Tag / police brutality
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Qualifications for University-Sanctioned Protest
On Feb. 24, following the Parkland school shooting and resultant protests, Washington University sent out the following tweet: “#WashU22 Applicants: We encourage civic engagement. Your acceptance will not be rescinded if you are disciplined for engaging in peaceful protest. March on.” When I read this the first time, it seemed reassuring. I think that it…
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Affirmative Action and Asian Americans
Since the Department of Justice announced its investigation into the effects of affirmative action on Asian Americans, there has been renewed attention on Edward Blum’s case against race-based admissions at Harvard. I’ve grown increasingly troubled with the fierce discussion that has erupted over this news. I could easily be a plaintiff in Blum’s case: first-generation…
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Correcting an Error
I have been thinking about writing this article for a long time. Even as I write it now, I know I should have written this earlier. I should have written this after Samuel DuBose. I should have written this after Sandra Bland. I should have written this after Walter Scott. But I didn’t. So I…
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A Drive-By Shooting in Cleveland
BY RAJA KRISHNA The following is based on security footage and audio evidence released to the public by the Cleveland Police Department. Access the video here. On Saturday, November 22nd, 2014, while the world held its breath in anticipation of the Ferguson grand jury decision, 12-year-old Tamir Rice was kicking at some freshly fallen snow…
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A Civil Discourse: Wash U Hosts Panel in Response to Michael Brown Shooting
BY BILLIE MANDELBAUM In his 1953 novel, Go Tell It On The Mountain, James Baldwin wrote, “Not everything that is faced can be changed; but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” Rebecca Wanzo, an associate professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, referenced this same quote in her introduction to the university’s August…
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One City, Two Worlds: Why Michael Brown’s Death Was the Final Straw
BY VICTORIA SGARRO Anger over the death of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, at the hands of a local police officer has transformed Ferguson, Missouri from an anonymous Midwestern suburb into the focal point for America’s race relations, all within the span of a week. The incident, along with retaliatory protests-turned-riots, landed the small…
