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Taryn- Ethnicity/ Culture (Post #1)

In my favorite photo of me and my mom my hair is crazy- its mixture of black and dark brown alternating “z” and “s” shaped coils are only...

I was born in and grew up in Rolla, Missouri, a small rural town of 19,000 people. Although Rolla contains MS&T (a university), which is...

Living in Greece I did not appreciate certain aspects of my culture enough like our language, our foods and certain aspects of our views....

“When’s the last time you visited?” “Hm...probably around 10 years ago?” I haven’t been to China in almost a decade. The last time my...

I was very fortunate, unlike most children who attended my school and also lived in East LA to have had two hard-working parents in my...

An awesome podcast episode was published in NPR’s Code Switch today. The podcast description is “Race and Identity, Remixed.” This...

I pretty much didn’t know what race was until I was in fourth grade. I had to be taught what it was by my teachers. I mean, I always had...

Coming to America has made me think about things that had never come to my mind back in my country, Spain. Race is one of those matters,...

The definition of home varies from person to person. For some, it is where they live. Others, where their family and friends are. Living...

I applied for DN@NDOVER and kind of forgot about it over the break. However, when I got back and saw it on a post-it note in my room it...