R’Perspective: A year singing the trap house blues
It took coming home from school one Monday night to find two of my housemates sifting through a pure block of cocaine for me to realize I was living in a trap house. While...
R’Perspective: The horrors of Facebook, one year later
This May 8 marks a day that will live in infamy for me — the one year anniversary of the day I joined Facebook.
Facebook, and social media in general, has long been something I...
R’Perspective: What is an Asian person supposed to do as a humanities major?
“Aren’t all Asians supposed to be good at math and science?” As an Asian-American myself, the number of times that I have been asked this question before is truly astounding. Just as there are...
R’Perspective: Trying out a New Year’s revolution
If somebody asked me about good places to eat in my hometown, I would be able to give that person a list of options and explain in detail whether the service, quality of the...
R’Perspective: From humble beginnings to new challenges — reflecting on my college career
College is the best way to humble someone. I found that out the hard way upon my arrival. I wasn’t dripping in arrogance or anything, but I underestimated the leap that college is from...
R’Perspective: 2016 was a much better year than you thought
These past couple of years, and in particular, 2016, taught me that we Americans are lucky because we’re at a period in which most people in the U.S. now have some access to the...
R’Perspective: Fireworks, smoke and family
During our New Year’s Eve party in 2014, my father announced that we were going to move from San Francisco to Sacramento in the summer. I yelled at him, demanding answers as to why....
R’Perspective: I’m sorry, animals, but you are too tasty not to eat
I grew up in a family that was rooted in a crossroad of white, Mexican and native attitudes toward food: We left no food on our plates, we never threw away food unless it...
R’Perspective: The greatest gift of them all
When I was a kid, between the ages of four and 12 years old, Christmas was my favorite time of year because it was the closest thing to magic for me. A mysterious man...
R’Perspective: #MeToo: A movement of visibility needed for change
As I reviewed my notes for the forthcoming high school Model United Nations conference in a seat by the sliding doors of the 12:30 p.m. BART train, I jerked my head up as an...