Hector H. Hernandez

Graduate Student
Chemistry

“Humans, by nature, tend to group things into categories that they understand and are familiar with. Diverse cultural upbringing leads us to unfamiliar and uncharted interactive topography. This can bring about unpleasant and misconstrued encounters.”

Natalija Z. Jovanovic

Graduate Student

“It is very difficulty for me to define my identity within standard human categories. This difficulty with identity once ran so deep that my identity felt shattered.”

Manisha Manmohan

Chemical Engineering

“Being “politically correct” is something I’ve never quite been at ease with. It’s difficult to find the right balance between expression and consideration. Growing up in the Bay Area in a multicultural home, I was aware of the “correct” words early on. Some things could not be said.”

Brian Rubineau

PhD Student at Sloan School of Management

“Many consider racial injustice a result of racism or racists, and promote ‘color-blindness’ or making race irrelevant. Although racial bigotry still exists and contributes to ongoing inequalities, the unfortunate truth is that racial injustices can and do persist even without overt prejudice or discrimination.”

Ryan Slaughter

Mechanical Engineering ’09

“There is so much commonality of experience waiting to be realized between almost any random sampling of two individuals it seems like a waste that people continue to stay in their predetermined comfort zone.”

Anonymous

Undergraduate '04
Biology

“One of the toughest questions I've encountered recently is who am I—where do I belong, how do I fit in, what is my identity?”