Returning to Reality
I have been avoiding writing this column for about three weeks now–and I might avoid getting to the point for a few more sentences. I think I fell back into depression again these last few weeks.
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Don’t bother reading this column
While I did not experience those things in the first few weeks of the quarter, I am feeling them quite heavily right now–and for reasons that have very little to do with my time in South Africa.
Stanford Review op-ed “Why You Cannot Vote for SOCC” serves no one
The Stanford Review took down a reactionary op-ed attacking candidates and communities of color from its website this evening, before republishing it less than an… Continue Reading »
Counterpoint: Everyone cannot be racist
On a systemic and structural level, racism in the United States only exists against non-white people
So How Was Cape Town? Part 1
Acknowledging my relative class comfort and privilege at home will help me more authentically and meaningfully engage with those around me.
Holding Stanford Accountable: Ethical Investment on Campus
Just as we have to support Caroline, Dennis, Frank and Tony, we must stand strong as a student body and demand that the university ring true to its values.
Holding Stanford Accountable: Ethical Investment in Palestine – Part 2
Regardless–and I emphasize regardless–of what narratives one subscribes to about the Palestinian situation, regardless of whether people don’t know much about what’s going on, don’t care, or think it’s too divisive, I ask one very simple question: Why SHOULD we invest in companies that we know cause social harm and violate the most sacrosanct of human rights?
A Luta Continua: Refounding a nation
As it stands, our veneration of the founding figures, documents, institutions, and values as holy blinds us to the structural injustice all around us.