Race & Diversity

Around one year after the death of Mahsa Amini, the Iranian community on campus continues to advocate for their campus community and their home country.

A poll released by the Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies, or IGS, last Sunday found that most Californians oppose cash reparations for Black American descendants of people who were enslaved.

Thirty-three students from three separate facilities in the Division of Juvenile Justice, or DJJ, are enrolled to start an online Ethnic Studies curriculum, in collaboration with San Francisco State University, or SFSU, and Project Rebound.  

The United States Supreme Court ruled today that race-conscious college admissions are unconstitutional, in a pair of cases relating to Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 

The Othering and Belonging Institute, or OBI, released a racial disparities dashboard displaying the differences between Black and white life expectancy rates and the median racial wealth gap, among other topics.

In 1968, UC Berkeley graduate students Emma Gee and Yuji Ichioka coined the term “Asian American” when naming the student organization the Asian American Political Alliance, or the AAPA.

Since Antonio de Nebrija’s book "Grammar of the Castilian Language" was published in 1492, the Spanish language has used gendered pronouns as a suffix to nouns. However, in recent decades, there has been a cultural movement toward using a gender neutral suffix as well. 

UC Berkeley researchers recently published a study on the stagnation of the Latine studies major throughout the United States. The research cites that there is “significantly more to be done to ensure Latino equity and thriving in higher education” based on their findings, led by campus professors G. Cristina Mora and Nicholas Vargas and undergraduate student researcher Dominic Cedillo.

It was five minutes before his economics exam. Campus freshman Husnain Muzzammil went to ask his economics professor if he could break his fast for iftar during the exam.

VSA’s culture shows are also using their performances to address heavier issues like LGBTQ+ rights, the BLM movement, and mental health. Their goal with this production is to lead cultural change within the Bay Area.