Dear Native student who was just admitted to college

In Admissions, Affirmative Action, college, college pride Native pride, Nation Building, Native students, success by Adrienne K.27 Comments

AK Note: I’ve been working on this post for a while, but last week’s comment chain on this post on Jezebel stirred me into action. I’m so sick of the myth that it’s somehow “easier” for Native students get into college, or that the government pays for our whole education. These myths and stereotypes are harmful to Native students and …

Cal’s "Affirmative Action Bake Sale": I want my free cookies.

In Affirmative Action, Bake Sale, Cal, cookies, cupcakes, inequality, racism, UC Berkeley by Adrienne K.8 Comments

Yesterday, UC Berkeley’s College Republicans Chapter decided to have an “Affirmative Action Bakesale” to protest a new bill that has been introduced into the CA legistlature that would reverse parts of Prop 209, which in 1996 banned the use of race as a factor in admissions decisions in the UC system. The premise of the bake sale is not new, …