CHALLENGING THE STATUS QUO A person’s name is the greatest connector to an identity and one’s own sense of belonging and individuality. Yet, the racism and biases deeply integrated into our systems causes people, whether intentional or unintentional, to make harmful assumptions. Demisha Jennings, Certified Professional Resume Writer and founder…

DEVALUING NAMES Racial discrimination is quite prevalent in the United States. Communities impacted by marginalization often endure and resist multiple forms of racism, including systemic, institutional, and socially normalized racism in everyday interactions. Characteristics that humanize Black bodies and people are often unadopted by society. …

THE PENALIZATION OF NAMES There is a growing body of research that shows racial and ethnic discrimination in the job market related to names connected to a cultural identity that is non-white. According to a 2016 two-year study in Administrative Science Quarterly, Whitened Resumes: Race and Self-Presentation in the Labor…

The United States of America’s history of exclusion, erasure, and invisibility is so normalized that we even refer to America’s reputation as one of the most diverse countries in the world as a “melting pot.” However, this language, often taught in schools and in other academic spaces is inherently exclusionary. …

Since 1981, more women have earned a college degree. This is likely contributed to the gender gap, a disparity that exist between genders in multiple institutions in the United States. Women as a solo identity comes with tough decisions, such as facing the “second shift” at home, which refers to…