Heritage
- NewsYahoo Life
Is it OK to ask me, 'What are you?'
The problem with this is that it creates separation between us. You've reminded me that you noticed we're different, which is never a good feeling.
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College Student Creates Social Media Accounts to Celebrate Her Central American Heritage
Zaira Funes created a twitter account to celebrate Central American beauty because she grew tired of the way she saw her people being portrayed in the media.
- NewsThe Cut on Yahoo
Wait, When Did the Gap Get Good Again?
By Diana Tsui The other day someone at the Cut asked, “Is Gap good or is it just me? Is it okay to like them again?” Her tone was confusion tinged with shame. Is this the kind of scenario where you buy something but play off where you acquired it should someone ask?
- NewsNoël Duan
Healing New Orleans: Apothecary Spots in the Creole City
New Orleans has always been a site of healing — even before the French Mississippi Company officially founded the Louisiana city in 1718. 1300 years before Europeans colonized the swampy land, the Mississippi culture, a mound-building Native American civilization, thrived in the bayou, using the herbs of the land for healing rituals linked to the cycles of agriculture. After les Français and los Españoles moved in with their European-trained pharmacists and brought in African slaves who had th
