I did not grow up in an overtly racist household. My parents did not use hateful or racist speech. They did not engage in practices or organizations that were exclusionary or segregated. So, I spent much of my life viewing myself as “not racist.” But as I genuinely and consciously began my journey toward being […]
That one salient moment for me happened during the midst of the social unrest after the murder of George Floyd. My family is from Hong Kong. We immigrated to the United States when I was 3 years old. My parents uprooted their lives to give my sisters and me a chance at an education that […]
Members of Cal State Fullerton’s Academic Senate recently elected their new slate of leaders for the 2022-23 academic year.
I identify as a first-generation college student, cisgender male, Indigenous/Native Pacific Islander, and diasporic Chamoru, ancestrally rooted to the Island of Guam/Guahan; born in (Westside) Long Beach, California, and raised in Southern California in a working-class family. Both of my parents are Chamorro from Guam. Traveling to and from Guam most of my life and living […]
The great James Baldwin once stated: “The poets (by which I mean all artists) are finally the only people who know the truth about us.” With that being said, I am indeed a poet. However, I do not claim to know the truth more than any, especially considering the years of truth we lost as […]
It’s been nearly four decades since Cal State Fullerton fielded a water polo team. A revival of the sport was seen by many as a pipe dream. But dreams sometimes do come true. The school is adding men’s and women’s water polo teams next year, Director of Athletics Jim Donovan has announced. Fullerton had a […]
Foundational values are instilled in the formative years of one’s growth. For me, this began at home, growing up in a family where my parents insisted upon equal and fair treatment of everyone. Growing up in a secular India, I celebrated every religious occasion with friends from different religions. But, we also suffered from the […]
In 1992, while I was a Cal State Fullerton student studying abroad in Germany, Black motorist Rodney King was beaten by police officers. Those officers were subsequently acquitted, and civil unrest broke out in Los Angeles. In our shared kitchen, my European floormates asked me to explain why. It was the first time I recall […]
Growing up in Taiwan, a monoracial society, sexism was the first type of oppression I experienced. I am forever grateful and appreciative of my parents having “the talk” with me very early on about people who think less of women and girls. The clear message that “they” are the ones who are wrong has been […]
The College of Humanities and Social Sciences and College of Communications ceremonies on Thursday honored the Class of 2022 for the challenges students experienced during the pandemic and all they have accomplished in spite of them. College of Humanities and Social Sciences The third ceremony of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences focused on […]