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For DACA students, the fight continues

Matthew Griffin| Contributing Photographer Duke students, including Salvador Chavero Arellano, left, and Ana Ramirez, second from left, went to Washington, D.C., in November 2019 to rally in support of DACA. (Students pictured here with actor Bambadjan Bamba, center.) Now, despite a June victory at the Supreme Court, questions remain about the future of the program.

By Leah Boyd University News Editor

Amid new policies, actions and court decisions, life has been uncertain for many undocumented students for the past few years. Members of the Duke community spoke to The Chronicle about their experiences and what previous policy changes could mean for the future of DACA activism.

‘People forget that we’re human, too’

Senior Salvador Chavero Arellano was born in Mexico, but his sisters were born in the United States. He came to the United States in 2000, when he was one-and-a-half years old. He didn’t learn of his undocumented status until he was around eight, when he begged his parents to let him travel to Mexico with his sisters. “After some time, they actually sat me down and explained very briefly—the best way you possibly could to an eight- or nineyear-old—what it means to be without papers,” he said. The concept didn’t hit Chavero until he was around 13, when former President Barack Obama created the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which offers renewable two-year periods of relief from deportation and work permits to undocumented individuals who came to the United States as children. Chavero would be able to apply when he turned 15. “I was really excited because I thought, ‘Wow, my future could actually be different,’” he told The Chronicle. For a while, Chavero wasn’t sure he would even attend college and “never thought” he would be at Duke. This was until he received the Golden Door Scholarship his senior year of high school, which helps undocumented students afford a college education. He intended to study at Wake Forest University, one of the scholarship’s top partner schools, and even forgot that he had applied to Duke. “The day the application was due, my mom was like,

‘Did you apply to that school in Durham that people say is really good?’ The application asked me if I wanted to apply for Trinity or Pratt, and I just clicked Trinity because it was the first option,” he said. However, he fell in love with Duke during Latino Student Recruitment Weekend. “I knew it was going to be a way that I would be able to put myself out there in the world,” he explained. “Given my status, I had so many barriers. All of that combined and finishing as valedictorian in my high school was a huge motivator.” Chavero said that his efforts in high school to become valedictorian and make a name for himself were not for a medal–– in fact, he doesn’t even know where his medal is.

“There are also people that do so well or are such good people and work so hard but aren’t part of this narrative that everyone wants the perfect undocumented person to be”

work so hard but aren’t a part of this narrative that everyone wants the perfect undocumented person to be.” Rebecca Ewing, lecturing fellow of romantic studies, said that advocacy should focus on all undocumented individuals in America, not just those in academia. “If you’re only advocating for reform or legalization of status for students who are undocumented, you’re ignoring all the sacrifices and challenges that their parents face who brought them here,” Ewing said. ”I think we need to move beyond just celebrating students. They deserve their celebration, but I think it’s also important to just validate people generally who are living in this country and contributing, regardless of how they got here.” She also noted that families with mixed statuses, with some members being citizens and others holding DACA status, can experience tensions, especially because “certain people that have status are afforded more rights than others.” Ana Ramirez, Trinity ‘20, was born in Ecuador and came to the United States in 2001. She lives in South Florida with two See DACA on Page 4

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Salvador Chavero Arellano

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“The only reason I wanted it was because I knew it would make me very competitive for those maybe one to two percent of scholarships available to people like me,” he said. In 2017, North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis proposed the SUCCEED Act, which would award green card status for undocumented students based on merit. Chavero called the act the “green card Hunger Games,” noting that having to compete against each other only added to the stress of trying to get legalized. “People will always say, ‘Oh, they shouldn’t send you back to Mexico because you’re so smart and you do so much for this country,’” Chavero explained. “And while yes, that’s great, thank you, there are also people that do so well or are such good people and

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Mary Helen Wood | Staff Photographer Duke announced in June that it will be test-optional for the 2020-21 admissions cycle, citing issues that some experts say stretch beyond the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

By Leah Boyd University News Editor

Could the SAT become a thing of the past? In June, Duke announced it will be testoptional for undergraduate applicants in the 2020-21 admissions cycle, meaning students who cannot or choose not to submit SAT or ACT scores will not have a disadvantage in admissions. In a statement announcing the change, Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Christoph Guttentag cited concerns about students having trouble registering for and taking tests during the pandemic. Guttentag wrote in the statement that challenges with standardized testing have a disproportionate impact on “those with the fewest resources.” Two education experts echoed Guttentag’s concern about standardized testing, with one arguing that colleges and universities across the country should remain test-optional for future admissions cycles. Guttentag did not respond in time for publication to an email asking whether Duke has plans to make its test-optional policy permanent.

Low-income students face difficulties

Students from low-income backgrounds can experience disadvantages in standardized testing before they even get to high school, noted Dana Griffin, an associate professor in the school counseling program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Those who attend schools with few resources are receiving a vastly different curriculum from those in more privileged institutions, Griffin said. “If the students are not getting the same curricular offerings they need, by the time they get to high school, they’re not going to be educated in the same way to take the test,” she said. She believes that students unable to go back to school due to the pandemic will be further hurt, especially those who don’t have reliable internet access or computers to complete online coursework. Griffin added that some students may not be able to afford to take the SAT or ACT. With the essay component— which Duke recommends, but does not require—the SAT costs $64.50, and the ACT costs $62.50. High SAT and ACT scores are often achieved by multiple attempts at taking

the test, which is not financially realistic for students from low-income backgrounds, said Erica Phillips, an educational equity and policy specialist at Duke’s Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity. Phillips noted that students who receive high scores often use academic coaches or take classes to prepare for the exams, which low-income students often cannot afford. “There’s definitely barriers in terms of just knowing the strategies of how to take [the tests] and then having the ability to take them over and over again,” she said. Griffin emphasized that the inequities associated with standardized testing are classbased and not a race issue, pointing out that there are “many students of color who are middle class or of higher [socioeconomic status] and do well.” Some disagree with Griffin, however. A 2018 Teen Vogue op-ed argued that standardized tests “have a long history of favoring white, middle-class students by testing bodies of knowledge that are fundamentally white and middle-class,” noting that “the tests reinforce the idea that white identity is the default American identity.” One Duke student echoed that idea. In the view of sophomore Sophia Jeffery, standardized tests “show how our culture values what professionalism is and how that’s tied to white supremacy culture, which is actively harming [students of] marginalized identities from childhood all the way up.”

The adversity score

students’ identities to a single number, the College Board worked to replace the adversity score with Landscape, which creates a profile of socioeconomic data for each student. Jeffrey, the Duke sophomore, said that the adversity score only tries to “fix the top layer,” while failing to address the root causes of inequity or constructively help marginalized communities. Griffin told The Chronicle that she liked that the score was “beginning to take into account context.” She also noted that in some communities, neighborhood taxes play a big role in the development of schools. “If a school is in a higher-social-class community, they’re going to have more money funneled––because people are making more money––versus a school that’s in a lower income area,” she said. “They’re not going to have as much, and therefore, they’re not going to have the same course offerings.” But Phillips said that the adversity score doesn’t help colleges get “an accurate representation of who that student is”—and that there isn’t a need for an adversity score because she doesn’t believe standardized testing should be a requirement for college admissions. She proposed using college essays or allowing students to create a portfolio as “what should really be the starting point of an application.”

Other limitations

For students who are able to take standardized tests, Phillips said that a certain score may automatically discourage them from exploring their full potential. “If they get a 1200 on their SAT, they wouldn’t even consider applying to Duke even if they’re a straight-A student because Duke has, more or less, a minimum score that they will accept,” she said. These tests can also limit how teachers craft their curriculums, with many orienting their lessons toward preparing students for standardized Advanced Placement exams and SAT subject tests. “It really limits the amount of project-based learning, group work and presentations that students can be doing instead of just taking pretests and post-tests or learning study skills,” Phillips said. Griffin said that labeling test scores as an indicator of a student’s intelligence “sets some students up for failure” and serves as a disadvantage, especially for those who are unable to afford test preparation services that help students of higher income levels to score higher. In the School Counseling Master’s program for which Griffin works, she said they use a more “holistic approach” to admissions and no longer solely rely on the Graduate Record Examinations as an indicator of application value. If a student applying to the program received a GPA of 3.5 or higher as an undergraduate, Griffin said, they do not have to submit their GRE test score. “We’re looking for students who really want to get into counseling in schools, so we’re looking at some of their past activities,” she said. “We’re looking at their work, their volunteer opportunities and activities that they did participate in.”

In an attempt to take these criticisms into consideration, the College Board introduced an “adversity score” in May 2019. The score took into account 15 socioeconomic factors across the student’s neighborhood and school that are “correlated, according to research, with lower academic achievement and lower lifetime earnings,” according to the New York Times. These factors included median family income, percentage of households in poverty and the unemployment and crime rates. The score was between zero and 100–– the higher the score, the more adversity faced by a student. Guttentag told The Chronicle in 2019 The future of testing that Duke planned to “use it as insight into a Griffin said that as an educator, she is student’s environmental context, more than as hesitant to say that colleges and universities a measure of adversity.” must get rid of standardized testing. After receiving backlash, with critics See TESTS on Page 6 arguing that the score would reduce

By William He Local and National News Editor

Want to add a class to your schedule during drop-add this fall? The Chronicle has compiled a list of four classes from DukeHub, sampled from a variety of subjects, for the curious student to consider.

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Online course; MW 3:30-4:45 p.m.; NS, QS. “Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’, got me stargazin’.” Through this introductory astronomy course, students can go beyond Travis Scott’s hit lyrics to gain deeper insights into the science behind our universe. With only a background in high-school algebra and geometry, students in this course will learn how observation and insight can lead to amazing scientific discoveries. The course will cover topics such as light and matter, the solar system, the lives of stars, the evolution of the universe, black holes and more. The course is taught by Professor of Physics Ronen Plesser.

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Online course; 10:15-11:30 a.m.; crosslisted ARTHIST; ALP, R, CCI, CZ. This course will be a “flipped classroom”: Students will watch short video lectures and complete assigned readings before attending synchronous meetings to investigate works of art “derived from an Afro-United States cultural perspective,” according to the DukeHub class notes and course description. The course will focus on major figures such as Henry Ossawa Tanner, Aaron Douglas and Jacob Lawrence. The course aims to help students develop visual analysis and visual literacy skills, covering modern as well as contemporary art. This course is taught by Richard Powell, John Spencer Bassett distinguished professor of art and art history.

GERMAN 380: Marx, Nietzsche, Freud

Online course; TuTh 5:15-5:50 p.m. or 5:55-6:30 p.m.; cross-listed PHIL, LIT, POLSCI; CCI, CZ, SS. Three of the most influential thinkers of the modern era are remembered for their work in fields ranging from economics to human existence. This “critical examination and assessment on the thought of Marx, Nietzsche, and Freud,” as it’s described in the DukeHub course description, will be taught in English. Topics will include “nihilism and the challenge of overcoming it” and “the exploration of the hidden foundations of the self and of culture,” according to the description. This course is taught by Henry Pickford, associate professor of Germanic languages and literature, and Hannah Read, a doctoral student in philosophy.

Duke’s pool testing plans By Matthew Griffin Editor-In-Chief

Undergraduates will participate in COVID-19 pool testing starting next week, with the process then expanded to include other community members, Duke announced last week. Beginning this week, undergraduate students living on campus will be selected to participate in the self-administered testing, according to an Aug. 13 email to undergraduates from John Vaughn, director of student health services; Mary Pat McMahon, vice provost and vice president for student affairs; and Gary Bennett; vice provost for undergraduate education. “If you are selected for pool testing, you’ll receive an email and text message alerting you to your day,” the email states. “Please be sure to attend carefully to these texts and plan accordingly.” Participants will insert a cotton swab into each nostril and move it in a circle against the inside of the nose three times, according to the email. Students need to bring DukeCards or a mobile phone with the SymMon app, used for daily symptom monitoring, and the process will take about five minutes. There will be testing sites in multiple locations on East and West Campus, and site coordinators at each location will ensure tests are transported to a nearby lab. Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs and government relations, told The Chronicle last month that Duke’s pool testing would involve grouping five to 10 samples into a single test. “If a particular pool tests positive then the samples are referred for further testing to isolate the positive individual, who would then be contacted by a medical professional for further action (testing, isolation, etc.),” Schoenfeld wrote in a message at the time. Any positive results will be communicated to students participating in pool testing

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within 48 hours, according to the Aug. 13 email to undergraduates. The process will expand in following weeks to include other students, then “faculty and staff who regularly interact with students on campus,” according to the email. “This testing process will be conducted throughout the fall semester. Duke hopes to make this as quick and convenient as possible for all participants, and it is critical that you participate to ensure we can maintain on-campus activities during the pandemic,” the email states. Contact tracers will get in touch with students who test positive to determine whether others who’ve been in contact with them need to be referred for quarantine and testing, according to Duke’s July 26 reopening FAQ. Duke has set up quarantine and isolation space in two East Campus dorms, as well as the Lodge at Duke Health hotel, for students living in Duke housing. Those who live off campus have to quarantine or isolate at home if necessary. All students must also be tested upon returning to campus. The University announced Aug. 12 that there had been four positive coronavirus tests among returning students, out of 3,116 tests conducted so far, in addition to a 26th positive test among student-athletes.

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international students. “It was a huge push from people that FROM PAGE 1 I met at Duke and my predecessors who have done so much work to really make the sisters, one of whom has DACA status and University treat us like we’re domestic and the other of whom has citizenship. For most help us out,” he said. of her life, Ramirez’ parents didn’t tell her of Ramirez said that following the Trump her undocumented status in order to protect administration’s attempt to revoke DACA her and “not put that burden on [her].” in 2017, she felt an immediate need to create However, when applying for colleges and her “some sort of support” for undocumented license, it came to light. students at Duke. She feels that “reducing [undocumented She and Axel Herrera-Ramos, Trinity ‘20, students] to their accomplishments” is an co-founded Duke’s chapter of Define American incredibly dehumanizing experience. that same year. “Even in these past couple of years The organization aims to start conversations with rescinding DACA and everything like about what it really means to be an American that, there’s been the same discourse: We citizen, according to Ewing. She served as the shouldn’t get rid of DACA because, ‘Oh, but first faculty advisor for Duke’s chapter and look at all these students at these amazing has worked on several immigration cases as an colleges, they’re such great workers,’” Ramirez attorney. explained. “It is really dehumanizing just to “We have a number of people living make somebody what their efforts can be in this country who have lived here the versus, well, their humanity.” large majority of their lives and consider “People forget that we’re human, too,” themselves citizens in their communities, Chavero said. even if they’re not legal citizens, and I think their community members would consider Define American them citizens as well,” Ewing said. “But Chavero arrived in Durham to begin because they don’t have a legal document his freshman year at Duke in August 2017. that says that they’re American, they are sort Two weeks later, on Sept. 5, the Trump of kept out of a lot of opportunities.” administration rescinded DACA. Ramirez said that Define American has “It was probably one of the worst put their “heart and soul” into advocating feelings I’ve ever had because I had such a for immigrant students and members of the sense of security and it was just stripped community. away,” Chavero said. Duke hosted the annual Define American Duke quickly reached out to Chavero and Chapters Summit in 2018, an event that Ewing other undocumented students and expressed recalled as being particularly exciting for her its commitment to protecting them, and and many students, despite the fact that she the University advocated for the protection was unable to attend. of DACA. President Vincent Price issued a statement in support of the program and Saved by the Supreme Court? Duke signed amicus briefs in court. For the next few years, Chavero and Chavero was part of the first class at Ramirez joined in activist efforts to Duke where undocumented students See DACA on Page 5 were considered domestic rather than

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DACA FROM PAGE 4 defend DACA students across the country. Last November, they attended a rally in Washington, D.C., with several friends, and Chavero himself has lobbied in Capitol Hill for the past three summers. Ramirez described the rally as “a way to not only show our support to each other, but also to show our support to the immigrant community of Duke and Durham.” She added that activism can feel “helpless” sometimes, feeling like she “can’t do anything that can change everything tomorrow.” But “everything is with time,” she said. She and other Dreamers saw some of their efforts pay off in June, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of DACA. The court, led by Chief Justice John Roberts, blocked the Trump administration’s 2017 effort to dismantle the program , noting that the administration has failed to provide “a reasoned explanation for its action.” Chavero acknowledged the ruling as a “win, but not the end victory.” Though the court rejected the way that Trump tried to end the program, the administration still has the power to try again and indicated that they will. Undocumented students who needed to renew their two-year deferred action now had the opportunity to do so. Chavero, who is set to graduate next May, would now be able to finish his college career, with his most recent renewal covering him through 2022.

640,000 DACA recipients who wish to renew their protections can only do so for a 12-month period instead of for two years. Chavero said that getting a renewal application approved can take several months—he waited more than half a year for his first renewal. While his permit is still valid until January 2022, he’ll have to go back around August of next year to get his one-year renewal approved by January. The Trump administration has launched a “comprehensive review” of DACA, rather than immediately moving again to end it. Wolf wrote in the memo that DACA “presents serious policy concerns that may warrant its full rescission.” Chaveo said that the Trump administration’s actions have left him feeling confused, though he is not surprised by the decision. “We have a president who initially said he doesn’t want us here and he wants to get rid of DACA. Then, during the Supreme Court case, he said, ‘I’m going to win,’ and then when he lost, he said, ‘Okay, now we’re going to get rid of it.’ Then he says, ‘No, we’re actually going to help them out––I’m going to provide a pathway to citizenship, we’re going to do everything for them.’ And now they’re doing this,” he said. He believes that Trump’s actions were “purely political,” noting that the upcoming November election might be forcing Trump to please his voters. “I think he’s trying to do something that would motivate his base because [getting rid of DACA] was one of his promises on day one, and he hasn’t been able to do that,” Chavero said. “He hasn’t been able to build a wall. He hasn’t been able to do a lot of the things that he said he was going to do.”

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that their lives continue to remain in the hands of the courts. In order to achieve an end victory, he thinks they need to continue to push for permanent changes, such as allowing new applications from individuals who have never had DACA status and advance parole, which allows DACA recipients to travel outside of the country. But speaking up is sometimes difficult, he said, for DACA recipients. “Undocumented students want our voices to be heard, but sometimes we don’t want our faces to be seen,” Chavero explained. He said he hopes Duke will continue to let incoming first-years know about Another step backward the resources they offer, as many may be The celebrations didn’t last long. afraid to reach out due to fears of having Chad Wolf, acting secretary of the their statuses revealed. Chavero took the initiative himself to ask Duke for assistance Department of Homeland Security, wrote in a The future of activism July 28 memo that DHS would not review any Chavero and his friends have lived in a paying legal and application fees, and the new DACA applications. Any of the current “state of limbo” for three years, and he noted University was able to do so.

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Ramirez echoed Chavero’s sentiments, saying that the “number one thing [Duke] can do is listen to the students.” She worked with Define American to create a training program for Duke faculty, where they would learn how to interact with undocumented students. “I think it’s really important for administration to be very much vocal about their support for students, because there’s a handful of students who disclose their status and people go and go out and advocate, but they don’t have to,” Ramirez explained. “There’s also other students who, you know, prefer to stay out of the limelight. And I think for them as well, it’s just so important to hear that the University does support them and does want to help them in any way that they can and in every way that they can.”

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DACA FROM PAGE 5 Ewing also said that she admires the strength of the Define American students with which she worked. “I’m just always impressed by students’ resilience and ability to overcome obstacles and hardships,” she said. “It’s really difficult to be undocumented, and it’s even more difficult to study when undocumented because you don’t know after you get your degree if you’ll be able to work or not, and sort of where you’re going to be, which is really disorienting.” Chavero saw his paternal grandmother for the first time in 2015, when he visited Mexico under advance parole. He fears not being able to reenter the United States if he visits again, but he also feels that if he doesn’t go, he’ll regret it for the rest of his life. He also feels that many Americans take the ability to travel abroad for granted, adding that many people are shocked when they learn DACA recipients can’t leave the country. “It’s kind of ironic that we’re locked in within America’s borders,” he said. “We’re so enclosed in this country that’s supposedly so free.”

TESTS FROM PAGE 3 “I do think reform is always possible,” she said. “I think that we can use tests, but I don’t think that can be the only thing that we use.” She said that in order to engage in reform, institutions must begin collecting data and figuring out how standardized testing impacts “the effectiveness of what our students are able to do.”

Griffin also said that students from low-income backgrounds may have families that did not attend college. She conducted a study and found that these students don’t go to their parents for information about college, instead seeking out teachers, coaches and members of their school community. “We need to talk to parents and we need teachers, counselors and the school having a career-and-college-readiness culture from elementary school,” Griffin said. “If it starts early, then our students are better prepared by the time they get to high school. We have to start in elementary school with this.” She added that many tend to overlook the role that community colleges play in society and “don’t look at them as a viable option for students.” Griffin underscored, however, that they are affordable and perfectly viable offerings for students who want to pursue higher education. Phillips agreed that standardized testing is not just a university issue, with students in North Carolina being trained to start the exam cycle as early as third grade. She cited a state policy that would fail third graders who didn’t pass an end-ofyear reading test. Students who fail have to go to summer school, repeating third grade if they fail again. “Their confidence can be on the ground just from not passing a beginning-of-grade test their first month of third grade,” she said. Phillips proposed portfolios as a better way for students to showcase their high school experience, noting that “college is an application to the real world.” She also emphasized interviews as a way for a student to show “their truest self,” allowing college admissions officers to “get to know them as a real person, not just a person on the paper or their test score.”

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From clickbait thumbnails to serious, serif font newspapers, stories of child heroes inundate our culture. Their exploits range from quotidian good deeds to revolutionary movement-building. Some, like Ruby Bridges, Malala Yousafzai and Greta Thunberg, become household names for their immense bravery amid adversity or their shattering of oppressive barriers. The typical narrative of the child hero, the one dispersed by teachers, evening news segments and picture books, intends to tell children that they, too, can be brave, stand up for themselves and overcome trauma. Often, these narratives — which are already condescending in tone — ignore a glaring question: Why were these children subjected to traumas in the first place, and how can grownups stop them from happening again? Durham-based children’s storyteller and aerial performer Amy Godfrey wants to change the dominant narrative around children, and she wants to change how adults talk about and to them. Godfrey believes that children are full, autonomous individuals from the moment they are born, worthy of respect, attention and free will. Through her work, she is guiding a new generation to grow into emotionally intelligent adults capable of weathering and deconstructing the crises facing the world — an ambitious feat, woefully unaccomplished by generations of adults prior. When I spoke to Amy, she couldn’t say that the next generation will fare any better, only that she hopes they will. She was sitting in her backyard on a Wednesday morning. Behind her was a fort adorned with flowers and a red picket fence with tufts of crawling ivy. On her Youtube channel, where some of her quarantine-era storytellings have been made public, she opens her videos with a welcome song. Seated “criss-cross applesauce” in the grass, banjo in hand, she sings, “Hello my friends / I’m glad that we’re together / Even though we’re far apart / You know my friends that this won’t last forever / Even though I know that it feels hard.” Such a simple, sweet song, performed against this bucolic backdrop, may sound distant from the screeching electric guitars and hollers of punk rock, but Godfrey, a former punk rocker herself, sees her storytelling as an extension of her time in different bands. “For years, I was trying to find ways to create events that were all-ages, where everyone would be welcome to come,” Godfrey said. “At some point I was like, ‘How can I do this and get paid to do it?’ So that’s where I got the idea of becoming a librarian.” After receiving her master’s degree in library science, Godfrey worked as a tween librarian and later as a children’s librarian at Durham’s Southwest Regional Library. In that time, she developed a following for her dynamic and socially sensitive storytimes. Now that she has two kids of her own, she has transitioned out of her job as a public librarian and works independently in her children’s storytelling venture. She has partnered with Regulator Bookshop and Levin JCC, and she works alongside other vibrant local storytelling platforms, like Nolia’s Neighborhood. While Godfrey often chooses books that address important issues like race, gender and consent, she approaches her storytime not as a lecture but as a genuine conversation. “We tend to look at children as these unmolded balls of clay that we need to shape and form into a respectable person, versus a full and complete human from the day they are born who just needs support,” Godfrey said. “I want children to feel seen. I want them to feel like what they have to say is important. I want them to feel heard.” Victoria Facelli, who attended Godfrey’s storytimes first as a nanny and later as a mother, described herself as “probably Amy’s oldest fan.” She traced with enthusiasm some of the ways Godfrey has stood out as a storyteller: incorporating sign language into her storytimes; interacting with children individually, even over Zoom; and allowing conversation to occur naturally in the middle of her readings. “One of the things I laugh about with other parents is that it’s literary criticism for toddlers,” Facelli said. “I really like how she doesn’t shy away from hard topics… [Godfrey] has this perspective that kids have the same right to media that we all do. They get to choose their media, and we can talk to them about it.” As is the case with many performers, the transition to virtual programming has given Godfrey opportunities for creativity, although, as one would expect, the medium is far from ideal for capturing and keeping toddlers’ attention. Recently, she led the children in a game where they guessed her emotions as she was wearing a mask, normalizing consciousness of others’ feelings: an especially important task amid a pandemic that presents challenges to building community and friendship for children, Godfrey emphasized, as much as anyone else. In a world facing a catastrophic convergence of structural racism, disease, climate change and persisting violence, community is necessary for safety. Building a community of people who can appropriately process their feelings of hurt, anger, desire or fear, who can listen and respect and love, is one step in the large, but possible, task of reimagining the world. In Durham libraries, coffee shops, homes and other spaces, in Amy Godfrey’s Zoom gatherings and in those of many others across the world, that process is underway.

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I survived the end of the world. Despite my intention to toughen up at the onset of adulthood, I remained an oyster without a shell, soft and yielding. I worried about the world tanning my heart into an impenetrable leather and resisted this transformation at the expense of developing the thick skin emblematic of growing up. Sticks and stones did break my bones — as did words. I was excruciatingly sensitive; I would burst into tears for every reason and sometimes no reason at all. Occasionally, when anxiety

would keep me awake and following hectic trains of thought that were more like toy race cars on an enclosed track than any train, I would wonder how I would fare in an actual apocalypse. Given my distaste for selfishness and my physical weakness, I inevitably realized that I would not make it. I was part of the body count, not a protagonist. Many comparisons have been drawn between the year 2020 and the apocalypse, and while such dramatics seem in poor taste considering this political and racial upheaval has been long coming, the pandemic did in fact feel like the end. In a matter of days, the cement that had been holding my life in place melted away as if it had been nothing but

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frosting. Duke announced that the rest of the spring semester would be remote, prematurely ending my junior year and cutting me off from my friends, my research and my salary. I had just a day to drive up to Durham and grab my belongings before the campus was completely closed. Later that same week, I had an MRI to rule out the possibility of a brain growth having caused the massive seizure that I had suffered a few months prior. As I laid in the narrow scanning machine, tight and airless as a coffin, I felt utterly hopeless, resigned to my fate as a causality. Adapting to life in this radically different world was not the test of endurance or callousness that I had imagined. Instead, it became an exercise in embracing uncertainty, something that I had never really excelled at as an anxious basketcase obsessed with routines and predictability. I could no longer depend on the future as a nebulous source of stability; the tenuous security that the universe had promised had disappeared, destroying the tremendous effort that I had devoted to building a path to personal success and satisfaction. This was not an event that could roll off my back. My skin wasn’t thick enough for such a glancing blow. Like a peach in peril, I bruised, I rotted, I buckled under the weight of a dying world. I wish this was a story with a moral, one with an uplifting message about the skills that I gained in quarantine and the merits of being vulnerable, but I have not come to that conclusion just yet. The world is still ending in its own way: the virus is still raging, still a constant threat. Five months in quarantine punctuated periodically by the masked trip to Walmart did not come

with a lesson about appreciating loved ones or self-care or emotional closeness, no matter what social media and commercials filmed over Zoom implied. It was an incredible challenge, its own long-form mental breakdown that blew holes through years of recovery and coerced me to find makeshift solutions for frustrations and anxieties that could have previously been resolved through solitude or spending time with friends. Even now as I return to Duke and tentatively reestablish the connections that had sustained me, I feel unsteady and guarded. The infrastructure of my life has collapsed too many times now for me to trust it anymore. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Everywhere I step is a trapdoor, eager to drop me back down into the depths of despair and loneliness that I thought had long since been filled in by progress. But the MRI scan came back clean as a whistle. My family and friends are still alive, and so am I. I’m not steel or glass; I broke instead of bending, but I never had to harden under the galvanizing pressure of a global pandemic. Being soft and open about my feelings, being selfless in my decision to stay home for five months, being willing to cry on the days when everything felt impossible was what allowed me to survive the end of the world. I have not returned yet to living. The cracks in me are still healing, not quite yet making me stronger than I was before the blast. I’m not a fable or a source of inspiration. I’m just a person trying her best to continue — even when the world is ending. —Sydny Long, managing editor

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Chair of ACC medical advisory team meets with all Blue Devil student-athletes, optimistic on fall seasons By Evan Kolin Sports Editor

The college sports world has experienced a whirlwind of news over the last week, with multiple Power 5 conferences announcing the cancellation of fall seasons and multiple others remaining on their current path to play for the time being. Amid the uncertainty, Cameron Wolfe, a doctor in the division of infectious diseases at Duke and the chair of the ACC medical advisory team, met with all Duke student-athletes Aug. 12, according to athletes that attended the meeting. In the meeting, Wolfe reportedly discussed why—despite the Big Ten and Pac-12’s decisions—he is optimistic that the ACC will still have sports competition this fall. “If you asked me this question 24 hours ago I probably would’ve had a different answer and been more skeptical,” women’s cross country senior Michaela Reinhart said Aug. 13 in response to how optimistic she is that ACC championships will happen. “But we were on a Zoom call with Dr. Wolfe— he’s a big doctor at Duke, really nice guy. He agreed to get on a Zoom call with all student-athletes and kind of field any questions about COVID and what might happen, and he seemed pretty optimistic that the ACC wouldn’t cancel the rest of the season. And I do trust his judgement. Obviously it could change, but I’m pretty optimistic that it will happen.” On Aug. 11, Wolfe told the Sports Business Daily that he believes football can be played safely this fall and that he is confident the ACC will continue with its plan to play fall sports, relaying that same optimistic stance to all Blue Devil student-athletes the following evening. One of the major points Wolfe touched on during the Wednesday meeting is why he believes the ACC is in a different position than the Big Ten and Pac-12, whose announcements that they were cancelling fall seasons is what many believed to be the beginning of the end for all Power 5 conferences. Wolfe used the state of Arizona as an example, and how

its strict guidelines posed a problem for both Arizona and Arizona State, two major schools within the Pac-12. “I absolutely used the example of Arizona—of all the Pac-12 states, it’s been more heavily affected by COVID than most,” Wolfe, who did not respond to a request for a phone interview in time for publication, wrote in an email to The Chronicle regarding his meeting with student-athletes. “So the Pac-12 absolutely had to contemplate how they would handle traveling there, or having teams come from there.” Despite the optimism related to the ACC, men’s cross country senior CJ Ambrosio does recall Wolfe mentioning that his own conference could face a similar issue with the state of New York and its own strict COVID-19 regulations. Ambrosio remembers Wolfe saying that the ACC will likely have to approach the state and ask if athletes are allowed to come in and out, given the COVID-19 protocols that the conference’s athletes are following. Another obstacle of fall sports happening is the lack of common testing protocols between schools in the conference. Ambrosio said the hope is that the ACC can make it work with different protocols in place, but that Wolfe believes it’s probably best if everyone in the conference is on the same page. “I think there was a hint that we kind of need other schools to step up,” Ambrosio said. “He didn’t say that directly, but it was kind of hinted that, ‘Hey, Duke seems really on top of things, but other schools may have different protocols.’ He didn’t really give a clear answer as to if we can compete with different protocols. That still seems something to be decided.... That’s like the golden question, right?” If all other schools begin to follow the protocols Duke has between all sports, Ambrosio got the message that whether his, or anyone else’s, fall season happens is largely based on the decisions of him and his peers just as much as everyone else. “Since we’re going to be held accountable every week, we

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could make it work, “ Ambrosio said. “We could have all negatives every single time because we are just smart about where we’re going, we’re masking up, we’re keeping our distance.... It’s kind of in our hands, which I think is a great thing.” With the season still roughly a month away from its scheduled start date, Wolfe does believe that collective responsibility can go a long way to making fall sports possible. “It is up to all of us—student-athletes, coaches, administrators, physicians, families—to do our part to protect the health and safety of our colleagues on campus, and the community,” Wolfe See MEETING on Page 17

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With the ACC still hopeful to have fall sports occur on schedule, Duke is rolling on with preparation for the season. During a virtual press conference Aug. 14, head coach David Cutcliffe discussed the leadership needed from the NCAA and various conferences during this time, as well as how players have adjusted to the uncertainty. One aspect of the unpredictability that pervades fall sports is the fact that a decision on eligibility and scholarship limits will be necessary due to potential cancellations or reduced number of games. Cutcliffe expressed his opinion on a rule change that could serve as part of a solution to the difficulties studentathletes will face. “If you ended up losing a season, you would certainly want to look at going above 85 with commitments,” Cutcliffe said. “You already have seniors that may or may not return—it’s a complex issue. We’ve asked a couple times for the oversight committee to consider taking the four-game redshirt rule to six, which would handle some of those circumstances. But I say this all the time—it’s 2020, so who knows what’s going to come out of this. I know that we are going to do what we can, no question here [at Duke] and across the board collegiately, to help student-athletes through a very difficult time.” Even if the ACC decides to move forward with the season as is, playing all 10 conference games along with the single nonconference matchup will be a challenge. Despite prevailing concerns regarding the spread of COVID-19 as

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don’t want to see any drastic changes to our great game. It’s a great form of amateur football, it’s provided a platform for a lot of great young men both educationally and athletically. I guess we’re the cheapest minor league for any major sport—the NFL doesn’t have to fund us. It’s provided a lot of things for a lot of people, and I think our leadership really needs to step up at this time.” Besides the obvious safety and logistical concerns surrounding the season, a few key points were made regarding the ongoing positional battles during the early stages of See CAMP on Page 17

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Regardless of whether or not college football is played this fall, the players have fundamentally altered the course of the sport forever. On Aug. 2, players from across the Pac-12 came together to demand certain concessions from their schools, including health and safety protections, addressing racial injustices and economic equities. Big Ten players followed suit Aug. 5. And Aug. 9, in response to reports that Power 5 conferences were on the verge of postponing/cancelling their football seasons, several prominent players began tweeting #WeWantToPlay. Players from all of the aforementioned camps came together that night to discuss how to combine their efforts and protect both themselves and the upcoming season. By the time Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence and running back Darien Rencher had tweeted out the players’ list of demands— and certainly by the time President Trump retweeted it—this was already one of the most significant player organizing movements in NCAA history. As of Aug. 10, at least 19 Duke football players had expressed support for or boosted the campaign. “We’re in support of playing,” senior defensive end Drew Jordan said during media availability Aug. 11. “We’ve been working very hard to get to this point of camp, and that’s what we want to do moving forward.” The most significant of the players’

demands is their final: a college football players association. For the labor force earning billions of dollars in annual revenue while seeing exactly zero of it, while their schools appeal rulings enabling them to profit off commercials all the way to the Supreme Court, a players association (PA) is likely the only avenue to economic equity. Establishing a PA will be incredibly difficult and would require some important questions to be answered: What levels of collegiate sports are involved? Does it include just football, all revenue-positive sports or all sports? How do they bridge different rules across states and conferences? Surely the players have little consensus yet, but the case has been opened, and it’s not going to subside anytime soon. To be clear, they probably can’t unionize. Public workers aren’t guaranteed that right, and some states explicitly ban it. Private sector employees have that right, but it’s contingent on that labor being recognized as employees, a distinction that the NLRB declined to rule on for collegiate football players when Northwestern’s athletes attempted to unionize three years ago. Unionizing would be nearly impossible regardless, with such broad differences between players’ situations. But a workers’ association is possible.

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wrote. “If we all do these things, then we have a shot at having the kind of fall season that we want, regardless of your favorite sport.” Of course, despite Wolfe’s optimism and input into the situation, the ACC and its members may not find a way to make things work. The NCAA canceled all non-football championships Aug. 13. So while the ACC decided the same day that its plan is to stay on course with fall seasons, things can always change and are moving very quickly. Even with the uncertainty that remains, Ambrosio added that many of the athletes on the call just appreciated the mindset and bluntness Wolfe exhibited, a rarity in the world of college sports these days. “It was kind of cool because we’ve had many Zoom calls throughout the summer, but the one with [Wolfe], he just kind of put all of it to rest, he’s kind of like the top dog,” Ambrosio said. “And if anything, we all had a level of, ‘Okay, this guy’s being 100 percent real with us.’ He did say he’s optimistic himself and he had this sense of confidence about what’s going on.... He never said we’re going to compete or we’re going to do this. But it was more like, let me ask you a question and be honest with you, which in this day and age is actually really nice to hear.”

fall camp. Chase Brice, the former Clemson backup signal caller who arguably saved the Tigers’ national title hopes in 2018, comes into the season with significant fanfare. Cutcliffe raved about the redshirt junior’s measurables and intangibles. “He’s got great arm talent, he’s a natural thrower, his accuracy level is really high and he’s got a great football IQ,” Cutcliffe said. “He’s still obviously learning a system. It’s tough as a quarterback. He did get the benefit of some Zoom meetings, but not what the other guys got all through the spring because he was still in the process of trying to graduate [from Clemson]. What I will tell you is that he’s getting more comfortable with the passing game every day, he’s a really good football player and it’s important to him.” The secondary also features a host of returning talent, with the defensive backfield shaping up to be a strength of the team. Cutcliffe was extremely pleased with how the group has carried itself as a whole. “It would be really easy for me to say all of them,” Cutcliffe said regarding who has emerged as vocal leaders in the secondary. “They’re having fun practicing, Mark Gilbert is back at full speed, he obviously is inspirational as a veteran player. Marquis Waters and Michael Carter in a safety combination are pretty darn special. [We also have] Lummie Young, J’Marick Woods, Leonard Johnson and Josh Blackwell. We’re getting Jeremiah Lewis back, he’s been out just a little while. A lot of young talent there, I’m excited about that. “We’re not as deep at safety as we would like to be, so there’s some young player opportunity there. As always, some of our young guys have sore hamstrings, sore quads. We’ve got to get through that to continue our evaluation. It’s a fun group to watch work in the secondary right now, and what has been good for us is they’ve taken young receivers and challenged them. I’ve watched us get better at receiver because of the quality and the talent that we have in the secondary.” Chronicle File Photo While it remains to be seen whether the ACC Women’s cross country senior Michaela will in fact go on with fall sports next month, the Reinhart made All-ACC Blue Devils are preparing as if they will take the The Second New York Team Times Syndication Sales Corporation at the 2018 ACC Championships. 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, 10018 field in N.Y. South Bend, Ind., Sept. 12. For Information Call: 1-800-972-3550 For Release Wednesday, March 11, 2020

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And once a labor movement starts, it rarely stops. Even if the players get none of their current demands, the players of tomorrow will be demanding the same things. Make no mistake: every governing level of collegiate athletics will probably fight this. There will likely be no athletic director, no conference commissioner, no NCAA figurehead that will step aside and recognize a PA. That would mean less revenue for the schools and an empowered labor force. These collegiate athletic leaders will probably be able to stop the formation of a PA. There are hundreds of ways that a

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labor movement can go wrong and so few that can go right in a country that offers few positive protections for workers. The schools won’t be required to listen to a PA, but they also probably can’t pull off using scabs, so the players’ success would depend on their solidarity. The cancellation of the Big Ten and Pac-12’s fall seasons, which may have very well been furthered by this movement, hurts this momentum substantially. A spring campaign, however, would only further the inherent contradiction in the “student-athlete model.” Are underclassmen going to have to play two full seasons in a calendar year? If the NFL Draft happens at its normal time, hundreds of the country’s best players could be contractually prevented from even taking the field for part of the season because the education model and the pre-professional athletic model do not seamlessly coexist. Even after Chris Rumph II and Mark Gilbert graduate to the pros, there will be athletes who take their place, playing for millions in revenue on a hundredmillion-dollar field while remaining impoverished. That is why this movement has only grown over the years, why the NCAA was forced to recognize NIL rights and why there won’t be true labor peace until the revenue is shared with those who earn it. Whether the NCAA can continue to exist in that world is questionable. Whether its current system can perpetuate is not.

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“to be agents of progress in advancing racial The program Price outlined was expansive, Studies or other Black student priorities. equity and justice.” Now, he said, it was time for touching “every level of institutional activity.” This attitude was reflected in a meeting the university to take a series of bold and specific It included expanding the diversity of the Cell and Black student leaders had with Duke president Douglas Knight in the fall of 1968. Although the president was “genuine in his concern” for the Black students, Cell recounted, GUEST COLUMN he made clear that outside funding would be required for initiatives like Black Studies to be implemented. His hands were tied, Knight action now toward eliminating the systems of actions that would “resolutely turn [Duke’s] university’s faculty, staff and students; increasing declared, because of severe internal budgetary racism and inequality that have shaped the lived attention toward the mission of anti-racism.” faculty support for Black, Indigenous and and political pressures. Knight asked Cell to experiences of too many members of the Duke Although addressing issues that had confronted people of color; ensuring salary equity at develop a package proposal for foundation community.” He acknowledged that in the past the university since the Sixties, Price’s words every level of the organization; curriculum funding. This was his “way out” of the budgetary Duke had “often not fully embraced” its mission conveyed a new urgency and intent. changes to address systematic racism; anti- dilemma, Cell noted. A similar pattern played out on the issue racism training for all faculty, students and staff; working with the Durham community to of hiring a Black advisor. Although the support the empowerment of underrepresented administration was, according to Dean of communities; and enhanced support for diverse Trinity College James Price, “receptive and take of the week alumni, including expanded networking and sympathetic” to the idea, funding the position was “of much concern to the university.” mentorship opportunities. Although calling for manifold actions across Accordingly, Price recounted, Duke would be the university, Price’s far-reaching anti-racism forced to look for money “from an outside — Opinion Editor, Mihir Bellamkonda, on August 11, 2020 commitments shared one thing in common: Each source, a foundation that is interested in social would cost real money. At a time when Duke, like concerns.” Likely due to funding constraints, other colleges and universities, is facing perhaps Lewis reported to an ad hoc committee in unprecedented financial pressures, where will this November 1968 that the university “could money come from? not create an official position [for a Black Duke administrators in the 1960s faced advisor] at this time.” Several alternatives a similar challenge. Prior to undergraduate were, however, discussed. desegregation in 1963, the academic and social The demand that the university add Black opportunities offered by Duke were for white faculty members met a similar fate. At an Direct submissions to: students only. Theoretically at least, desegregation administrative council meeting held January The Chronicle welcomes submissions in the form of letters to the editor meant that Black students now would have 30, 1969, Knight told his colleagues that “as E-mail: or guest columns. 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s a kid, I recall clumsily steering the front of the grocery cart for Nana as she follows along behind, tightly gripping its metal handle. As I guide the cart, I offer up an apologetic, “Excuse me,” to other shoppers as we squeeze through the congested aisles. With only a glance, I’ll be silently affirmed for my patience or scorned for inconveniencing the

find myself worrying about the outcomes of a potential interaction between him and law enforcement. A person with autism may struggle to comply with police orders or panic and appear to be resisting arrest. A schizophrenic person may become upset and be seen by police as a threat. My apprehension about a hypothetical encounter between law enforcement and my

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n 1995, a 27-year old Chinese student packed his suitcase and sealed shut a small white envelope of his life savings. He was moving to America to pursue a doctorate degree at a university in Ohio. He’d just finished his undergraduate degree in Tianjin, China. His family was far from wealthy, but he’d worked hard for an acceptance to a graduate degree program and more career-related

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shoppers as we awkwardly navigate around the flour, spices and sugar. I stop and read each of the food labels to Nana to help her find the items on her grocery list. At some point, I’ll need to find my older brother, who will probably be running up and down the snack aisle, excitedly proclaiming his happiness about grabbing the family-sized pack of Doritos. The shoppers we encounter in the grocery store aisles quickly form their own unwelcoming, isolating judgements of their disabilities. You see, my grandmother, Nana, is blind. My older brother, Remington, has autism. Everyday activities present a new level of challenges for my family members and me. My encounters with discrimination have made me conscious of the social handicaps placed on minority groups. Communities existing at the intersection of multiple marginalized identities experience differential treatment when accessing resources, like healthcare and education, and within daily life. As we strive to build a new type of inclusion resting on the foundation of movements like #BlackLivesMatter, I am reminded to consider those like Nana and Remi who find themselves at the intersection of color and their disability. At home, racial injustice is a coffeetable discussion. It’s projected through the T.V. when we watch the evening news, as gut-wrenching images and bravery of protestors linger in our minds long after we’ve changed the channel. Remi will often comment, “When will this be over?” What I see in the media is not new, but that does not soften the heartbreak. To see images of people who look like me brutalized by law enforcement and mocked by politicians day after day is like reopening a wound and not allowing it to heal. I am the middle child between two brothers, and I live with my parents and my grandmother. My parents strive to protect their children from injustice and have laid out for us appropriate ways to act, “simplified,” like steps in a weight loss program. Step 1: Always comply with law enforcement. Step 2: Don’t wear your hoodie over your head in public. Step 3 (for my brothers): Keep a short haircut. Step 4: Wear mainstream clothes and speak clearly. The love behind their intentions should be enough to shield us from pain—or worse. My brothers both grew up in the same household, attending many of the same schools. Despite their shared upbringing, we can’t ignore the nuances in how others perceive them. I share my family’s reality to paint a picture of how everyday encounters look different for people with disabilities. This is because people don’t understand how to accept deviant behavior, especially from someone who presents “normally” or neurotypical like my brother. Sometimes I

brother may seem unnecessary, but there is data to support my concern. A 2016 study published by the Ruderman Family Foundation found that one-half to one-third of all people killed by law enforcement had a disability. In an oped piece about the disability community supporting Black activism, Jennifer Burgmann advocates for unity because of patterns in systemic oppression causing a likelihood for the communities to “live in poverty and have less access to education, job, and healthcare…[and be] misrepresented and underrepresented in media and entertainment.” Burgmann—a deaf white woman— recognizes that her perspective reinforces the need for inclusivity and that the effects of discrimination are doubly compounded for Black people with disabilities. For me, this further contextualizes the importance of movements like #BlackLivesMatter because discrimination against members of the disability community mirrors the experiences of Black Americans. The same ideologies that sustain racism also permit ableism, systemic discrimination on the basis of disability. I bring attention to Black people with disabilities because I am inspired by my fellow Blue Devils, and those at Duke and in Durham who are activists in their own communities. I write this message encouraging people to be mindful of inclusivity and accessibility as they continue their advocacy on campus and beyond. There are organizations on campus like Duke Disability Alliance which are committed to intersectional activism. I am grateful for their support as I endeavor to be an active ally for a community near and dear to me. I hope the perspectives I offer inspire others to reexamine approaches. The official statement from Black Lives Matter asserts that “all Black lives matter, regardless of... ability [and] disability.” If we demand justice and equality for all Black lives, we must examine our meaning of the word “all” and affirm its inclusivity. In an interview with the National Black Disability Coalition about their experiences with protests, disability activist Anita Cameron expresses that in spaces of activism, the disability community feels “left behind literally and figuratively.” As we seek to amend and progress beyond the legacies of racism and white supremacy that affect people of color today, we must look into the avenues of intersectionality and elevate the voices of populations who find themselves smothered by the overwhelming discrimination experienced by people with multiple marginalized identities. Dakota Douglas is a Trinity junior who studies biology and global health. She has an interest in health disparities, inspired by her family, and wants to use her voice to speak on issues affecting underserved communities.

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opportunities in America. Moving to America would allow him to immediately send stipend money back to his wife and his newborn first son. Alone, he stepped onto the plane with a student visa and his sights set on America. It was my father’s first time on a plane. A few months later, my mom and older brother made the same journey and joined my father in America. Eventually, both my parents received their degrees from Akron University. With all signs pointing up, they began to consider having another child. Their close friends, who had also moved to America, recently had a second son. In China, a patchwork of measures known as the ‘one-child’ policy limited most Chinese families to giving birth to only one child. Under these laws, my parents could not have me in China. Now they were in Castro Valley, California. With newfound opportunity and optimism, my mother gave birth to me in 2001. Asian immigrant stories in America didn’t always look so bright. In fact, they were explicitly prohibited under American law for close to a century. The Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882 prevented Chinese laborers from immigrating to the US. The Immigration Act of 1924 continued this xenophobia by completely banning Arabs, Indians and Asians. Although the US repealed the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1943, they simply replaced it with a quota system that limited Chinese immigration to only 105 people a year (which is 0.004% of the number of Chinese people who immigrated to the US in 2018). My parents would not have been one of those few incredibly wealthy Chinese people who could’ve afforded to move to America. These racist immigration policies were eventually reversed with the efforts of Black activists. The civil rights movement paved the way for the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, which prohibited racial discrimination in immigrant visas. This law, albeit problematic in other ways (like legally establishing the Public Charge distinction), overrode previous xenophobic policies preventing certain races from immigrating to the US.In other words, Black activism was crucial for people like my parents to immigrate to America and build their families. Black activists pushed for equal protections for people under the law; the result of their efforts gave my parents an entrance into American academia, workforce and society. And, in a huge whirlwind of coincidences and legislation, those laws secured my existence. As a second child of Chinese immigrants, I uniquely owe my birth to the Black efforts that pushed for non-discriminatory policies. Dear Asian/Americans, we all have skin in the business. Right now, many Black people across the country are mourning and rightfully enraged at the structural violence imposed by the police and American institutions writ large. We should join them in the fight to dismantle structures of racism. These structures still exist today. Police brutality and mass incarceration have been racialized from the start. Modern American policing tactics evolved from runaway slave

patrols. Black people are incarcerated at 5.1 times the rate of White people. Nixon’s presidential campaign invented the War on Drugs in order to lock up Black people. These facts barely cover the surface of how widespread and deeply rooted the issue is, and they don’t cover other structural problems like the increasingly widened racial wealth gap in America. This racism has always been endemic to

America, but it is becoming more explicit again on the Presidential stage. We should be angry. The current American president represents monolithic American structures of power that disenfranchise immigrants and people of color. He fully recycles violent racist language supporting police brutality and police shootings. He wholesale endorses the same xenophobic and Orientalist frameworks that led to the Chinese Exclusion Act with his Muslim ban and his virulent anti-Asian/American rhetoric. I’ll note that today’s issues are far more complicated than minorities vs. white supremacist structures. Phenomena like the myth of the model minority and racial triangulation highlight how Asian/Americans and Black people are lodged in a racist system that perpetuates violence against Black folx and minority Asian groups. In the ‘90s, violence between Black and Korean Americans caused extreme tensions between the two groups in the riots following Rodney King’s brutal attack by four LAPD officers. Furthermore, George Floyd’s killing highlights Asian complicity to structural violence inflicted on Black people. Floyd died after a White policeman knelt on his throat, but Tou Thao, an Asian/American police officer on the scene, did nothing to stop it. Thou was silent; he was complicit. Although there is strife, collective activism from minority groups can concretely push for and accelerate material legislative wins for all minority groups. It’s important to note that we shouldn’t view activism as transactional; we have a rich history of working together across racial groups that goes beyond civil rights movements legislation. For instance, the 1968 Third World Liberation Front pushed for a Third World College in UC Berkeley and San Francisco State University. This effort was led by Black, Asian, Latinx and Native American student groups; their collective endeavors led to the establishment of interdisciplinary ethnic studies departments in California and eventually nationwide. After the police killing of a Hmong teenager named Fong Lee in 2006, the Black activist community was the first to speak out and fight with the Hmong against police brutality. Now, the Hmong, Latinx and other communities of color are volunteering and joining the fight against injustice in Minnesota following George Floyd’s memorial service. We cannot be silent or complicit; we must fight against structural injustice in America. I (quite literally) exist because of this fight. Even though we are in the midst of a growing movement, I’d like to acknowledge that the police have not stopped killing black folx. I extend my sincere condolences to the families of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Rayshard Brooks and countless other Black individuals that we have lost to cruel police violence. I further extend my condolences to the Black community and everyone who is mourning in light of these appalling acts of brutality. Black Lives Matter. Albert Sun is a Trinity sophomore.

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