BY SIDDHI SHAH '19
I am a French and an English double major, but I read more pieces about international relations and politics than literature. Why? Because I’m an international student of color and for me, it’s not only an interest in current events but a fear of survival that compels me to stay educated.
BY SIDDHI SHAH ’19
With my life, identity and family split across two countries, I grew up a frequent flyer. I know every rule of flying etiquette like the back of my hand. How to pack my entire life into a tiny suitcase, avoid queues, deal with jet lag, and most importantly, tell my ride from the airport that my flight lands an hour after it actually does to make time for that racial profiling I am going to be subjected to.
BY SIDDHI SHAH '19
Like most American colleges, Mount Holyoke has that obligatory picture of a diverse group of students smiling warmly on the college brochures, standing as a testimony to the college’s diversity. Unlike most American colleges, however, at Mount Holyoke, these diverse groups of students don’t just exist on paper. In every class and student organization I have been a part of, there have been various students from different racial, ethnic, class, gender, religious and political backgrounds. At Mount Holyoke, diversity is not a myth.