Author Aashna Higbee

A single word can carry the weight of centuries of violence, hurt, and disgust. There is the old elementary school saying, “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt,” but the truth is the use of certain words to discriminate against people can hit much harder than sticks and stones and can hurt much worse than broken bones.

Immigration raids in Minnesota and elsewhere in the United States have provoked fear and anger.

ICE immigration raids are unjust and unlawful. Worse yet, they are immoral as mass deportation separates hundreds of thousands of U.S citizen children from their families.