by Christian White Dear Associate Master Christakis, My name is Christian White and I’m a sophomore in Silliman College, a space I’d like to think you’ve made yourself familiar with. Let me begin by saying that I don’t know you and I’ve never met you, even though we reside in the same space. With that…
by Alejandra Padín-Dujon There are too many problems in Erika Christakis’ Halloween email for me to name, so I will not try. Instead, I want to draw your attention to one glaring problem that has been sadly, criminally overlooked. THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE OF FEELINGS. To avoid any confusion, let me qualify this statement. Under…
by Nicole Chavez On Saturday, October 31st at the Afro American Cultural Center, a group of thirty students discussed sex over lunch. The workshop titled “Race, Ethnicity, Culture, and Sexuality,” was one of several discussions hosted during Sex and Sexuality Week. The goal of the series of workshops and performances was to “promote a sex-positive,…
by Elizabeth Spenst “I’d tell you what I don’t have time for but I don’t have time.” – Angel Nafis, “Gravity” Last year, I wrote an essay for an English class about the health effects of racism on the Black body, from Johny Henryism to microagressions to the racial empathy gap. I supported everything I…
On Tuesday, November 3rd, members of the Black Student Alliance at Yale gathered to discuss the recent events affecting Black students and students of color on this campus, in particular the email from Erika Christakis regarding cultural appropriation and the incidence of women of color being refused entry to the SAE party, in addition to…