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Barnum: The white queerness of The Daily Northwestern

October 18, 2022

Last week, The Daily Northwestern published its 2021-22 diversity report. Its results — and reactions to it — were mixed, revealing stark differences in how staffers of varying identities experience...

Mueller: How to approach Macklemore’s new song, ‘White Privilege II’

February 2, 2016

About two weeks ago, Macklemore released a song called “White Privilege II.” I have had a lot of time to think about this song and I have struggled with it. Macklemore dropped this song right before...

Gates: Tone down complaining culture

May 6, 2014

Think about your last meal in the dining hall. What did you talk about? Was it about a Princeton student’s column attacking the concept of white privilege? What it about the NBA’s decision to fine...

Editorial: It’s time for a new conversation on race

October 29, 2012

And so, once again, we are talking about race at Northwestern. The latest spark to what seems to be a never-ending flame was a Facebook dialogue that surfaced last week between Northwestern trustee...

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