In his contribution to The New York Times Op-Ed column, Korean novelist Kim Young-ha writes: “[Suicide is] the No.1 cause of death for people [in South Korea] between the ages of 10 and 30. For people in their 40s, suicide is the second most common cause of death, after cancer.

Since early May, the #BringBackOurGirls campaign has permeated the highest ranks of government and sparked a resurgence of global hashtag activism that rivals the KONY 2012 debacle.

Last week, a friend posted a link to Viviana Leo’s recent piece in The HuffPost Latino Voices, “Racism over Rice and Beans.” Reading it was… infuriating, to say the least. The fact that HuffPost would give a platform to someone spewing such ignorance was disappointing, and I found myself both angry and defensive for my people.