Alia Marsha Publishes on the “Sidekicking” of Minorities in Journalism

alia marsha on the sidekicking of minorities

IAS student Alia Marsha’s article, “,” appeared yesterday on the Seattle Globalist site. Alia is a senior in Media and Communication Studies, and is editor-in-chief of the Husky Herald, 56Թ Bothell’s student paper. In her article, Alia addresses the treatment of underrepresented populations in American journalism, focusing on a recent article that ran in The Seattle Times about Seattle based white rapper Macklemore. The Seattle Times piece referred to Asian American artist Hollis Wong-Wear as Macklemore’s sidekick.