It’s not easy being a biracial student anywhere. Growing up, I was often faced with challenges of finding my place, of feeling included in certain communities, of feeling accepted.
In 2022, Black journalists composed only 6% of American journalists. Sixty-three percent of Black Americans believed news about Black people are more negative than other racial or ethnic groups. Only 9% believed coverage of Black people told “the full story.”
Embedded in America’s history and tradition is that diversity has always been our strength. Appearing on the Great Seal of the United States is the Latin phrase: “E pluribus unum” meaning “Out of many, one.” The idea is that our country, unlike any other country in the world, benefits from the rich diversity of its people.
Solana Williams couldn’t find any art that looked like her on the walls of the museums she explored. Her only course of action was making it.
Various education reform bills have altered curriculum and cut funding to certain programs in public K-12 schools and universities since the beginning of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration. The initiatives have targeted a wide variety of subject matter including diversity, equity and inclusion programs as well as all critical theory, a blanket term that encompasses the idea of critical race theory. The passage of new legislation, both in support and opposition of past initiatives, faces the state legislature in 2024.
The growing Black Queer community in Gainesville addresses struggles of intersectionality.
However, Matthew Lewey, an unknown name to most, is an important part of Florida’s history, said renowned author and historian Paul Ortiz.
Muchos países en Latinoamérica tienen ascendencias cruzantes. Sin embargo, los inmigrantes latinoamericanos que vienen a los Estados Unidos ven que sus mezclas de ascendencia blanca, negra, e indígena muchas veces chocan en el contexto de las dinámicas raciales de los EE.UU.
Many countries in Latin America have intersecting heritages. For Latin American immigrants who come to the United States, however, their mixes of white, Black and indigenous heritage often conflict in the context of the U.S.' racial dynamics.
Black gymnasts use floor routine, hair as an opportunity to infuse their identity into the sport.
Olivia Miller became the first freshman in Florida softball history to throw a perfect game. Miller was the highlight of two wins on Sunday.
After suffering a bitter loss at the hands of the Mississippi State Bulldogs less than three weeks earlier, the Florida Gators women’s basketball team came into their Sunday afternoon rematch hungrier than ever before.
The Gators softball team split its doubleheader on Saturday. The team fell to Michigan but bounced back and dominated Illinois State.
The Gators track and field teams traveled back to Fayetteville, Arkansas, for the Tyson Invitational, their fourth and final regular season meet of the indoor season. Part of the team headed north for the David Hemery Valentine Invitational at Boston University.
The Florida Gators men’s tennis team (3-4) took on the No. 3 ranked Texas Longhorns (6-1) in Austin, Texas on Saturday.
The Gators men's basketball team upset the No. 12 Auburn Tigers at home on Saturday.
The No. 10 Florida Gators (0-1) lacrosse team lost to the No. 8 Loyola Greyhounds (1-0) home opener 18-10 after being outscored 10-2 in the second half, turning a cloudy day in Baltimore into a sunny one for the Greyhounds.
The Gators gymnastics team beat the Arkansas Razorbacks Friday in its Annual Link to Pink meet for breast cancer.
A UF student was barred from campus for stealing a pro-Palestinian sign from a protester in Turlington Plaza.
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