awards. His interruption and hyperbolic declaration of Beyonce’s video as the best of the decade caused the twitterverse, facebook, and likely nights and [...]

by Special Correspondent Fatemeh Fakhraie
When I went to college at the University of Utah, there was no box for me to check. There was no “Middle Eastern” and there was definitely no “bi- or multi-racial.” I’d like to think that the U of U has since updated their ethnicity data, but I can’t be sure.
When [...]

by Guest Contributor Monica Roberts, originally published at Transgriot

I was checking out the recent story of transman Devin Alston-Smith and the drama that ensued between him and his local Zeta chapter.
It made me recall a March 2007 post I wrote in which I asked the question are the Divine Nine frats and sororities ready to [...]

by Guest Contributor Jen, originally published at Disgrasian
When I was at Yale, Mixed Company had the reputation of being the “funny singing group.” You know, as opposed to the “hot singing group” (that would have been the Baker’s Dozen, or the “BD’s” for men, and Something Extra, aka “Sextra,” for women) or the “serious singing [...]

by Guest Contributor G.D., originally published at Post Bourgie

Okay, so we know we pick on The Root a lot around here. It’s not that it always sucks, just that it routinely offers up some real head-scratchers.
Por ejemplo. In today’s edition, Delece Smith-Barrow offers her rationale in deciding to go to a predominantly white university. Seems [...]