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Arts & Entertainment 

Tacoma Art Museum exhibit addresses the misrepresentations of Native Americans

February 25, 2019February 25, 2019 Miles Cameron 207 Viewscaricature, Native Americans, racism, Tacoma Art Museum 2 min read

When you look at an art piece, do you consciously discern whether it is an accurate and truthful representation of

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Campus Life News 

Unequal Justice discussion focuses on immigration rights, detention and advocacy

February 11, 2019February 13, 2019 Bengisu Cicek 128 ViewsICE, Immigration, Immigration Rights Detention and Advocacy Pierce County, Mark Pagano, Northwest Detention Center, racism 3 min read

Unequal Justice: Immigration Rights, Detention and Advocacy in Pierce County was hosted at in the Carwein Auditorium on Jan. 30,

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Opinion 

Opinion: Political strife is brewing hate and violence on US soil

November 13, 2018November 13, 2018 Alyssa Tatro 112 ViewsDonald Trump, nazis, racism, Trumpism 3 min read

America has become increasingly contentious and divided over the past couple of years. Our nation has witnessed with wide eyes

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Opinion 

Opinion: The painful history of ‘blackface’ is still relevant today

November 5, 2018November 5, 2018 Alyssa Tatro 125 ViewsBlackface, Megyn Kelly, racism 2 min read

Amidst a discussion of Halloween costumes Oct. 23, Megyn Kelly — host of NBC’s “Megyn Kelly Today” — re­marked that

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Campus Life News 

UWT poster wall defaced with racial profanity

May 21, 2018May 21, 2018 Sophia Sonovich 123 ViewsArwa Dubad, Deirdre Raynor, Mark Pagano, Pacific Lutheran University, racism, Slurs 2 min read

March 2018, a Pacific Lutheran University poster posted on the Gar­retson Woodruff & Pratt poster wall was defaced with a

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Opinion 

Opinion: Destroying the concept of whiteness

February 5, 2018February 5, 2018 Lucas Waggoner 126 Viewsracial identity, racism, white privilege, Whiteness 1 min read

The concept of whiteness as an ethnic category is definitely controversial, regardless of where it is discussed. It is often

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Letters to the Editor 

January 8th Letter to the Editor

January 8, 2018January 7, 2018 Web Manager 130 ViewsBeck Adelante, Race, racism, white privilege, white supremacist 2 min read

Dear Editor, In response to the two recent opinion pieces about race: Whiteness is a social con­struct from history that

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Opinion 

Opinion: White guilt: The bane of modern civil rights movements

November 6, 2017November 6, 2017 Noah Wingard 242 Viewsantisemitism, racism, social justice, white privilege, Xenophobia 3 min read

Do you or a loved one use social media to post repeatedly about the same social issues, despite having no

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Campus Life News 

Chancellor Pagano apologizes for controversial comment

October 30, 2017October 30, 2017 Kelsie Abram 254 ViewsArwa Dubad, Deirdre Raynor, Enriqua Berry, Mark Pagano, racism 3 min read

Oct. 10 Chancellor Mark E. Pagano referred to chair of the UW Tacoma Faculty Assembly, Lauren Montgomery, as a “slave

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Opinion 

Opinion: Don’t fumble the First Amendment

October 2, 2017October 1, 2017 Noah Wingard 170 ViewsAntiblack violence, First Amendment, Political protest, racism, Take a Knee 3 min read

Thinking of football, we nor­mally consider tailgates and touchdowns to be the attrac­tions of one of America’s most popu­lar sports.

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