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Culture

Are You Really Latino? Exploring the New 2030 Census

Latinidad is far too important a topic to be oversimplified, so let’s not turn it into a single story that defines everybody.

How to Get the Hermès Birkin (Spoiler: You’ll Need an Antitrust Lawyer)

The Hermès Birkin is notoriously difficult to obtain — so difficult, in fact, that it sparked an antitrust lawsuit.

From Tragedy to Transformation: A Survivor’s Call for Safe Gun Storage

Improperly secured firearms have left innumerable communities shattered. To prevent further loss of life, we must strive for a transformative cultural shift in how we store our nation’s guns.

The Legacy of Critical Whiteness Studies

The academic institutions’ de-emphasis on Critical Whiteness Studies in favor of the broader field of ethnic studies is a step toward more inclusive, critical conversations.

What Do They Call Me: A Personal Narrative from a Generational African American Student at Harvard College

It is no secret that the history of a generational African American person is one intrinsically tied to pain, betrayal, and separation. It’s a...

Ardor et Stabilitas: Latin in U.S. Universities and Secondary Schools

The classics will thrive as long as students and teachers are emotionally invested in them — and there is no shortage of emotional investment.

Classics Are at a Crossroads

The classics are at once beautiful paeans to humanity and an inspiration for Mussolini, and this is not justification for their relegation or promotion. Nonetheless, as with many books in recent years, the classics have also become politicized.

In the Darkness Let There Be Light: The Political Power of Black Hymns

Reported history on the political power of Black hymns.

The Freedom-Hero Fallacy

Some 150 years after the Civil War, Americans are largely uneducated about the principles that caused it. This should be alarming to anyone who subscribes to the adage that those who disregard history are doomed to repeat it.

Reckoning with Icons: Frida Kahlo and Cultural Appropriation

While some express profound admiration and reverence for the artist, others passionately argue that Kahlo profited off an exoticized, calculated self-image at the expense of Indigenous people.