I felt the sting of being the (female) minority for the first time today, when someone uttered the sexist remark, “he runs like a girl.” My emotional response shocked me more than the comment. I sensed a small pause among the other gentlemen at the table before any amusement registered on their faces, but it [...]
Privilege has always been something that I’ve automatically conflated with “race,” and specifically, with “whiteness.”1 It’s not that I don’t recognize those privileges I do have. Those just aren’t the first things that come to mind. Human nature inclines us to think constantly about the things we wish to have, not those we already do.2 [...]
Walking up on that stage May 16th to get that (cheap) piece of paper was a little something like riding a roller coaster, as I’d done only a week before at Six Flags Great Adventure in celebration of Senior Week. I fidgeted in my seat, twiddling my thumbs in anticipation as they called the Masters [...]