A black mother wrestles with having to explain the violence in Charlottesville to her six-year-old daughter.
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Talking to My Daughter About Charlottesville
“Once your children know that even one person detests their bones and breath, they know.”
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What Thomas Jefferson Taught Me About Charlottesville, and America
A personal essay in which Joshua Adams, a Black graduate of the University of Virginia, traces the roots of the recent racist attack there back to UVA’s problematic but venerated founder, Thomas Jefferson.
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What Thomas Jefferson Taught Me About Charlottesville and America
University of Virginia grad Joshua Adams believes that if you want to understand the recent violence there, look back at history and the school’s complicated founder.
Posted inNonfiction, Op-Ed
What Thomas Jefferson Taught Me About Charlottesville and America
University of Virginia grad Joshua Adams believes that if you want to understand the recent violence there, look back at history and the school’s complicated founder.
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What Columbia University’s Investigation Reveals About the Rolling Stone UVA Rape Story
Columbia University’s School of Journalism has released its report investigating what went wrong with Rolling Stone’s story of a rape at UVA, written by Sabrina Rubin Erdely. Among its conclusions: Rolling Stone’s senior editors are unanimous in the belief that the story’s failure does not require them to change their editorial systems. “It’s not like […]