(Pixabay/Mohamed_Hassan) The concept of flourishing typically encompasses rapid growth and success. Yet I associate flourishing with strength and courage, particularly as a result of growing up in a highly “machista” region. To begin flourishing, it takes an incredible amount of strength to face the obstacles life presents. Personally, the pressure and pride of being one [...]
Read More(Sara Perez / Emory Wheel) For most of my life, identity was a concrete, one-dimensional concept, a mere list of facts about myself. My name is Sara. I am a sophomore. I am Hispanic. If someone asks who I am, this is likely how I would respond because it's easier than explaining the truth: I [...]
Read More(Wikimedia Commons/Rhododendrites) Social media continues to be an ever-present phenomena in our lives, shaping our actions and the version of ourselves we share with the world. But the moment we allowed social media to take an important place in our lives, we made social activism an inherently empty act to gain clout as a conscious, [...]
Read MorePalacio de Bellas Artes, México D.F. (Wikimedia Commons/Diego Delso) As the Latinx community in America continues to suffer from discrimination and racism, the original title of a fall 2021 history course by Associate Professor Yanna Yannakakis’ sparked intense backlash among Emory’s Latinx community. The HIST 360 class, originally named “Mexico: Aztecs to Narcos,” covers Mexican [...]
Read MoreRather than concocting an immediate plan to help a troubled region, Biden and Harris’ current plan to “heal” Central America and slow down immigration oozes U.S. interventionism because of its underlying savior complex.
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