Monuments, murals and memory: The racism of 'greatness' at Duke
By Jessica Covil | October 19, 2018On Sept. 27, I assembled in Duke Chapel with other students, faculty and employees for Founders’ Day Convocation.
On Sept. 27, I assembled in Duke Chapel with other students, faculty and employees for Founders’ Day Convocation.
Choosing “Good Sex” as the subject of an email about campus sexual harassment/assault is…zany, at best. It struck me as “tactless” at the time. However, what bothered me most about the email you sent to the entire Duke student body on April 18, urging us to fill out this survey, was the surprisingly oblivious revelation that “we have more female identified than male identified respondents,” followed by a nudge to “step up guys!” Do we really have no inkling as to why women might be more represented, when the current U.S. president’s admitted approach to women is to “grab them by the pussy”?