Week 2 with WomenNC
Published by Caroline Avery
It’s strange to think of community right now. COVID-19 forced us all to retreat to our homes in order to …
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Plantations – To Their Roots
Published by Esther Zhang
It was the end of our 4th week in NOLA. 7:45 a.m. The other Duke students and I sleepily boarded …
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This Place Feels Like Home
Published by Melissa White
It was another weekday at work. I was going through the list of clients to be seen that day, and …
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Who is My Authentic Self?
Published by Ysanne Spence
I am astounded at the complexity of my interactions with each person I meet here. I feel as though every …
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How to handle a dissenting opinion
Published by Katie Ridgway
What does privilege mean? A quick dictionary search will give you a definition something like this: a special right or …
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plantations
Published by Amika Ekanem
New Orleans borders the Mississippi River; this is a great location for trade. Great trade locations also mean great plantation …
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Got White Privilege?
Published by Jose Rosario
As I ventured through countless TripAdvisor threads and personal blogs I kept reading about the “racism” that white visitors felt …
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Looking Back, Going Forward
Published by Leah Abrams
In a shiny glass conference room on the ninth floor of the main Quicken Loans office, a tour guide asked …
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Let Me Be Silent, If Only For a Little While
Published by Kristina Smith
My emotions are not rooted in history, no matter how many times you say it. My experiences? Sure. But the …
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Who Gets to Be “African”?
Published by Ashleigh Smith
Being an African American woman, I knew coming to South Africa would be a different experience for me. In my …
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