Articles tagged: Privilege

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Model UN must solve its own problems before it tries to solve the world’s

Model UN inculcates within participants the mentality that the world can be their playground and that people can be their pawns.

By October 7, 2022

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Sneaker Flipping: Inclusive community before profit

Sneaker flipping enables the use of technology to exploit a slow-moving system. Now beyond innovative, the practice has become inequitable.

By March 24, 2021

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How Georgetown students contribute to D.C.’s housing crisis

Georgetown has significantly contributed to homelessness and gentrification in D.C. We have the resources—and the imperative—to do better.

By , , , , , and November 15, 2020

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An open letter to my fellow white friends: Let’s talk about race.

Speaking out against racism is more than an action. It is a process of recognizing the ways in which white people contribute to and benefit from institutional and societal racism. It is a process of realizing feeling guilty is a privilege—that Black people and other people of color have been living with the effects of this racism for their entire lives. 

By July 9, 2020