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Racial Bias Trainings Help LBUSD Students and Teachers

Racial Bias Trainings to Help LBUSD Students and Teachers – Youth Commentary

Mar. 10, 2020 / By Snigdha Barua
Tags: bias, implicit, lbusd, race, schools, students, teachers

While an uncomfortable topic, implicit bias still looms in our nation and is especially visible in our schools.

District 1 Voter Guide: Candidate Stances on Police Funding, Tenant Rights, Immigration, Pollution, Youth Funds, Guns

Oct. 22, 2019 / By VoiceWaves
Tags: City Council, election, race

Our Youth Reporters surveyed candidates on the issues they find most important, ranging from port emissions to police funding.

Long Beach Land Use Element Explained, Debunked

Mar. 6, 2018 / By Crystal Niebla
Tags: gentrification, Housing, race

Surrounding Long Beach's controversial housing plan were nasty debates over facts and why so little diversity was represented.

Race and Leadership — Youth React to Presidential Debate

Sep. 30, 2016 / By Lola White
Tags: debate, election, president, race, Youth

The presidential candidates were asked questions about race and American leadership at Monday's debate. Were high school students satisfied with what they heard?

#SwimmingSoWhite: Belmont Pool Project is a Racial Justice Issue

Aug. 14, 2016 / By Community Guest
Tags: olympic, pools, race, segregation

Too often for minority youth, a swim can be deadly. The city has a chance to reverse inequities in who learns to swim and who drowns.

Dating a White Person Is Hard: Why I Choose to Struggle Through It

Feb. 26, 2016 / By Thomas Lick (Vanguard)
Tags: race, Racial Justice, Racism, relationships

"I have learned that there’s a point we reach when we’re faced with the most unbecoming and intimate truths about our friends and loved ones. At that point we decide to accept these truths or abandon the relationship."

How Complexion Affects the Way People Of Color Are Treated In Their Own Communities

Feb. 25, 2016 / By Deonna Anderson
Tags: race, Racism

Colorism can be just as bad as racism, but they’re not exactly the same. People of the same race can be prejudice towards their darker peers.

Op-Ed: Culture Should Not Be a Barrier in Adoption

Feb. 3, 2016 / By Michelle Siebert
Tags: adoption, children, culture, race

"What the experience of my family shows is that familial bonds do not depend on a shared race or culture, and that they can in fact be enriched by ethnic or cultural differences."

People’s State Of The City Brings Top Issues To Light

May. 28, 2015 / By Michael Lozano
Tags: Housing, Jobs, Long Beach Coalition for Good Jobs and a Healthy Community, Poverty, race

The event tackled the seven top issues affecting Long Beach, including poverty, jobs, housing, education, the environment, community safety, and immigrant rights.  