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VC Voices
A heartfelt thank you to the Future Voices Staff of 2025/2026, for all the dedication, time, and hard work they have given throughout the past year. Future voices held an end-of-the-year banquet to celebrate those beginning new chapters beyond the organization and our returners. Each person listed has left a lasting impact through the work,...
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Where is the line between encouraging stereotypes and knowledge? According to her TED Talk, I Am Not Your Asian Stereotype, author and speaker Canwen Xu claims that stereotypes are societal directions of how to “strip away identit[y]” and conform to the “American, but not quite American, individual” (Xu). Stereotypes divide people based on race, establ
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I never really thought about banned books before. I just read whatever I wanted. Then I started hearing about books being taken out of libraries and schools which made me curious. People are actually deciding I’m not allowed to read some stories that I genuinely have an interest in. That’s kind of weird to me...
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I didn’t think much about banned books until I realized some of my favorite books could be among those banned. Esperanza Rising is a book about a Mexican woman trying to find her place after being forced to move to America. The book Blended is about a young Black woman who was bullied for the...
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