Imagine if you woke up on your birthday and waited with excitement for that first text from a friend or any recognition, only for nothing to happen. Imagine that feeling of erasure, invisibility. This was how Nicole Teh SC ’27 felt on Lunar New Year. Despite decoration and excitement abound, Teh felt unmoored from her culture and encountered a great hesitance to engage in celebration from her predominately white peers. Teh argues that cultural sensitivity has reached the point of cultural blindness and that we must be willing to authentically engage with the differing cultural and ethnic backgrounds we encounter.
Tag: Hong Kong
‘A flicker of hope:’ Trevor Klein CM ’24 documents Hong Kong protests, lands place in international film festival
After two trips to Hong Kong interviewing at protests, Trevor Klein CM ’24 earned a spot in the Tokyo International Short Film Festival for his documentary.
OPINION: Hong Kong’s perpetual agony
As China’s national security law for Hong Kong comes in effect, Christopher Tan PZ ’21 reflects on what it means for the city.
OPINION: Hong Kong police aren’t just using force. They’re using unnecessary violence
In the ongoing protests in Hong Kong, police are retaliating against people in the streets using force and violence disproportionate to the unrest.
Violent protests force 5C students studying abroad in Hong Kong to evacuate
As violent clashes between police and protesters in Hong Kong shifted to college campuses, most 5C students studying there were evacuated.