When slurs cross cultures
I vividly remember the first time I ever encountered “the n-word.” I was in the fourth grade, attending elementary school in a small but fairly...
Opinions
A criticism of bad criticism
Criticism is the method by which we cause things to change by exploring our reactions to something, and it necessitates at least one person observing...
To judge, or not to judge others’ judgement
I have always prided myself in being the person that my friends can talk to when they are in a bad place. It is in...
Through the heath
I had always told myself that art was out of my grasp: that I would never be able to fully understand or even appreciate it....
Consensus: In response to “Mayor Bottoms, tear down this statue!”
The Technique Editorial Board stands with GSU’s The Signal in calling for the relocation of the new Henry Grady monument. Figures like Grady with white...
Exactly where I needed to be
When I started at Tech, I was a bright-eyed, bushy tailed freshman, full of vim and vigor and ready to run sprints every morning up...
Parallels in politics
Perhaps one of the most formative moments in my political thinking came when I got some spam mail at my parent’s house. I was back...
Long Live #TheDiscourse
It seems that nearly every week, #TheDiscourse is under attack. Last week, it was pushback on criticism dedicated to Ellen Degeneres sitting at a football...
Racism is not permanent
In the past few years — spurred on, perhaps, by the election of Donald Trump — some progressives have initiated a conversation about how to...
Breaking bubbles, shattering echo chambers
In about a year, American citizens will again decide who holds the privilege of leading our country for the next four years. I was a...
‘Escaping’ nature is a privilege
In season 5, episode 8 of the hit HBO comedy, “Silicon Valley,” there is a rather poignant scene where Dinesh, a Pakistani-American immigrant, must locate...
Finding comfort in true crime
I will be the first to enthusiastically admit it: I like true crime — no, I love true crime. If someone were to browse my...
On defining a ‘New South’
What does it mean to be Southern? I first found myself grappling with this question in the summer of 2017 when I took a class...
Cringe culture is ‘cringy’
As defined by an Urban Dictionary user, cringe culture is: “making fun of people and/or insulting them by calling them ‘cringey’ or ‘cringe’ for doing...
Flying with Wi-Fi disconnects passengers
Flying typically brings to mind thoughts of exotic destinations, thrilling new memories and everything else summed into one word — “vacation.” However, what happens when...
Chasing burgers while we are still young
This past weekend I went to get a burger. Under most circumstances this would not be remarkable at all; most of us would eat a...
Relearning how to serve
For the past two years, I have spent many of my breaks off from Tech in the same way — on service trips. A group...
Remembering to read outside of the classroom
Ever since I was little (at least, more little than I am now in my golden college years), I knew that I had a best...