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Taranjit Bhatti writes about “pinkwashing,” a tactic critics say Israel uses to promote LGBTQ rights while masking other human rights issues.

Commentary: Israel’s pinkwashing conceals other abuses

By Taranjit Bhatti • April 19, 2017
From the wars on Gaza to the establishment of a police state in the West Bank, Israel omits its own transgressions against Palestinian queers.
Senior Taranjit Bhatti writes that imagined gates influences how individuals view violence.

Commentary: Imagined gates ignore external violence

By Taranjit Bhatti • September 14, 2016
The construction of these gates is legitimated by the attempt to conceal ties to violence through historical amnesia that ultimately forges an “us” and “them” binary that operates at both local and national levels.
Taranjit Bhatti is a sophomore exploratory major at Ithaca College from Elmhurst, New York. He is a resident assistant as well as the advertising and media chair for the South Asian Student Society.

Commentary: Microaggressions encourage further violence

By Taranjit Bhatti • February 25, 2015
We need to take a step back and analyze the very real implications of having such a “microaggressive” campus climate.
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