#poc students

[securitymeetsscience]

A ‘gobsmacking' number of students in need aren’t applying to college. Are we missing 'an entire generation'?

Never mind getting in; many students, even if they manage to apply for college, have trouble completing forms like FAFSA they need to pay fo

So many of these kids simply need help. It takes a community/village.

If you are a low income and/or minority student in need of help writing college essays, filling out college applications, applying for FAFSA, grants, or other scholarships

PLEASE

PLEASE

PLEASE

reach out to me.

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[lunacajun]

Silence.

[ncfcatalyst]

People of Color Union highlights intersectional identities on campus

People of Color Union highlights intersectional identities on campus

The People of Color Union (POCU) was brought to campus by first-year Shawna Itakura as a club dedicated to rebuilding a sense of belonging and support for people of color at New College. Itakura, who identifies as Asian and Black, came up with the idea based on their experience of joining a POCU group at their high school, where through conversation with others strengthened their sense of…

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[thisone-malevolent-person]

I was a Bully at my second elementary school

And I still feel ashamed for it.

I know I have done damage and I can't repair it with saying sorry.

When I tould my Mom I still feel like crap for doing this to other children she said I was silly and they probably have forgoten already.

You might forget what happend but the feeling it gives you lingers. It stays with you deep inside and builds up.

In my first elementary school I was bullied. I can't remember the name of the kids who did it. Can't remember how they looked. I don't even know what exactly was going on but I can still recall how it made me feel.

I made people feel like that just two years later. Because of what?

There is no excuse for being a Bully.

Being bullied your self is not an excuse but you need people to point it out to you. What you are doing is wrong you are hurting them you probably know how that feels.

No one tould me and I didn't notice. I was 10 and thought what I was doing was harmless fun.

This is no excuse.

We have to teach children not to Bully. And I don't mean the silly "don't Bully cause its wrong" I mean really make them know what damage they are doing. They are only children they don't know.

We have to teach them that being different doesn't mean being worse. Just different. And thats ok.

I wish I could heal what I did. But I can't. So I want to stop it from happening to other children.

[shitwhitepeoplesayatvc]

As a POC who is applying to VC, finding this blog was a bit disconcerting, esp since I was initially attracted to VC because of its ~liberal~ reputation. I go to an int'l school, so there is a relatively small white population. Although there are the stereotypical ~*~~2520s~**~ who get offended by my "lol white people" comments, I have a few white friends who not only tolerate but also sometimes even sympathize with me. My question: are there many less-marginalizing, un-butthurt whities at VC?

There’s a magical few. And those magical few are amazing people. But more often than not, the 2520s want us to hold their hands and engage in respectability politics as we call them out on their racist shit. Not to mention that we do have a community of Uncle Toms that think we just need to educate white folks and be patient with them and that’s how we will end racism.

But you’ll get this shit everywhere. It’s just a bit more disappointing here because we come in hoping for more.

[shitwhitepeoplesayatvc]

how do you feel about the "conspiracy" theories on sayanything concerning the hoax bias incidents

there are a million “truths” floating about, and as students we’ll never know absolute truth.

focus on what’s important in your life right now. these theories/incidents shouldn’t define our semester or year or time at VC.

Good luck on finals.