“I am definitely more optimistic as a senior nowadays than I was when I was a freshman,” Kang said, mentioning support from Fordham’s Black, Latinx, and Caribbean student groups. “I guess we can kind of keep to ourselves [about] issues [that] are affecting us in some ways, but unless we vocalize that, and if we don’t create community, then we’re not gonna see the outcomes that we want.”Want more fromTeen Vogue? Check this out: What was it like having the spotlight on you from such a young age?AS: emergency responses to storms, floods, fires, and heat waves. Students and professors say the fight for more ethnic studies courses and departments at predominantly white institutions (PWIs) comes with its own specific challenges. Lack of widespread student support, professors of color in the humanities not being prioritized for tenure-track positions, budget cuts, austerity measures, andrestrictivepublic demonstration policies