Where's the brown in our rainbow?

No one queer experience can encompass those of all races, identities, and individuals.

By Gerardo Romo | Oct 18 06:58 pm ET

Right-wing prejudice

CU Republicans use racist tactics to market their events.

By Yasmeen Ar-Rayani | Feb 22 07:43 pm ET

Ethnicity survey criticized

Members of some campus groups are dismayed to see their complex ethnic identities boiled down to a simple box.

By Alix Pianin | Nov 12 12:19 am ET

Barack The Magic What?

Who the hell knew who Barack Obama was before July 27, 2004? Certainly not my co-worker this summer. She asked me: “Isn’t he some sort of ghetto guy?”

“About as much as Lil Jon,” I responded.

By Chris Morris-Lent | Jan 21 10:41 pm ET

The Perils of Compartmentalization

When I arrived from California as an incoming graduate student at Teachers College, one of the first things I attempted to find was a large-scale supermarket—a task that proved to be more difficult

By Dennis Yang | Sep 26 12:27 am ET

Respect, Race, and Torture

If you’ve got enough time this finals season to go through the Spec archives, I strongly recommend Candyce Phoenix’s 2006 op-ed, “Test-Tube Identities.” (I know that she and I are probably the only

By | Apr 28 08:09 pm ET

Toward A More Perfect Neighborhood

Sheldon grew up in a broken home.

By Jarid Maged | Apr 10 11:42 pm ET

TC Discusses Handling of Race Issues

With last week’s news that a prominent black professor was found guilty of academic plagiarism, Teachers College’s handling of race issues was thrust into the spotlight—and under the microscope—for

By Joy Resmovits | Feb 25 03:02 am ET

Faculty Panelists Explore "Language of Race"

University President Lee Bollinger teamed up with professors to explore an issue at the heart of much recent campus debate titled “The Language of Race in America” on Wednesday night in Low Library

By | Feb 21 02:37 am ET

At the Expense of Comfort

During last semester’s hunger strike, one of the strikers called one of his fellow students “white.” While to this student and some others this was a shocking expression of racism and insensitivity

By Christien Tompkins | Jan 23 11:58 pm ET