Lola McGuire, Author at The Emory Wheel

All votes are not created equal under gerrymandered system

Posted by Lola McGuire | Feb 7, 2024

Gerrymandering is the creation of new or different electoral boundaries to give one party, class or race an undue advantage in specific districts. In Georgia, this looks like the Republican majority creating districts that silence minority votes, especially from Black residents. Gerrymandering should be illegal. Demography should be destiny. The way that a given district or state looks and feels should be adequately and proportionately accounted for when government officials are selected.

For learning grace, I look to my grandfather

Posted by Lola McGuire | Jan 24, 2024

My pop, a quintessential Southern grandpa, retired army cook and grumpy old man, once asked me, “Did he have a chance to go back to his country over break?” His words were about a dear friend of mine, who is just as American as...

Americans are blind to their own colonialism

Posted by Lola McGuire | Nov 2, 2023

We are in a position of privilege and have the chance to be a good big sister to other countries in the world rather than a bully. We must model just behavior. We must strive to be the light of hope and peace. We must do better.

United States, world’s longest standing sham of democracy

Posted by Lola McGuire | Oct 18, 2023

The Republican Party’s relentless efforts to barricade minority communities from the polls will once again rear its ugly head in the 2024 presidential election cycle. The United States, the cradle of democracy and a nation that...

Emory, stop reducing diversity to an orientation skit

Posted by Lola McGuire | Oct 4, 2023

Content Warning: This article contains references to sexual assault. “We welcome a diversity of gender identities, sexual orientations, abilities, and disabilities, as well as racial, ethnic, cultural, socioeconomic, religious,...