Maridie Niare – Contemporary Racism

Let’s Switch the Code

Maridie Niare — Sun, 17 Dec 2023 13:29:36 +0000

In a nation where the air we breathe is polluted with the ideologies of Whiteness, People of Color are faced with two options: choke on the smog or put on a mask. While it would be ideal for one not to choke on smog, there’s two reasons why a POC wouldn’t wear it. One would be that no matter how hard they try, they just cannot find a mask that’s capable of blocking out this ...

Learning Limits

Maridie Niare — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 15:37:21 +0000

Being from the Bronx, I grew up under the notion that the majority of people went to either public or charter schools and that the very select few, AKA rich white people, had gone to boarding or private schools. The notion of going to a private school and dorming was something that I thought would only be accessible to me through TV, namely Zoey 101, which is a popular show that takes place while the ...