JANIYA PEARSON
Janiya Pearson is a senior marketing major from Hampton, Virginia. She has a passion for content creation and aims to further develop and use her creative mindset. She is very active within her Hampton Roads community and at her school, Hampton University. She currently serves as the President of Business Bigs and the Director of Social Media for the Hampton University Dining Facility. Janiya is also a Spring 2023 into the Gamma Iota Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc, where she serves as the Historian for the 2023-2024 school year. Outside of school, Janiya enjoys shopping, spending time with her family, and playing with her puppy, Dior. After graduation, Janiya aspires to continue her path within the social media management and content creation field.
ACTORS OF COLOR MAKE TONY AWARDS HISTORY
In stark contrast to #OscarsSoWhite—the hashtag that criticized the Academy Awards’ lack of diversity in nominees—actors of color made history at the 70th Annual Tony Awards last night by taking home all four of the musical acting awards.
BLACK-OWNED TECH START-UP AIMS TO FIX #AirbnbWhileBlack
Discrimination against Black Airbnb users has been brought to light recently with people taking to social media with the hashtag #AirbnbWhileBlack to tell personal stories where they were denied a room with Airbnb, the online platform where people can list and rent places to stay. As the stories generally go: a white host declined a black user’s request but accepts a (real or fake) white user’s request for the same dates.
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