As soon as I finished reading Peggy McIntosh’s “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack,” I emailed the article to my two roommates. Both of them are intelligent, liberal-minded…and white. I knew this article would intrigue them. McIntosh states that “I think whites are carefully taught not to recognize white privilege, as males are taught not […]
Here’s a trivia question for you… Which country has the largest prison population in the world? Take a guess. Answer: The United States Are you surprised? I was, at first, but now I understand. In the past few decades, the United States has been very “tough-on-crime,” adopting laws and policies that places millions of offenders, […]
Notes From a First Generation Pakistani American In August of 1947, approximately fourteen million people were forced to abandon their familial lands and engage in the partition of British India. In this division, religion was the determinant. Hindus and Sikhs hastened inside the newly established borders of India while Muslims went towards their designated state […]
The quantitative analysis does not lie. “Race at Work,” by by Devah Pager and Bruce Western details an experiment regarding hiring discrimination based on race. The study shows that black and Hispanic men receive significantly less positive call-backs from employers when compared to white men. This trend was found even when white men were portrayed […]
“I WANT TO LIFT THE VEIL OF DELUSION THAT SEPARATES US.” Veil of delusion. Intense words. A delusion implies an irrational belief, so for Anurag Gupta to voice this desire…this attempt to lift a veil of delusion, he must have his own rational argument behind Be More. As I looked through the website some more, […]
Shallow to pensive. The trip to the African Burial Ground completely transformed my mood. “Okay guys, you are about to enter a Federal Building, so this will be a lot like the security check at the airport.” Huh? Where am I? Laughter dominated my experience at the security checkpoint. From the secondary screening to the […]
High Line Field Notes -Maryam Choudhary 2:00pm. The amateur ethnographer had been standing inside the Chelsea Market entrance for maybe twenty minutes. She observes her surroundings. She reads a sign: Welcome Pfizer Hmm. I should look that up. The people inside Chelsea Market are bustling. The amateur ethnographer notes the people just walking in. Some […]
