Group provides space for ‘racial Hybrids’Posted in Articles, Campus Life, Identity Development/Psychology, Media Archive, United States on 2011-05-13 02:32Z by Steven |
Group provides space for ‘racial Hybrids’
The University News
A Student Voice of Saint Louis University Since 1921
2011-04-14
Sean Worley
Black Student Alliance, Filipino Student Association, Indian Student Association and the list of groups oriented around race goes on. Although these student groups have a noticeable presence on campus, for some students, they just are not enough.
“I constantly feel different,” freshman Rebecca Glasgow said. “I relate to things but I always feel different.”
Glasgow identifies as an Arab-American with her father being from the United States and her mother from Syria, she often wonders where her chartered student organization is on campus.
Hybrid Identities is such a student organization for students who identify with no one particular race. In other words they are mixed race, or hybrid.
This CSO is currently in its probationary status but is already starting to gain interest and support…
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