In the future, I hope to develop intervention policies aimed at reducing social inequality, dismantling barriers, and enhancing access to early educational opportunities. I firmly believe that intervening at the earliest stages is often underestimated and undervalued. Yet, the formative Read More …
Poem 910.2
You are more than what you allowed yourself to beYou can become more than what others told you to beYou have grit, strength, kindness, and wisdomYou are bone and bloodStardust and cosmosYou are humanAnd you are beautifulAllow yourself to be Read More …
Poem 910
America is often called a “melting pot of cultures,”A swirling pool of color and substanceAn overwhelming sea of hot white, dominating and swiftThe colors may mix but the blinding white remains constantThey fight and fight, bubbling up and spilling outAs Read More …
Free be poem 808
What is it to be a woman?To be a woman is to be askedWhen will you have children?When will you get married?To be a woman is to be toldDon’t show your shouldersDon’t be too bossyDon’t be too loudTo be a Read More …
Poem 575
Resistance is justified when people are occupied,You often hear this line,To describe genocide,It would have been bantered in the 40s,When the lives of our Jewish Brothers and Sisters,Were stolen. Resistance is justified when people are occupied,Unless they are of Arab-descent,Or Read More …
Poem 246
My race hold privilege, although many will denyRacist comments are made with no consequences, anything fliesSomeone should call them out, but no one wants to be that guyI hope that a more equal society will blossom, as time passes us Read More …
Family 290
I have no idea where I fit! My dad owns a really successful business, and so did my mom, but we weren’t overly rich and we didn’t have a mansion, but we had a nice house with a big backyard Read More …
Social Mobility 409
I think that I have. My parents definitely had a different experience than I do now. My parents are both African American and over the age of 65. They grew up in a decent neighborhood in different sides of Detroit. Read More …
Social Mobility 884
My father grew up in a small, conservative town in Wisconsin where ignorance was frequented. His parents were not college-educated, nor did they have much exposure to the world around them. My dad was gifted and hyper-independent as a child. Read More …
Other Inequalities 606
If there is one thing about social inequality that I wish I could write about, I would cheat and say two things, which are colorblindness and affirmative action. The reasons why I group these two concepts together is because I Read More …