Testimonial of a student looking to open a chapter on campus and the challenges faced:
On the conflation of all #hindus being of Indian descent. Hindus come from many nationalities and around the world and have a need for a platform to discuss issues faced by our community:
The challenges don't stop there as our students face many difficulties in finding faculty advisors on campus:
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@algalitsky shares on behalf of the Armenian community:
"We all have our unique stories as to how we came here. We all have the trauma. We express our solidarity."
"In 2015 on the 100 year anniversary of the Armenian genocide, we held a large protest in front of the Turkish embassy. This might be the US recognition."
"Denial of a trauma is to reinforce that Trauma. When you are told it didn't happen and these people miraculously vanished, how are we to move on and mourn. We owe it to our fore-bearers."
@RaniRosser from the University of Texas talks about the negative portrayals in elementary and middle school in the education system.
She shares her experience: "When I first started graduate school I wanted to research the high school curriculum that perpetuated bias and stereotypes."
Amongst the responses received were "This is how it was always taught."
"In order to eliminate the bias I had to find another route, I found the California texbook re-evaluation issue."