• The Box Inside The Cage

    The Box Inside The Cage

    by Clayton Hoyle. Thousands of Maine residents are required to “check the box” when they apply for work or housing. Checking the box means admitting if you have ever been convicted of a felony.  Many employers and landlords have prejudices against people who have to check this box. Ex-convicts are looked at and labeled as… Read more

  • Poetry Page

    Poetry Page

    Welcome to our final issue of 2020, in which we look at prejudice from a variety of perspectives. Krista reveals the wisdom of the ages. Sage shows us the value of turning up the voices of color which are far-too-often muted. And Kimberly Valencia depicts a racist man in the comic who is unaware of… Read more

  • How to Make a World of Differences

    How to Make a World of Differences

    “The other kids are good to him,” the physical education teacher told me one afternoon, as I was waiting in the lobby to pick my son up from school. “Well, that’s good to know, I guess.” Read more

  • Age Discrimination

    Age Discrimination

    I’ve experienced age discrimination since I was 16 years old. I know that seems somewhat ridiculous, but it’s true. My first college class at SMCC was in 2017 when I was 16 years old. Read more

  • Disability Discrimination

    Disability Discrimination

    I’ve been sick for the last fifteen years. When I was three years old, I was bit in the head by a tick. When I was three and a half years old I was in my first wheelchair. Read more

  • Bad Dogs

    Bad Dogs

    Prejudice is used in our everyday life when we are saying specific things based on general observations. Several of the newspaper staffers took a perhaps more traditional look at types of prejudice. I decided to talk about bias towards certain dog breeds based on generalizations, including Pit Bulls, Jack Russells, and Chihuahua Dachshund. Read more