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Code Switch

In college admission, trauma is shorthand for Blackness

And when you heard more compelling, you understood that to mean that I needed to write about hardship and overcoming trauma or pain, um and something that reflected or talked more about my identity as a black girl, a black girl from Detroit, a black girl from a low-income community, a black girl who was first-generation college.
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2w ago

Fresh Air

Best Of: Arsenio Hall / Jeff Ross

You know, when I came up, I could watch a show like Johnny Carson or Merv Griffin. And for weeks at a time, maybe never see a minority perform. And, you know, they're out there. So my dream was to one day grow up and show the other side of show business.

4w ago

Code Switch

Markwayne Mullin is conservative, Christian, Cherokee, and the new head of DHS

I really wanted to answer this central question of like, is he good for Indian people? Is Mark Wayne Mullen's political career something that benefits Native Americans?

1mo ago

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

We admire dimes and Aasif Mandvi gives breakup advice | WWDTM

It turns out we are allowed to have women on currency as long as the woman is imaginary.

1mo ago

TED

How to Make Your Idea Unforgettable | London | TED Idea Search

Now with artificial intelligence if we do not fix this silence now machines will just perpetuate this for the future.

1mo ago

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