Tag / Raja Krishna
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Diving Deeper Than Dialogue: Does Washington University Need a Middle Class?
BY RAJA KRISHNA A few weeks ago, a group of students in Bear’s Den publicly recited the lyrics to a rap song containing the n-word while standing next to a table full of African-American students. The question of racist intent remains contentious, but everyone knows what happened next: our campus exploded. Debates raged on Facebook,…
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Why the Wisconsin Sikh Temple Shooting Should Make Us All Afraid
BY RAJA KRISHNA On Friday, July 20th, 2012, a man named James Eagen Holmes walked into a Colorado movie theater and opened fire on a crowd of confused and terrified moviegoers. Seventeen days later, on Sunday, August 5th, 2012, a man named Wade Michael Page walked into a Wisconsin gurdwara—a Sikh place of worship—and opened…
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Where We Should Place Our Fears
BY RAJA KRISHNA This August, Texas Governor and presidential hopeful Rick Perry stirred up controversy when he invited his fellow Texans, along with the nation’s governors, to join him in a mammoth prayer event at Houston’s Reliant Stadium. Dubbed “The Response,” it was marketed as a plea to God to solve our nation’s grave and…
