A Booksmart Kid, Eternity Martis Was Excited To move away to Western University for her undergraduate degree. But as one of the few Black students there, she soon discovered that the campus experiences she'd seen in movies were far more complex in reality. Over the next four years, Martis learned more about what someone like her brought out in other people than she did about herself. She was confronted by white students in blackface at parties, dealt with being the only person of colour in class, and was tokenized by her romantic partners. She heard racial slurs in bars, on the street, and during lectures. And she gathered labels she never asked for: Abuse survivor. Token. Bad feminist. But, by graduation, she found an unshakedble sense of self-and a support network of other women of colour. Using her award-winning reporting skills, Martis connects her own experience to the systemic issues plaguing students today, giving us a powerful memoir about what it's like to be a student of colour on a predominantly white campus.
A Booksmart Kid, Eternity Martis Was Excited To move away to Western University for her undergraduate degree. But as one of the few Black students there, she soon discovered that the campus experiences she'd seen in movies were far more complex in reality. Over the next four years, Martis learned more about what someone like her brought out in other people than she did about herself. She was confronted by white students in blackface at parties, dealt with being the only person of colour in class, and was tokenized by her romantic partners. She heard racial slurs in bars, on the street, and during lectures. And she gathered labels she never asked for: Abuse survivor. Token. Bad feminist. But, by graduation, she found an unshakedble sense of self-and a support network of other women of colour. Using her award-winning reporting skills, Martis connects her own experience to the systemic issues plaguing students today, giving us a powerful memoir about what it's like to be a student of colour on a predominantly white campus.
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