Guide To Avoiding Cultural Appropriation

As Halloween comes around, the Ethnic Student Center is urging people to be mindful when dressing up and to avoid appropriating other cultures. This has been a problem in the past and the ESC felt the need to address it this Halloween. Cultural appropriation is the act of representing a culture that is not yours,…

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Perspective on Juneteenth

Junteenth is the oldest celebration of the end of slavery and America’s newest holiday, also known as “Freedom Day” or “Emancipation Day.” Juneteenth has been celebrated by Black people in America for generations and takes place annually on June 19. The holiday is a combination of the words “June” and “nineteenth.” President Abraham Lincoln issued…

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The Juneteenth flag is full of symbols. Here’s what they mean

CNN — You might see another red, white and blue flag flying this weekend over state capitols and city buildings. That banner with a bursting star in the middle is the Juneteenth Flag, a symbolic representation of the end of slavery in the United States. The flag is the brainchild of activist Ben Haith, founder of the National Juneteenth Celebration Foundation…

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Ramadan: What to say (or not say) to your Muslim friends

For about 2 billion Muslims around the world – almost a quarter of humanity – it’s Ramadan, the holiest period in the Islamic calendar. This year, the first day of Ramadan’s sunrise-to-sunset fasting began at sunrise on Thursday, March 23, and lasts until the evening of Thursday, April 20. There are about 3.45 million Muslims in the…

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