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We are taught to see difference

We are taught to see difference

By Paul Kleynjan: Diversity, the experience of difference, or the way we experience race, culture, sexuality, gender, class and ability is a big part of campus life at UWS.  There are, apparently, parts of us that we consider the same or different from those around...

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Abandon Tolerance, Dissolve Multiculturalism

Abandon Tolerance, Dissolve Multiculturalism

By Chris Lamerton: I am positive that throughout this special publication of this volume, aimed at celebrating diversity, there will be a number of calls for ‘tolerance’, to allow the other to exist peacefully. This call for tolerance does two things. First, it...

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Ask Quai why skate

Ask Quai why skate

Q&A with Skuws skater Quai by Naomi Hastings: When did you start skating? I started skating when I was in year 5, about 11 – 12 years old. What’s your favourite thing about skating? My favourite thing about skateboarding is the feeling you get when you accomplish...

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But where are you originally from ?

But where are you originally from ?

By WSU student If you meet me you’ll probably think I’m British, with my pale skin and very weird, unplaceable accent. But I’m here to inform you I’m not. Yes, I am white and yes, I am European with a long list of countries and uncertainties including, Croatia or...

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My Pessimism and Optimism

My Pessimism and Optimism

By William Nguyen: During my 3 years at UWS, this is the conclusion I have come to. UWS was a university established to cater to the poor, struggling and geographically disadvantaged. It was to give those who generally came from a working class a chance at social...

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Diversity me

Diversity me

By Jacob Moriarty: Irish Catholic born and raised, but forget that. I met my mate at a Dr Who event, where he wouldn’t shut up and I wondered if he was gay, and he really spoke so much, but that didn’t matter, because he seemed cool and liked the same thing as me, so...

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What makes us the same?  What makes us different?

What makes us the same? What makes us different?

By Margaret Amos: I felt that I had to write an article for the special Diversity Fest edition of the crUWSible now that I have experienced three semesters at UWS (plus Summer School). What makes us all the same?  Firstly, we are all at UWS trying to complete a...

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I’m different and so are you

I’m different and so are you

By Jisna Saji: I cannot even begin to understand a person who refuses or shows hatred towards someone, just because of their identity. It is unbelievable just how many people are rejected because they are different, and how easily it occurs right under our nose. It is...

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