Tag: race

I found Aaron Kiel's article "Honors Program Challenges Minds," in the May 12 issue of the Campus Times, to be quite biased and highly inaccurate.

“Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.” This was what I said as a youth, when I did not feel like bashing some kid’s head in when he talked about me.

At one time or another, we all have to fill out some type of application that asks us to state our ethnicity. Some think nothing of the question and quickly check it off and go on to the next one. Others choose the “other” option to state their unique individual heritage. Many check it off knowing that their ethnicity is the key to being on equal footing with the rest of society and having the opportunity to further themselves.