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Roughly 8,000 protestors marched down Main Street in Park City on Saturday Jan. 21, 2017. (Photo by Koly Swistack)

McGrath: White Women, We Need to Do Better

By Mackenzie McGrath July 12, 2020

  I recently attended a bachelorette party where the majority of the attendees were white women. We drove past Black Lives Matter protests in St. George and one of the women made an off-hand comment...

An attendee to Equality Utahs Pride for Black Lives Matter event records the crowd and speakers gathered at Liberty Park in Salt Lake City on June 14th 2020. (Photo by Mark Draper | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Christopherson: Instagram Is Finally Starting to Matter

By Nain Christopherson and Mark Draper July 5, 2020

Did you see the sky on the evening of June 4? It was exquisite — only believable because we live in a valley of perpetually pink sunsets. The moon seemed all the more vast for the pale blue lingering...

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Copy Desk: The AP Stylebook Harms Black Language

By The Copy Desk June 27, 2020

  On June 19, the Associated Press Stylebook announced that it will now become customary style to capitalize Black when referring to it “in a racial, ethnic or cultural sense.” Individual publications...

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Gholami: Higher Education Still Has Much to Do in Addressing Racism

By Samira Gholami, Opinion Writer June 21, 2020

  Universities are typically thought of as bastions of progressive enlightenment where thinkers come together to make society better. Many people wouldn’t think that racist and bigoted rhetoric...

A demonstrator,sign in hand, marches through the streets of Salt Lake City on Thursday night. (Photo by Gwen Christopherson | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Cushman: We Cannot Stop Protesting the Death of George Floyd

By KC Ellen Cushman, Opinion Writer June 17, 2020

  In 1991, L.A. police brutally beat Rodney King on the street. After a long history of police mistreatment of people of color, this act of police violence toward a Black man led to the L.A. riots....

A protester sings The Hanging Tree from the the movie The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 at a vigil held in Bernardo Palacios honor at the Utah State Capitol Building on June 6th 2020. (Photo by Mark Draper | The Daily Utah Chronicle)

Scott: Six Steps to Better Allyship

By Elise Scott, Opinion Writer June 16, 2020

  In the last two weeks, public support for the Black Lives Matter movement has skyrocketed. The protests — which a majority of Americans support — were sparked by the devastating murder of...

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Scott: Shielding White Children From The Reality of Racism is a Failure

By Elise Scott, Opinion Writer June 12, 2020

  When I was in second grade, my teacher performed a rendition of Jane Elliott’s controversial "Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes” exercise. The “Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes” exercise takes a group of people,...

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Scott: Racism in Utah Schools Leaves Long-term Wounds

By Elise Scott, Opinion Writer June 5, 2020

  The youth are our future, which is why it is concerning that so many recent high profile acts of racism in Utah have come at the hands of high school students. Whether it be slurs at basketball...

ASUU and the Hinckley Institute are collaborating to encourage all students to fill out the census. (Courtesy of the Hinckley Institute)

Gholami: White on Paper, Brown in Public: Issues with the Census Race Question

By Samira Gholami, Opinion Writer June 1, 2020

  The Census is a colossal undertaking with high stakes, the implications of which will shape the lives of Americans for years to come. Census numbers inform decisions about how federal money is...

The panelists together following the discussion. (Photo by Joseph Moss | Daily Utah Chronicle)

Conversation Reframed: Marriott Library Hosts Panel about Racism within Media

By Joseph Moss, News Writer February 25, 2020

  On Feb. 24, the Office for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion hosted a panel at the Marriott Library titled "Reframing the Conversation: Expanding the Portrayal of Black Men." The panel focused...

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