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November 11, 2021 Community stories / Family / Identity / Intersectionality / Race / Sexuality

I’ve Never Met a Stranger

By Emily Steslicki Editor Katie Williams Yolanda Moore is a 39-year-old woman who has experienced drastic socioeconomic changes throughout her

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July 9, 2021 Family / Race / Sexuality

The Burden of Working Hard

By Cienna Buchan My sister Tayana is one of the most incredible people to have influence my life. She holds

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June 8, 2021 Race

Listen and Stop: Racism in the U.S.

By Tony Dombrowski The conversations about race and racism in America have gotten a lot of attention over the last

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April 20, 2021 Race

Radical Love From Activist, Professor, Parent

By Emily Morris This story was previously published in the Oakland Post on April 14, 2021. Activist, professor and mom Dr. Rebecca

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March 2, 2021 Community stories / Family / Race / Urban

Inequality in Education, Working Harder

By Joe Popis  Semaj Shelton is a student-athlete at the University of Detroit Mercy. In the future, he plans on

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August 7, 2020 Acceptance / Ethnicity / Identity / Race / Religion / Suburban

Culture and Being Biracial

By Adam Conigliaro In Southeast Michigan, a biracial American man faces discrimination from his extended family for his skin pigmentation.

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May 26, 2020 Acceptance / Ethnicity / Family / Gender / Identity / Immigration / Race / Religion

Diversity, Identity, and Choice

By Sarah Gudenau Norunuhar “Noony” Ali is a nursing student in her sophomore year at Oakland University (OU) with an

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February 9, 2020 Community stories

We Are All the Same

Students in the Fall 2019 “Social Media and Public Relations” course created a social media campaign to raise awareness about

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December 10, 2019 Race

Realizing One’s Race

By Adina Schneeweis When did you realize your race? It is not terribly difficult to think about moments when we

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April 17, 2019 Race

Living in Color

Kai Wilson is a senior majoring in Accounting at Oakland University. She expressed that being a minority isn’t necessarily something

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