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The Wellesley News

The student newspaper of Wellesley College since 1901

The Wellesley News

The student newspaper of Wellesley College since 1901

The Wellesley News

All content by Raeesa Rane
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Media perpetuates selective morality with its coverage of bombings

Raeesa Rane April 7, 2016

Last Monday, March 28, we witnessed the Easter suicide bombing at a public park in Lahore that killed at least 72 people, many of whom were thought to be children. This closely followed the attacks in...

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Diversify the bestsellers’ list: Literature by minority authors should not be ignored

Raeesa Rane March 16, 2016

Unfortunately, women, people of color, and obviously women of color, are widely underrepresented in all print publications from magazines and book reviews to novels. A 2012 study by Lee and Low Books found...

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Political correctness upholds human dignity and constitutional rights

Raeesa Rane March 9, 2016

I’ll admit that I’m the kind of person who will literally cringe when someone uses the word “oriental” in a non-instant-ramen-flavor context or when someone scoffs at the concept of preferred pronouns....

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College education for inmates will help deconstruct injustice

Raeesa Rane February 24, 2016

Why should law-abiding taxpayers’ money be spent on the education of prisoners who generate no income and have no respect for the law? Why should a criminal be given access to a free education when law...

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