Tag: The Daily Texan

  • UT students, staff reflect on experiences with racial passing The Daily Texan: Serving the University of Texas at Austin Community Since 1900 2021-12-05 Sofia Treviño, Life & Arts Senior Reporter Julius Shieh/The Daily Texan Disliking her paler skin compared to other darker-complected Hispanics growing up, Rachel González-Martin spent hours lying under the sun willing herself…

  • The most stressful part about standardized testing for Rachel Malonson wasn’t the test itself­ — it was bubbling in her race beforehand.

  • Audiology freshman talks finding cultural identity on campus The Daily Texan: Serving the University of Texas at Austin community since 1900 2016-08-31 Henry Youtt Audiology freshman Karis Paul is the daughter of an Indian father and a half-Irish, half-Austrian mother. Mixed-race students make up only 3 percent of the students on campus. Photo Credit: Juan…

  • Census data suggests increased acceptance of being multiracial The Daily Texan University of Texas, Austin 2011-04-01 Shamoyita DasGupta, Daily Texan Staff More Americans than ever before identify as multiracial, according to the 2010 census.   Of the 9 million people who listed themselves as more than one race, 4.2 million are children. The percentage rose…