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Bringing Awareness to the Tuskegee Syphilis Study

By: Yewon Lee

The year is 1932. A young African American man is promised free yearly medical checkups, monetary burial compensation, and hot meals in exchange for his participation in a study by the Tuskegee Institute (today’s Tuskegee University). Having little money and illiterate, he is quick to register for the study unknowing of the details of what that would entail.

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What Causes Stereotypes?

In our current society the word “Stereotypes” is associated with a negative notion. However, some just say this without actually knowing what they are or have an inaccurate definition. According to Cambridge dictionary, the word Stereotype is defined as “a set idea that people have about what someone or something is like, especially an idea that is wrong.”

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Phone Restrictions, From a Child’s View

Recently, as online learning has started for my school, my parents and I got into an argument about whether or not they should control the amount of time I can use my phone. Of course, I said no, since it’s the method that I depend on to de-stress and because there is no reason to control it since I do not do anything that impacts other people directly like using money on apps. My parents said yes.

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What is Equal Opportunity?

by Caroline Jung

The social class divide and the privileges attached have never stopped being an issue—the 2019 college scandal is just one of many. And it’s alarming that the gap between social classes has increased when we push for equal opportunity. We claim we acknowledge the consequences of an increasing divide between social classes, but I doubt we truly know the extent of it on individuals, communities, and society. So what exactly does “equal opportunity” mean?

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