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In June, President Vincent Price published a statement about anti-racist initiatives. In December, Duke's alumni magazine published a letter to the editor that gaslighted anti-Black oppression, shamed BIPOC for their marginalization and demonstrated overt racism.
Human bodies, like roots in the soil, are interconnected: we travel together, not one soul left behind.
Six sick students, Duke says to us. Six sick students and you all can stay.
So when I talk about lungs, I'm working to not automatically think of my own mortality and the crumbling of our organs into ash. Instead, I'm beginning to see the breath and life that I receive and circulate and give—the parts of humanity that are beautiful, immortal, timeless.
The past couple of days have been a master class in how to take action without actually listening.
Although COVID-19 has brought death and exacerbated societal inequities and increased feelings of isolation and loneliness, this virus has united humanity in our shared vulnerability.
Anti-Semitism is dubbed ‘history’s oldest hatred’ for a reason.
Bringing a white supremacist to campus as a part of a program that professes to “prepare the next generation of strategists” is, conservatively speaking, a pretty bold statement to make.
We are worried as heck about losing ourselves, about losing our friends, about losing our identity. We are afraid that we aren’t good enough. We are terrified of what others think. I sure am.
"'Growing up and driving past that wall with my family made the university seem like this magical but inaccessible place...'"
