Born and raised in Canada, I was able to experience and appreciate the value of freedom and human rights. Growing up, I have always had my parents and grandparents tell me the stories of their motherland, and ultimately, why they left.

“Why do you smell like curry?” Are you going to have to get an arranged marriage?” Don’t you like worship cows or something?” Fielding ignorant questions like these was just an average day in the life of growing up in South Georgia.

Millennials and Gen-Z kids use social media to get their message across, whether that message is their angst, #ootd, lunch, or ideology. Platforms such as Instagram give people from all over the world the chance to connect and talk about common interests, such as activism.

Harvard has a problem. It’s not privilege, a high suicide rate, classism, sexism, or even ineffectual, overpaid professors. Those aren't problems, they're just hallmarks of the Ivy League. The problem is Asians.

In history class and in public media, racially charged disputes in the United States have often been painted as a “black and white” issue. Yet, there is a long, forgotten history of support and collaboration between Asian-Americans and Black Americans.

In history class and in public media, racially charged disputes in the United States have often been painted as a “black and white” issue. Yet, there is a long, forgotten history of support and collaboration between Asian-Americans and Black Americans. Everything began with the increase in immigration of Chinese men in the 1850s.