Second Take: My Indian culture should not be used as a marketing tool

I chose to eat school lunches of cheese pizza and chocolate milk over homemade spiced vegetables, curry and rice as an elementary school kid, but not because I hated Indian food. I can’t get enough of the blast of flavor that comes with every bite. But outside the Indian community, Indian food is notorious for […]

From the copy desk: Editing out implicit bias in the newsroom

Editor’s note: A newspaper’s copy desk keeps its writers and editors accountable to the public. In this series, Daily Bruin Copy discusses the biggest issues they face in making sure the stories are fairly told. Media can be biased, and the Daily Bruin is no exception. At the copy desk, we have to deal with […]