A Letter to the "Alt-right"

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A Letter to the "Alt-right"

I’m still learning what all these terms and labels for ‘white supremacist,’ ‘white nationalist’ and the ‘Alt Right’ mean. After some searching online, I found a podcast called, In The Thick, where politics are talked about from a People of Color perspective. This is a big deal since mainstream media on television and the internet are all too often white washed perspectives that either glorify stories or condone actions that ought to be re-evaluated and criticized.

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Halloween Racism and Harassment at Michigan State University

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Halloween Racism and Harassment at Michigan State University

Black and Brown students across the nation deal with passive and overt discrimination by their classmates or professors year after year. Halloween tends to be one of those occasions where it comes to the forefront and 2016 is no different. Angel Treviño, a student liaison to Michigan State University's Board of Trustees and a leader of Latino-based fraternity Phi Iota Alpha, is no stranger to challenges faced by students. Unfortunately, the Mexican-American student had to confront this in person on the first night of 2016's Halloween weekend.

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