Category Archives: Race
Egg McCharlies, Haruki Murakami, and That One Time My Mom Died
(James Hildebrand)– In these three months following my mom’s death I’ve struggled to find some unifying thread that ties together everything that’s happened. I’ve wanted to get my hands on … Continue reading
The Life Cycle of a Meme
(Marie Lambert)–Rickrolling, Annoying Facebook Girl, Dramatic Chipmunk, “Charlie bit my finger,” and anything cat related. We’ve seen them all many times, often too many times bombarding your newsfeed or dashboard, … Continue reading
The Depoliticization of MLK Jr.
(Yasmina Martin)– I have been told the story of Martin Luther King Jr. countless times during my K-12 education. His use of nonviolent methods adopted from Gandhi and his calls … Continue reading
Kosher on Christmas
(Liya Rechtman)– Jews eat Chinese food on Christmas Eve. It’s a thing. Jews have had Chinese food on Christmas Eve since we first started arriving in this country en masse. … Continue reading
Race and Immigration à la Française
(Yasmina Martin)-How does one even begin to discuss race in France? Paris, at first glance, is a diverse city filled with French people of Asian and African origin, residents of … Continue reading
Privilege, affluence and oppression
(Ethan Corey) Sometime last week I remarked to a friend that I was glad that the Homecoming issue of The Student (no news, just alumni profiles) was coming up, because … Continue reading
What We Think About When We Think About Obesity
(Liya Rechtman)– “If I have to pay more for luggage if it’s five pounds over, fat people should have to pay more too. They’re weighing us all down.” The above … Continue reading
What’s Smart About the Electoral College?
“I’m not sure when this ‘it’s my right’ ideology crept in, but the United States has never treated voting as a ‘personal right.’… even in the early days of America, … Continue reading
It Shall Rise From The Ashes
(Craig Campbell)– SPERAMUS MELIORA; RESURGET CINERIBUS: “We hope for better things; it shall rise from the ashes.” The Motto of Detroit. In 1701, the French explorer Antoine Laumet de La … Continue reading
