Year: 2013

“I heard the killers call my name. I cowered in the corner of our tiny secret bathroom. My mind echoed with one thought: If they catch me, they will kill me.” Immaculée Ilibagiza, a survivor of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, writes about her escape from racial slaughter in her autobiography, “Left to Tell.” Ilibagiza’s raw...

which, until recently, I was unaware, I do not hate the Greek system. I did go through a stage of anti-Greekness at one point, but as of late, such sentiments have become drastically reduced. I am not opposed to the Greek system. In fact, I believe the Greek system does much good, and, when operating...

Our van pulled off the road at “Visalia Drug Testing & More.” Spencer, the executive director of my Christian ministry, had warned me of this step with a meme that superimposed his head over Hulk Hogan’s: “Drug tests? What kind of drugs are we testing?” Spencer’s face was white as cream cheese and his silver...

Hipsters like skinny jeans, obscure music, and fair trade coffee. Sorority girls only wear leggings and pearls. Athletes never open books. But the danger of a stereotype is not necessarily its tendency towards falseness. In reality, many stereotypes are fairly accurate. Rather, stereotypes are wrong because they dehumanize the people they describe. When we see...