El Estoque

White passing

Anna Jerolimov • March 31, 2022

Forcing mixed race people to choose one reinforces arbitrary racial categories

Race in Sports

Sophia Chen, Geethikaa Tarra, Irene Tang, Matthew Yoshimoto, and Nika Zamani • March 7, 2022

Exploring the different facets of race in sports

Race: An indispensable myth

Melody Cui and Lillian Wang • February 24, 2022

Examining the significance of the social construct in modern society

CRT sparks controversy at NJUHSD

Aashna Patel and Jannah Sheriff • February 12, 2022

Growing up in Grass Valley in Nevada County, the county with the highest white population in California, 2014 Bear River High School alum Alex Moses always felt different due to his multiracial identity....

Representation in sports matters

Irene Tang and Matthew Yoshimoto • February 8, 2022

Exploring how students are inspired by professional athletes of the same race

Addressing diversity in the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Krish Dev and Minjae Kang • October 30, 2021

Various fields and industries in the United States are currently experiencing a movement to increase representation of racial and gender minorities. Not exempt from this change is the film industry: a...

Race in anime

Anika Sharma • March 24, 2021

Examining how anime portrays Black people and the effect on anime fans in the U.S

K-pop’s cultural appropriation issue

Tyler Cho and Irene Tang • September 19, 2020

Students and alumni weigh in on problematic racial representation within the Korean music industry

Short end of the stick: Why the Affirmative Action policy should not be shunned

Andrea Perng and Annie Zhang • May 22, 2019

Navigating the purpose of race-based college admission policies

A mix of ethnicities

Katerina Pappas, Rucha Soman, and Chelsea Wong • December 17, 2018

Growing up, junior Giovanni Vurro felt that he was equally connected to his father’s Italian side and his mother’s Indian side. By frequently visiting Italy and speaking Italian at home, Vurro has...

On the white side: the international integration of skin-lightening products

Sara Entezarmahdi • November 15, 2017

Blacked Out: The n-word’s usage at MVHS

Nathan Stevens • March 10, 2017

n Toni Morrison's novel “Beloved,” the word n is used 37 times. In Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird,” it’s used 48 times. In Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,”...