Author: Cortney Anderson

This one is for the social justice warriors. The race and class warriors. The people who agonize every day over unfair politics that affect them in their marginalized status in society. The people who are tired of others saying that they are tired of hearing about race, class, gender, and

When I applied to spend my summer with Breakthrough Collaborative in San Juan Capistrano, Calif., I did not expect to be faced with the same injustices I was preparing myself to fight against. I never thought that I would still feel the effects of losing a job, two months later,

“It seems to me that obliviousness … is kept strongly inculturated in the United States so as to maintain the myth of meritocracy, the myth that democratic choice is equally available to all. Keeping most people unaware that freedom of confident action is there for just a small number of

Oftentimes, I use social networks to keep my loved ones up-to-date on the mediocre things going on in my life and to share articles I believe to be thought-provoking. But other times, I wouldn’t post the things I do unless I were searching for some type of consensus and community

The day of the Pomona Perceptions presentation, I had a hard time peeling myself off of the hammock I had sprawled out on during my break between classes. It was the first really warm day in a while, so why wouldn’t I take advantage of the beautiful sunshine from just

I never thought that a trip to a Pomona College dining hall would anger me to the point where I felt obligated to write about my frustrations regarding race discourse and how we, as a nation, celebrate cultural diversity. However, this week’s Black History Month celebration dinner at Frank Dining