Savannah Register HARLEM RENAISSANCE – Refers to a cultural and artistic movement that took place from the 1910s through the mid-1930s within the Harlem Neighborhood, in New York City. This period was the golden age in African American culture, consisting of music, art, literature, and other forms of social and artistic expression. During the Harlem […]

Chiyuki Tokiwa Peer Pressure Peer Pressure: the strong influence of a group, especially of children, on group members to behave as everyone else does.  Conformity is achieved through means from tacitly guiding or overt pressure on those in the minority or by those with lower social status.   The term “peer” often refers to people […]

Jadda A. Aquino C.R.O.W.N Acts: are legislative reforms focused on ensuring “protection against discrimination based on race-based hairstyles by extending statutory protection to hair texture and protective styles such as braids, locs, twists, and knots in the workplace and public schools” (thecrownact.com) “C.R.O.W.N” stands for “Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair”.  California […]

Written by Kiara Gil Xenophobia Xenophobia: The fear or hatred of those who are different from oneself.  Often based on one’s nationality, race, religion, ethnicity, nationality, or other characteristics.  It is viewed as a natural human tendency (Bettache, 2021).   The term xenophobia can be traced back to the 1800s, with its earliest documented citation […]

Aanchal Kumar Gender Stereotype Definition: A gender stereotype is a generalized view or assumption regarding the roles, behaviors, abilities, and responsibilities of a particular gender.   Significance:  Gender Stereotypes have drastically evolved over the years, with various types of old assumptions being dissolved with newer ideas that are shortening the gender disparities among men and […]

Written by Allison Neumeyer Environmental Racism: racial discrimination in environmental policy-making and enforcement of regulations and laws that deliberately target minority communities to face worse conditions compared to white upper-class communities Environmental racism was coined by civil rights leader Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. (Ihejirika, 2023) Chavis defined it as the intentional siting of polluting […]