BERKELEY'S NEWS • NOVEMBER 18, 2023
Columns
FEBRUARY 11, 2021
Intergenerational storytelling: A hunger
I’ve always felt a sense of responsibility for collecting intergenerational stories because I understood people live as long as our memories of them do.
Columns
FEBRUARY 11, 2021
Intergenerational storytelling: A hunger
I’ve always felt a sense of responsibility for collecting intergenerational stories because I understood people live as long as our memories of them do.
Cal in Color
DECEMBER 11, 2020
On being an unlikely Leo
From a young age, I was afraid of being expressive and taking up space. I learned to make myself smaller and quieter so white people would feel comfortable.
Cal in Color
DECEMBER 11, 2020
On being an unlikely Leo
From a young age, I was afraid of being expressive and taking up space. I learned to make myself smaller and quieter so white people would feel comfortable.
Cal in Color
DECEMBER 04, 2020
I am my Brownness
Obviously, I knew that I was Brown. But in their attempts to make me feel included, my Ukrainian family made me feel even more othered.
Cal in Color
DECEMBER 04, 2020
I am my Brownness
Obviously, I knew that I was Brown. But in their attempts to make me feel included, my Ukrainian family made me feel even more othered.
Cal in Color
NOVEMBER 27, 2020
Transfer pride
There's an initial pinprick of fear that makes me wonder whether knowing that I transferred from a community college would make people see me differently.
Cal in Color
NOVEMBER 27, 2020
Transfer pride
There's an initial pinprick of fear that makes me wonder whether knowing that I transferred from a community college would make people see me differently.
Cal in Color
NOVEMBER 20, 2020
‘Bold of you to assume I’m straight’
For some immigrants and BIPOC like me, being expressive with our identities can be more challenging than it is for white, non-immigrant people.
Cal in Color
NOVEMBER 20, 2020
‘Bold of you to assume I’m straight’
For some immigrants and BIPOC like me, being expressive with our identities can be more challenging than it is for white, non-immigrant people.
Cal in Color
NOVEMBER 13, 2020
What your neighborhood says about you
She’d assumed I was a cleaning lady rather than a kid doing a chore for her parents. I wondered if she would have assumed the same had I been white-passing.
Cal in Color
NOVEMBER 13, 2020
What your neighborhood says about you
She’d assumed I was a cleaning lady rather than a kid doing a chore for her parents. I wondered if she would have assumed the same had I been white-passing.
Cal in Color
NOVEMBER 06, 2020
Crossing the line
As a biracial, multicultural immigrant, I am always drifting across these lines, not quite belonging on either side, perpetually gliding over boundaries.
Cal in Color
NOVEMBER 06, 2020
Crossing the line
As a biracial, multicultural immigrant, I am always drifting across these lines, not quite belonging on either side, perpetually gliding over boundaries.
Cal in Color
OCTOBER 30, 2020
‘Are you together?’
Skin color is deterministic in our society. Though we walk side by side, my white family and I walk through different worlds.
Cal in Color
OCTOBER 30, 2020
‘Are you together?’
Skin color is deterministic in our society. Though we walk side by side, my white family and I walk through different worlds.
Cal in Color
OCTOBER 23, 2020
Deconstructing my own privilege
Being a BIPOC who had a traditionally white upbringing, I come from an odd position: I am both racially privileged and not privileged.
Cal in Color
OCTOBER 23, 2020
Deconstructing my own privilege
Being a BIPOC who had a traditionally white upbringing, I come from an odd position: I am both racially privileged and not privileged.
Cal in Color
OCTOBER 16, 2020
Slipping through the cracks
As much as I enjoy the opportunity of sharing the wonderful tangle of my background, multiracial people are expected to constantly explain our existences.
Cal in Color
OCTOBER 16, 2020
Slipping through the cracks
As much as I enjoy the opportunity of sharing the wonderful tangle of my background, multiracial people are expected to constantly explain our existences.
