The New Context

The Student Journal of International Affairs at The New School

Month: November 2016

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Audio Postcard: A Day in the After School Life at the Arab-American Family Support Center

One of the outside organizations that Engage Media Lab, a student organization here at The New School, works with is the Arab-American Family Support Center. New School students have been leading media education classes and projects for a few years […]

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Safety Pin Activism: It’s Not So Easy

There has been wide criticism in America of importing the post-Brexit idea of allies wearing a safety pin in solidarity with minorities, as a response to the heartbreaking election of Donal Trump. In general, the  critique has been valid – it’s too easy a form […]

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/01/corbyn-supporters-claimed-race-card-silence-minorities
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Opinion: Yup, that’s racist.

I was in a class this week when my professor used the word “blacks”. It is an informal class at a liberal college and she is a left-leaning, informed teacher who is usually pretty cool. So I didn’t think it […]