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Deconstructing literary privilege

Written on September 3, 2020. Posted in Opinions.

Intersectionality is crucial to dismantling literary privilege. Society teaches ideologies through institutions like prisons, hospitals, armies, and educational systems. The systematic racism and white privilege embedded in these institutions impacts how people learn; consider that in the early 1800s,...

Confronting your white privilege requires self-reflection

Written on June 29, 2020. Posted in Lifestyle.

To be born white is to be born into the path of least resistance. To be born white is to be born historically ‘Canadian.’ This perception needs to change. To become true allies to racialized groups, white people must recognize their privilege as a problem only they can solve. Canada’s institutions...

Recognizing being white-passing as a privilege

Written on June 1, 2020. Posted in Lifestyle, Postscript.

I was born in Baghdad to Iraqi parents who fled war to Amman, Jordan. Although I grew up as part of a marginalized Iraqi community in Jordan, I was also part of the majority of the population, adapting to the Jordanian accent and identifying as both an Arab and a Muslim. In Jordan, I never thought...

How to productively accept your privilege

Written on January 14, 2020. Posted in Lifestyle, Student Life.

In the age of a reinvented conservative shift, it’s no wonder that new and creative ways to be racist are created each day. From the emergence of colorblind racism to the widespread worship of stars that spray-tan their ways to cultural appropriation, it’s a confusing time to be a person of colour...

Being privileged and being spoiled aren’t one and the same

Written on September 27, 2016. Posted in Editorials.

After spending two years at Queen’s, I’ve noticed a convention that is deeply entrenched in our generation and not often addressed: we don’t discuss our privilege. There’s an unspoken misconception in our culture that an acknowledgment of our privilege is an acknowledgement of our selfishness — that...

Standardized testing a rigged game

Written on March 4, 2016. Posted in Editorials.

Test scores that make or break entrance to graduate programs give an unfair leg up to privileged students. Most Canadian post-grad professional programs require a score from a standardized test, be it the LSAT, MCAT, GMAT or GRE. It makes sense why graduate schools want to establish a base line proficiency...

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Deconstructing literary privilege

Confronting your white privilege requires self-reflection

Recognizing being white-passing as a privilege

How to productively accept your privilege

Being privileged and being spoiled aren’t one and the same

Standardized testing a rigged game

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