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Ani DiFranco, Bob Dylan and The Dangers of Identity Politics
Beware of allowing your identity to be a canvas on which other people paint their politics.
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When Intersectionality Makes It Harder
How should campus professionals guide a gay, Muslim and South Asian student when his diverse identities are in internal conflict?
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Tonya Harding, Rodney King and Me
Is there a way to recognize the racism that produced the Rodney King beatings without ignoring the lives of people like Tonya Harding?
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The Dueling Missions of the Diversity and Inclusion Office
Should diversity officers focus on helping underrepresented students thrive on a campus, or fostering conversations between conflicting viewpoints?
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If You Are Mad At Western Civ, Should You Be Mad at Pop Music?
Memo to socially conscious students: Dead white male authors and today's pop stars and rappers have much in common.
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Porn, Religion and 'The New York Times'
A powerful piece about how porn shapes young people's views on sex made no mention of the students' faiths. Could they really be irrelevant?
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Campus Identity Politics: Useful Critique or Repressive Regime?
Learning from James Baldwin and Andrew Sullivan on the uses and abuses of identity politics.