Compared to other Latinx/Hispanic, White/Caucasian, and Black/African American adolescents, Asian American adolescents experience higher levels of anxiety and reach the clinical threshold more frequently.
Have you ever sat down to research a topic in science, typed your keywords into a research database and been greeted with paywalls, read-only PDF’s and having to endlessly type in your institutional login to check if what you thought was a promising abstract is relevant to your work?
Intersectionality, a term coined by Dr. Kimberelé Crenshaw, refers to the idea that systems of oppression are inherently bound together, and thus create singular social experiences for people who bear the force of multiple systems. In her TED Talk on the urgency of intersectionality, Crenshaw explains that being both a person of color and a woman is strikingly different than being either a woman or a person of color.
Having been a part of JYI since I was an undergraduate, I have found that many of my colleagues and now, mentees, have chosen to participate in JYI because they are looking for a leadership opportunity. We all want to be better leaders. While this is frequently noted as the goal of many of the activities we participate in, I have noticed that it has been more of a lip service than it is carried out in practice. We do not teach our students how to be leaders.
