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Author: Oscar Garcia-Ruiz

People of Color Mobilize to Protest outside of LC

Posted on November 7, 2015October 2, 2016 by Oscar Garcia-Ruiz

by Oscar Garcia-Ruiz  At approximately 3 pm on November 6th, a post on Overheard at Yale incited a mass rally outside of a William F. Buckley conference on the freedom of the speech. The post states, “’Looking at the reaction to Erika Christakis’s email, you would have thought someone wiped out an entire Indian village!’”…

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The Case for Reparations: Ta-Nehisi Coates Visits Yale

Posted on April 3, 2015October 2, 2016 by Oscar Garcia-Ruiz

“Racism created race,” Coates said. His words echoed soundly in the SSS lecture hall, contributing to a wider discussion about race in America that continues to gain momentum on Yale’s campus and beyond. On Friday March 27th the Black Student Alliance at Yale, the Yale College Dean’s Office, the Office of the President, and the…

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