An Interdisciplinary Public Humanities Project by Emory College Students

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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...

Issue #2 Mixed Media

Reflections on “Whiteness as Property”

Olive TaylorApr 23, 2022

by Olive Taylor In 1689, the renowned philosopher John Locke discussed his thinking on property-ultimately highlighting that the creation of property poses moral problems as a result of the shift from the common possession of the earth to disproportionate and...