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Omaha police fire pepper balls at protestors at a Black Lives Matter protest over the summer of 2020.

Omaha’s long history of police brutality

Morgan Weir, Opinions Editor
April 20, 2021
A disclaimer about racial stereotypes plays before Disney’s “Dumbo.” The disclaimer lasts for 12 seconds and can not be skipped. It also plays before movies like “The Aristocats” and “Peter Pan.”

Disney’s racist legacy

Morgan Weir, Opinions Editor
January 14, 2021
The varsity boys attempt to run as a pack so they can motivate each other throughout the race. They did this successfully in the beginning, but near the end they split up more. “Our team got many personal records, and for those who didn’t get one, they got really close to doing so,” Marshall said. “I tried to stay with the same people the whole time, and even though I split up a bit in the middle, I mainly finished with who I started.”

Wildcats race for state

Garrett Wilcoxen, Staff Reporter
November 5, 2020
A map of Omaha created by Dustin Cable at the University of Virginia using 2010 census information. It is the most comprehensive map of racial distribution in America that exists, as reported by Wired, since it maps individuals. Each dot represents a person: blue shows white people, green shows African-American, orange shows Latino and red shows Asian.

Black and white

Morgan Weir, Staff Reporter
January 24, 2020
Along one wall of the exhibit hangs portraits of several multi-ethnic individuals. Their ethnicities are listed, and then, in their own handwriting, they wrote about how they define their race and themselves. “There wasn't any defining features that are distinct through race,” Skoumal said. “Fingerprints can’t even be differentiated through race.”

On the corner of race road and privilege place

Emma Baker, Staff Reporter
November 15, 2019
The varsity boys team gets a great start and runs together as a pack. “The team goal was definitely to get first overall,” Kirchner said. “We also all wanted to PR (personal record).” The Wildcats needed to get a great start to succeed in the meet. They also know the importance of running in a pack, because this allows them to push each other to run faster.

Wildcats Win

Joseph Ebmeier, Staff Reporter
October 11, 2019
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