Tag: racism
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From Reel to Real: Vigilantism
It’s no secret. We love fictional vigilantes. Brave men and women who mete out justice when the system fails. Characters like Batman and Spiderman fight for truth and justice on the big screen. But heroes eventually fall from grace. One day, we look up and realise that a billionaire in a rubber suit beating up…
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Not-so-Free-Speech
“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” -Evelyn Beatrice Hall I recently re-read the old classic “Animal Farm” by George Orwell. The first time I read it was when I was in fourth grade. Back then my childlike mind couldn’t spell “political assassinations”, let…
A.L. Ashkenaz 