The Ithacan

Racial epithets have a space in the classroom
Mahad Olad
Paul Zwier is a law professor at Emory University.

Necro. Niger. Negro. Nigga. Black. The word “nigger” has never had a positive connotation.

Fact: President Donald Trump’s racist and xenophobic rhetoric inspires white nationalism.

Opinion Editor Meredith Burke spoke with Ioanide about her chapter, its relevance today and how it relates to her work at the college.

Investigators announced April 9 that they believed the fires that consumed three historically black churches in Louisiana were intentionally set.

The classroom is also implicated in this imperial power structure as it has risen from the same inequities.

So, what does this mean for Ithaca College Feminists United? I can’t decide our future, but what I hope for ICFU is that it continues to be critical of feminism and vulnerable.

There may not be such a thing as ethical capitalism, but we have to recognize that Nike has the power to change the public discourse.

It is our duty to constructively hold these centers of power to account as they entrench themselves in abhorrent practices across the Central New York region.

“When you have been bought and sold for centuries and you have had prices put on your soul, the only thing you control is language,” Bradwell said.

I want us to not have to take classes with and share dining halls with students who knowingly share their racism on social media. I want Ithaca College to do better.

Moving forward, the Faculty Council should consider how to improve its method of investigating disparities among the workload of faculty members.