An Interdisciplinary Public Humanities Project by Emory College Students

Category: Video

Rotten to the Core: A System Built by Us but Not by Us

Treasure WelleMay 8, 2022

A Short Documentary Video In Rotten to the Core: A System Built by Us but Not for Us, using examples from Georgia’s correctional facilities, Treasure and Skylar—with the help of Angela Davis, Ava DuVernay, and John Oliver—discuss the business of...

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Re-Balancing the Scales of Justice in the U.S.

Danielle JacobyMay 8, 2022

In his 1997 book The Racial Contract, Charles Mills discusses the existence—or lack thereof—of racial justice in the United States. His description is straightforward and based on an African proverb that he uses as an epigraph to his book: “When white people...

Issue #2 Video

White Privilege and Cultural Imperialism

Sara Useche De AbreuApr 23, 2022

A TikTok Video Response During our History of Political Philosophy class in Fall 2020, we discussed that “whiteness is comparable to the air we breathe”. This metaphor makes sense if you think about whiteness shaping everything that exists as if...