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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

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VIEWPOINT: Reckon With Your Implicit Bias

VIEWPOINT: Reckon With Your Implicit Bias

By Gabriella Reyes and Victor Fernández-Mallat April 29, 2022

In every arena, from educational institutions like Georgetown University to workplaces, implicit biases can cause people to engage in discriminatory behavior without conscious intent. These biases are...

VIEWPOINT: How Appearance Impacts Racial Identity

VIEWPOINT: How Appearance Impacts Racial Identity

By Alison McLeod March 3, 2022

CW: This article directly references racism and violence. Please refer to the end of the article for on- and off-campus resources.  I’m half African American on my father’s side, but I was...

Professors Collaborate on New Book About Race, Religion and Democracy

Professors Collaborate on New Book About Race, Religion and Democracy

By Laetitia Haddad February 17, 2022

Georgetown University professors collaborated on a book that examines the complex relationship between Black and Jewish communities in political and religious life.  The book, titled “Blacks...

VIEWPOINT: Commit to Allyship

VIEWPOINT: Commit to Allyship

By Kyra Hanlon February 21, 2020

As we approach the end of Black History Month, I ask my fellow white colleagues as well as white students to consider how they are participating in the work of racial justice. We’re all implicated...

EDITORIAL: Support Black Survivors

By Editorial Board March 29, 2019

This editorial discusses sexual assault on campus. Please refer to the end of the article for on- and off-campus resources. Last Friday, the Georgetown University S.T.O.P. coalition delivered a petition...

Diversity in Media

Diversity in Media

By Guide Editor March 22, 2019

BET FILMS | Ali Davis, played by Taraji P. Henson, embodies values of a hardworking, empowering and independent woman. After a shaman gives her a strong concotion to drink, Ali  obtains the ability to hear men’s thoughts, revealing their darkest secrets and true desires. “What Men Want” surpasses its predecessor by addressing gender and race.

‘What Men Want’ Highlights Humor, Diversity

By Elfrieda Nwabunnia February 20, 2019

“What Men Want,” the 2019 adaption of the early 2000s Mel Gibson film “What Women Want,” is a sharper, funnier, more inclusive take on the original concept. Directed by Hollywood veteran Adam...

ASG/FACEBOOK | The Black Leadership Forum, a coalition of student groups that plan events for Georgetown’s black communities, has organized a series of 24 events in honor of Black History Month this February.

GU Celebrates Black History and Culture Through Monthlong Programming

By Jaime Moore-Carrillo February 14, 2019

Black student affinity groups have organized a series of events celebrating black history and culture and bringing awareness to present-day issues of race and identity in observation of Black History Month...

LEE: Challenge Cultural Binaries

LEE: Challenge Cultural Binaries

By Seo Young Lee February 8, 2019

Introducing myself became a burden when I arrived at Georgetown University. I opened my mouth to give a breezy response about where I’m from, just as others did, but I struggled to find the right...

BOSCO: What Flannery OConnor Tells Us About Race

BOSCO: What Flannery O’Connor Tells Us About Race

By Fr. Mark Bosco, S.J. October 16, 2018

Each year Italy Reads, a festival in Rome for Italian high school students and teachers, reads a specific author from the United States as a way of exploring various themes and issues about the U.S. This...

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Movie Review: ‘Marshall’

By Juliette Silvain October 17, 2017

★★★★☆ “Marshall” is a social commentary on segregated America in the 1940s. Set in affluent Greenwich, Conn., the story recreates the 1941 Supreme Court case Connecticut v. Spell and...

OLSON: With Simpson’s Release, Reigniting Crucial Discussions

OLSON: With Simpson’s Release, Reigniting Crucial Discussions

By Grant Olson August 9, 2017

Nine years after being convicted for armed robbery and kidnapping in 2007, O.J. Simpson was granted parole on July 20, effective as early as October. During his stint in prison, Simpson has reportedly...

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