Comments on Gaza and the Conversations We Aren’t Having

By: Lily Nguyen-Moreira

2024-04-26T00:07:47Z

This is an excellent article, Sena that speaks not just to the mind, but touches the heart. Through your article, you have exemplified that topics such as these can be expressed with respect and candor.

By: Julia Neely

2024-04-25T14:58:15Z

Sena, thank you for using a platform you have available and being brave enough to start this conversation. As an alumn, your frustration with the performativity of the institution resonated with me deeply. All over the world, students are being silenced for showing their solidarity with the people of Palestine in this heartbreaking genocide. It is not new for educational institutions to champion free speech and social justice theory in their curriculum, yet remain silent and oppressive during crucial moments requiring recognition and solidarity. Fortunately, universities and educational institutions often lag in effecting change, with students being the driving force behind transformative initiatives. Keep holding institutions accountable! We have your back 🙂

By: Kentaro Mathis

2024-04-24T21:52:01Z

Thank you for the excellent article. It is sober and frank. ASIJ’s aversion to discomfort is not new, but often only becomes clearer after one steps away. To be able to gaze critically from within both shows your awareness and is proof of your desire to contest its norms. As you have noted, this is an inherently uncomfortable task. But it is also something to be protected and cherished. How the school—administrators, faculty, students, and parents in total—chooses to react to your article will be indicative of the culture it truly seeks to perpetuate.

By: kian

2024-04-24T16:24:41Z

Nice article. Would this lead to anything being changed though?

By: Karen Noll

2024-04-24T13:17:48Z

Admiring the brilliance of this opinion piece from afar in Minnesota. Thank you, Sena, for posing the challenge of authentic messaging. Your messaging says don’t stomach it, any of it.

By: Cory Willey

2024-04-24T13:05:02Z

Thank you for challenging us, Sena. We needed to hear this!

By: Alain

2024-04-24T10:02:23Z

Thank you Sena. This was a much needed article.

By: Arnab

2024-04-24T09:56:39Z

Amazing article Sena! There’s a lot of truth in this article that needs to be addressed, and this article is definitely a step towards the right direction.

By: Aarya Bharadwaj

2024-04-24T07:36:47Z

Thank you Sena for the great article and read. Especially interesting was the explanation of the lack of trust that administration seems to have towards the student body and some of the facades of “great” progress that are around campus, though I do think that change is happening.

By: Deanna Elstrom

2024-04-24T06:33:39Z

Bravo, Sena! You are brave, articulate and point out that words without sincerity are meaningless.