Author: Shalin Mathew

The Adultification Bias: Short-changing Black Teens 5 (1)

Racism has permeated black lives in multifarious ways. Despite having abolished slavery decades ago, racial stereotypes and white supremacist behaviors continue to thrive even today right under the nose of a judicial and law enforcement system that’s supposed to check its spread. The latest hot topic that’s been doing the rounds in the black community […]

Book Review: Sapiens: A Brief History Of Humankind 5 (1)

Astounding. Insightful. Page-turner. That’s how I’d describe this book. The nearly-500-page book ‘Sapiens’ written by Yuval Noah Harrari, a historian and professor, is a comprehensive package of extremely interesting observations and appalling facts about who human beings are, how they came to be what they are today and what their future might have in store […]