Where I’m from, if you speak even close to proper English, you “speak white.” If you correctly put a sentence together, use a subject, a predicate, and all its modifiers, you have transgressed a cultural boundary. If you elaborate on an issue using diction so colorful that it manages to raise the eyebrows of every person in the room, you have lost immediate racial connection to those around you and joined the ranks of the Caucasian majority. If you...

I had an online skype interview with an alumnus of the college. It was one of the most awkward interviews I've ever had. I honestly feel like all college interviews are inevitably awkward. I say this...

I participated in athletics all 12 seasons of my high school career but I did not...

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