Reading Time: 2 minutes National Hispanic Heritage Month is from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15. During Hispanic Heritage Month the U.S “honors the cultures, traditions and contributions of Hispanics and Latin Americans who live or have lived in what is now the United States of America,” according to the USDA. “Older generations identify with the terms Hispanic, Latino, or […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Throughout time, people have migrated from one place to another in order to obtain resources. Nowadays, migration has a new impetus: searching for a better life by escaping the turmoil of home. UVU students who are immigrants, or whose parents emigrated to the U.S., are familiar with the struggles of coming to a new land […]
Reading Time: 5 minutes I have a friend who was told by a prospective employer that she would not get the job because she is not a Mormon. I have another friend who published an article examining her personal experience with racism in the course of her education. She got more than a few angry replies. One man […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Being a Spanish-Nigerian woman in Utah County, I’ve inevitably dealt a lot with race. I’m by no means an expert on it, but here is a list of common things I’ve come across throughout my years in the Valley. DON’T ask someone “what are you?” I would probably answer by saying “a human being” […]