Our Emory: Take back your voices and ‘our Quad’
Instead of a vicious cycle of oppression, we urge you to see Emory’s social justice legacy as a virtuous one: a cycle of students rising up against oppressors.
Read MoreInstead of a vicious cycle of oppression, we urge you to see Emory’s social justice legacy as a virtuous one: a cycle of students rising up against oppressors.
Read MoreNo horror takes precedence over another, but all sets of injustices need to be evaluated in a system that prioritizes morality over profit.
Read MoreMy unique position as a low-income student has amplified the gratitude I feel for Emory, and I should not discredit my love for the Emory community simply because my experience is not shared with as many people.
Read MoreHistorically, queer people have feared coming out because of the societal and physical abuse that those who had the courage to embrace their true identities faced; currently, bisexual individuals fear society will invalidate their identity. In some situations, bisexuality is something people fetishize as new or hip. Bisexuality is neither a meme nor a sham, and while I am grateful that as a society we are not shaming people for their queerness, it is also inhumane to fetishize someone for their identity.
Read More“We shall respond,” said President Joe Biden after the strike — and he did so in an unproductive and violent manner. I fear what this response will look like and how it will hurt people who have already been harmed by self-indulgent nations like the United States, which evidently considers the lives of its people to be more valuable than others across the world. The United States could have responded with grace and compassion. Instead of responding with bombing or inhumane economic sanctions, governments should send in non-governmental organizations or nonprofits into regions where extremism runs rampant. Give people of other nationalities the gift of order and sanctuary by meeting people’s basic needs for food, shelter and water before losing all sympathy and devastating the land surrounding their homes and livelihoods.
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