Students of Color – Page 5

Reading, Locations, and Race

Posted on March 9, 2015September 21, 2022 by April Xiaoyi Xu

"America talks too much about race. America also talks too little about race." These are lines from award-winning Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s latest novel Americanah that echo in my head. I read Adichie’s book last summer, since it was the Pomona College summer reading assignment. As I read, I jolted down some questions, which I hoped to ask the author (who gave ...

An Added Richness We Cannot Afford to Overlook

Posted on November 4, 2014September 21, 2022 by Sergio Rodriguez

I still remember the day in mid-March when we were sitting down to discuss what Study Abroad required of us and what we should expect from being away. One of the statements that will forever remain in my thoughts is the following: "Don't expect Pomona College abroad--if you want Pomona College, then stay here." This was stated by Rhoda, the director of the Study Abroad Of...

For the Prospective International Student (Especially Those of Asian Descent)

Posted on October 27, 2014September 21, 2022 by Yttrium Sua

I am Yttrium Sua, a senior double majoring in anthropology and environmental analysis. I come from the tropical island-nation of Singapore and I spent my junior year abroad in Kyoto, Japan. In my post, I hope to provide another perspective, to relate some of the things I have been exposed to during my 4 years in college and in the US – things I have experienced as a Pomona C...

A Meditation on Culture/Internationalism

Posted on September 3, 2014September 21, 2022 by Adam He

Drip. I sigh as I brush my damp hair out of my eyes. Drip. Another sigh. Drip. “Where’s that sound coming from?” My hand moves to my forehead again as I get up from my prone position. A flash of light. The sound of rain pattering violently on tile. “Ah.” I shuffle wearily to the window. “That’s where the drip came from.” “About time,” my mom grumbles in ...

Revisiting, Revising, Perhaps Redefining My Own Identity.

Posted on June 18, 2014September 21, 2022 by Aiman Chaudhary

During the college application process, we – the hopeful college applicants - get the sense that we have distilled the essence of our being. That the final Common Application essay or the UCAS personal statement embodies all that is good and important or bad and relevant about us up till that point in our lives. We waltz into college with this achingly naïve sense of self-k...