Violence is portrayed everywhere in the media. From movies to music, there is not a single medium free from it. And we as a society enjoy this.

You cannot walk into a movie theater without seeing an advertisement for a movie involving some form of violence. Why is that? Why has this become such a big part of entertainment?

During my winter break I got to spend time with my family … which meant traveling a lot. The majority of my time though was spent in Atlanta, and a few other (smaller) towns in Georgia, and although I've been visiting my Southern relatives every year since I can remember, through all my various trips it has become evident to me that there is a different culture that exists in the South.

How do you identify when you are mixed? This is a problem I have always dealt with. When people first meet me, they normally assume that I’m Caucasian and not mixed…this is because of my pale skin and brown hair. Occasionally people will remark that I have “very Indian features”, but I’ve also been more incorrectly mistaken for being Latina and also Greek.