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Aasim Yahya, a UC Berkeley junior, is running for ASUC external affairs vice president as an independent candidate on a platform rooted in democratizing civic engagement at the campus, city and state levels.
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As much as I enjoy the opportunity of sharing the wonderful tangle of my background, multiracial people are expected to constantly explain our existences.
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Wednesday night’s ASUC Senate meeting erupted in controversy, as the ASUC commented on issues regarding India and Kashmir.
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There are thriving communities that exist well outside of restrictive images of what Muslims should look like or be like, and many of those communities are part of the larger Muslim community here on campus as well — and we are better with them.
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I’m dreaming of a (non)white Christmas — two of them, actually. Being Coptic Christian means that my official Christmas falls on Jan. 7. But my family has adopted a tradition of having a small Dec. 25 Christmas, too, a way of making a Western holiday our own. Our wooden dining
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When people ask me: “Where are you from?” I have to ask them to clarify what they mean by that. As in where I used to live before this? Or are you referring to the way I look? Usually, they are referring to my race or ethnicity. When I first
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What’s whiter than a 4-month-old jar of mayonnaise? An Ashkenazi Jew. It’s always amusing to me when people express their shock that I, a woman paler than Casper the Friendly Ghost, am ethnically Middle Eastern. My grandmother has dark(er) skin, as does my mother. I just happen to be whiter
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The band’s five members themselves hail from a variety of backgrounds, ranging from Spain and Turkey to Colombia, El Salvador and the United States.
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Three new restaurants will be opening on Shattuck Avenue in the next few months, offering a diverse array of cuisines.
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On Thursday evening, more than 60 students and alumni gathered at a town hall to discuss the selection of TV personality Bill Maher as the December graduation speaker.
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